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Maitoshi
Joined: 04 May 2014
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Location: 何処でも
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No, I don't teach at Kwansai Gakuin, though I have heard of it.
Had to look this up for you, as I didn't know much about hensachi before: mid fifties.
When I questioned my wife about the system, she was a bit surprised and wondered why I asked. She said, "you don't usually care about that kind of thing."
At any rate, it just means my students aren't the best and brightest in Japan. They are still good kids and they work hard in my classes. I respect them, regardless of their entrance exam scores. |
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jmatt
Joined: 29 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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| as a profeasor in a very high ranking uni. |
I would love a job as a "profeasor" if it makes the kind of money you stupidly brag about!
What the *beep* is a "profeasor" anyway? How does one break into that field? What does it entail?
Let me know! Please! |
Jmatt, this is the reason you are working where you are, probably eikaiwa and I am not. Because you care about irrelevant things, and forget the big picture whereas I do not. Do you really think I got to where I did in life (where my research budget is probably more than your bonus, where my car insurance costs more than you car, at the weekend I probably spend more money buying antiques than you do on rent per month) by worrying whether people had checked their spelling on a smartphone when the screen is about 2 inches. You know exactly what I meant to say so stop trying to be smart.
rtm, I am glad you are asking sensible questions I recently started a new position as a professor of English lit stateside and was an associate prof of lit in Korea, before that I was a eikaiwa monkey then went back home to do an MA TESOL, then a part-timer at unis and Japan, then became a assistant professor in Japan I finished my Phd last year while in Korea. Its very replicable, you just need a Ba in anything with a good GPA, do a MA in something English or Tesol related, then a Phd in lit or composition or something similar. Publish a few articles in some 1st tier journals and go to lots of conferences present a few papers, go around buying people drinks and getting people drunk after the conferences and schmooze the right people collect a few business cards and hope for the best.
No problem Maitoshi, I would be interested to know what university you work at I am sure you would rather not say but maybe you could let me know what its hensachi is, would you care to divulge? It sounds like you are at Kwansei Gakuin when you mention nerdy, desperate and declining salaries in the same sentence.
If you want to know anything about university teaching in Japan, feel free to ask, I have 10 years of experience. |
You finished a PhD in English Lit while in Korea, from god knows where (University of Phoenix?), then waltzed into a "profeasor" position in a respected American uni, making 150K no less, while hordes of PhD holders in the US are lucky to get adjunct positions for a quarter that.
Yeah, right.
Thanks for the laughs though.
Name, list of publications/books you've written & published, name of the university you work at, or shut it.
Or don't---as I said, this is pretty funny. |
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nightsintodreams
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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| at the weekend I probably spend more money buying antiques than you do on rent per month |
No, please don't shut up. This is too good! |
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jmatt
Joined: 29 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 10:21 am Post subject:
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i remember at nova there was this fat trainer and he had the airconditioning on at 16 degrees ok he was Canadian so its kind of reasonable. But we were all freezing during the kids training , so I put on my jacket. He went bat shit crazy and screamed at me in front of everyone “take your fucking jacket off you look like a fing moron“ we all just stared at him gobsmacked and probably thought this guy is on the edge. ahh the good old days at nova, so I guess if you make one or two faux pas in a row and your trainer is a whack job there are chances to be fired. Luckily I have moved on from those days and have actually started a new job in esl since easter where I make about 15 million yen equivalent
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So, is this high-paying job at a high ranked uni in ESL or English Lit? An ESL job in the US paying 150K a year?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
As mentioned, you can't even keep your lies straight. |
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Maitoshi
Joined: 04 May 2014
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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To grant the benefit of the doubt, here, mateacher may have been ABD and then finished the dissertation while teaching in Korea.
While 150K is doing quite well by many people's standards, particularly in English Lit, it is not unheard of for full professors at a number of institutions. Even so, the real money in academia would have been in the hard sciences or business.
Which languages did you choose for your Ph.D, mateacher? |
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jmatt
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 12:08 am Post subject: |
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To grant the benefit of the doubt, here, mateacher may have been ABD and then finished the dissertation while teaching in Korea.
