Andy Gudge

This is my wife, and yes she did IELTS 3 times, but her reading is always slow, and her mark for that is well down, but she always passed all the other parts. 34 years of top education wasted because she reads slowly and carefully. No civilised country will accept her now, but they are crying out for kidney nurses. She is a brilliant nurse, and working now as a cleaner on the same wage as a kid in McDonalds.

Feeling depressed .... my filipina wife has studied for 34 years, always in English, never failed an exam, is now a British Citizen, and has specialised in kidney nursing, where there is a worldwide shortage, but her reading speed is a bit low, so she can't pass that IELTS exam, and nobody is able to offer her a job without it. She is a terrific nurse, loves her work, and 34 years of ambition are being wasted. Any ideas welcome, any civilised country. Thanks, and sorry about the cricket.