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Pitarou
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| stumptowny wrote: |
| in my opinion, the BEST choice is: work as an ALT, tons of vacation time, leave the school at 14:00 each day (or earlier), then, at night - when markets open in NY - make a solid money with... |
And if that doesn't work out, you could always take up on-line poker. |
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Inflames
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| Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 2:51 am Post subject: |
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| Any teacher who wants to earn more can easily pull in more than 3.5 million. I just checked and, since 2008, I've made more (or the same as) the average salary in Japan. I think I've done pretty well then.... |
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steki47
Joined: 20 Apr 2008
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Location: BFE Inaka
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| Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:35 am Post subject: |
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| stumptowny wrote: |
while I agree with this, it's not the only option. in my opinion, the BEST choice is: work as an ALT, tons of vacation time, leave the school at 14:00 each day (or earlier) |
I did the same. Left eikaiwa for ALT work. Took a slight paycut but gained a huge amount of time. 2-3 hours a day of sitting in the teachers' room (got straight As in grad school and worked on my Ebay business) and long holidays.
Most schools make me stay until 4:30, though. 2? Lucky man! |
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rxk22
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| Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 12:46 am Post subject: |
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| stumptowny wrote: |
while I agree with this, it's not the only option. in my opinion, the BEST choice is: work as an ALT, tons of vacation time, leave the school at 14:00 each day (or earlier) |
I did the same. Left eikaiwa for ALT work. Took a slight paycut but gained a huge amount of time. 2-3 hours a day of sitting in the teachers' room (got straight As in grad school and worked on my Ebay business) and long holidays.
Most schools make me stay until 4:30, though. 2? Lucky man! |
Haha me too. Had to do my time at the school. Knew some who rolled out around 1 or so. Would have loved that.
Eikaiwa, just isn't worth it. A lot more work, and time for not much more. I did my stint, and never again. |
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steki47
Joined: 20 Apr 2008
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I saw some variation between ALT companies and BOEs. My second company and BOE had us get a hanko before leaving and so the VP was typically pretty strict about the time. I could leave around 4:15 generally.
My first company/school had no such system and so I often left around 3-3:30. No one said a word to me about it for two years. |
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stumptowny
Joined: 29 May 2011
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[quote="steki47"]I saw some variation between ALT companies and BOEs. My second company and BOE had us get a hanko before leaving and so the VP was typically pretty strict about the time. I could leave around 4:15 generally.
My first company/school had no such system and so I often left around 3-3:30. No one said a word to me about it for two years.[/quote]
the hanko work-around. one school I dont even go to the vp or principal. i have the teachers do it. all at once, not every day. the other school, I actually just go straight to the vp and say, laters!! he stamps it, but he is cool.. haven't had a crap school yet but they are out there.
ALT can be really sweet, especially if you have money and A LIFE... "online poker" is for losers like pitarou, who are defined solely by time spent eslcafe (ouch!). don't hate the player.... educate yourself about investing, live the dream, and stop complaining! I did and my life is great! note: not possible if you live on eslcafe... |
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Pitarou
Joined: 16 Nov 2009
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Location: Narita, Japan
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| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 5:41 am Post subject: |
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| stumptowny wrote: |
| losers like pitarou, who are defined solely by time spent eslcafe (ouch!)... |
Less of that, please.
It's true that ESL cafe is my procrastination activity of choice, but "defined solely by" is going way too far. |
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Solar Strength
Joined: 12 Jul 2005
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Location: Bangkok, Thailand
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:08 am Post subject: |
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| stumptowny wrote: |
| steki47 wrote: |
I saw some variation between ALT companies and BOEs. My second company and BOE had us get a hanko before leaving and so the VP was typically pretty strict about the time. I could leave around 4:15 generally.
My first company/school had no such system and so I often left around 3-3:30. No one said a word to me about it for two years. |
the hanko work-around. one school I dont even go to the vp or principal. i have the teachers do it. all at once, not every day. the other school, I actually just go straight to the vp and say, laters!! he stamps it, but he is cool.. haven't had a crap school yet but they are out there.
ALT can be really sweet, especially if you have money and A LIFE... "online poker" is for losers like pitarou, who are defined solely by time spent eslcafe (ouch!). don't hate the player.... educate yourself about investing, live the dream, and stop complaining! I did and my life is great! note: not possible if you live on eslcafe... |
stumpytown,
Why can't you quote properly?
Are you just that daft that you can't quote properly?
Clean up your posts, man. |
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Solar Strength
Joined: 12 Jul 2005
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Location: Bangkok, Thailand
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:12 am Post subject: Re: Japan Times article on the language school industry |
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The eikaiwa business in Japan is such a greasy, vile business.
I would never recommend anyone getting involved with it. |
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Cool Teacher
Joined: 18 May 2009
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Location: Here, There and Everywhere! :D
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:35 am Post subject: |
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| stumptowny wrote: |
| steki47 wrote: |
I saw some variation between ALT companies and BOEs. My second company and BOE had us get a hanko before leaving and so the VP was typically pretty strict about the time. I could leave around 4:15 generally.
My first company/school had no such system and so I often left around 3-3:30. No one said a word to me about it for two years. |
the hanko work-around. one school I dont even go to the vp or principal. i have the teachers do it. all at once, not every day. the other school, I actually just go straight to the vp and say, laters!! he stamps it, but he is cool.. haven't had a crap school yet but they are out there.
ALT can be really sweet, especially if you have money and A LIFE... "online poker" is for losers like pitarou, who are defined solely by time spent eslcafe (ouch!). don't hate the player.... educate yourself about investing, live the dream, and stop complaining! I did and my life is great! note: not possible if you live on eslcafe... |
Hey! That's notvery nice.  Let's be civilized. 
I like Pitarou even if he or she is somtimes strict. 
Stay cool everyone. |
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Pitarou
Joined: 16 Nov 2009
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Location: Narita, Japan
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:47 am Post subject: |
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| Cool Teacher wrote: |
| I like Pitarou even if he or she is somtimes strict. |
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