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Sadly, the answer begins in elementary school. Unfortunately we can't home-grow enough qualified scientists to fill our needs and so we need to go abroad for them (homeland security anyone?). The catch is, if we don't we fall behind.
It's really our own fault for not educating our kids better. Heck, we're not even willing to invest in our education. Education funding is always getting cut.
So instead, our universities, research labs, think tanks are flooded with Russians, Chinese, Koreans, Israelis, Indians etc who do have the skills (but not necessarily the language skills) and exasperate undergrads.
Hang in there reiii, get the skills so we can "reclaim" the glory for our country and prevent future undergrads from communications disasters. As funny as your story is, there are very real ramifications and root problems that can come back to haunt us.
Oh, a good response to "welcome your back" is:
"All your base belong to us". Try it. E-mail him.
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