While 150K is doing quite well by many people's standards, particularly in English Lit, it is not unheard of for full professors at a number of institutions. Even so, the real money in academia would have been in the hard sciences or business.
Which languages did you choose for your Ph.D, mateacher? |
Sockpuppet,
You don't get a full professor position at even a 3rd rate US university after working as an assistant professor at a Korean university (supposedly).
Does not happen. |
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rtm
Joined: 13 Apr 2007
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Location: US
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 12:16 am Post subject: |
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| rtm, I am glad you are asking sensible questions I recently started a new position as a professor of English lit stateside and was an associate prof of lit in Korea, before that I was a eikaiwa monkey then went back home to do an MA TESOL, then a part-timer at unis and Japan, then became a assistant professor in Japan I finished my Phd last year while in Korea. Its very replicable, you just need a Ba in anything with a good GPA, do a MA in something English or Tesol related, then a Phd in lit or composition or something similar. Publish a few articles in some 1st tier journals and go to lots of conferences present a few papers, go around buying people drinks and getting people drunk after the conferences and schmooze the right people collect a few business cards and hope for the best. |
mateacher, thanks for the additional information. While I don't doubt that that was your path, some aspects of your story don't seem to fit. If you just finished your PhD last year, I would assume you were hired as an Assistant Professor, not as an Associate or Full. The average salary for a new Assistant Professor in English Literature at US universities is $55,987. Even if you only count research universities (the highest-paying), it's $60,269. I would be very surprised if you make nearly 3 times that amount. Even the average salary for a Full Professor of English Lit. at research universities is $100,552, only 2/3 of what you claim you get. Unfortunately, English Literature is one of the lowest-paid subject areas. If you had said Law, Business, or possibly Engineering, it might have been more believable.
Source: http://chronicle.com/article/Average-Salaries-of-Tenured/145283/ |
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Maitoshi
Joined: 04 May 2014
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Come on, Jmatt. Sockpuppet? I want to play along and see where it gets us. Ripping him a new one will just make him more defensive. Besides, there could be some serious nepotism involved for all we know. Do those averages include private institutions?
So how about it, mateacher? Which languages did you choose? |
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rtm
Joined: 13 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 12:37 am Post subject: |
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| Do those averages include private institutions? |
Yes
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| Which languages did you choose? |
I don't understand why you're asking this. Why does he need to choose languages for an English Literature degree? |
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Maitoshi
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 12:40 am Post subject: |
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Additionally, if you look up average salaries, this includes the worst paid (majority of lit profs) and the highest paid (small minority). I know some make 150K and more.
150 really isn't that much, if you think about it. Hardly affords a decent house on either coast. |
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Maitoshi
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 12:42 am Post subject: |
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| Not going to explain why until he's answered the question. |
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Maitoshi
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 12:45 am Post subject: |
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| He may be including grant money/consulting in his earnings, too. Though there would be much more of it in a different field. |
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jmatt
Joined: 29 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 12:57 am Post subject: |
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Come on, Jmatt. Sockpuppet? I want to play along and see where it gets us. Ripping him a new one will just make him more defensive. Besides, there could be some serious nepotism involved for all we know. Do those averages include private institutions?
So how about it, mateacher? Which languages did you choose? |
You're right.
But, again, do you realize how ludicrous it is for someone to claim to have nailed a position as a full professor in English Lit (or was it ESL?) at a "highly ranked" US university after working as an assistant professor at a Korean university (as well as in Japan, or was it at a think tank in Japan---hard to keep straight) no one in the US has probably ever heard of? Making far more than most people there earn?
Seriously?
Again, it is good entertainment! |
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Maitoshi
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 1:00 am Post subject: |
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| Yup, and yet I'm willing to suspend disbelief for argument's sake. |
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nightsintodreams
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 1:58 am Post subject: |
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If you look at his post history he was asking all over the world about different jobs until December last year, so perhaps his story is true but he's slightly exaggerating his pay and benefits.
What I find pathetic is that as soon as he got this dream job of his, he moved too the japan forum and constantly bragged about it for months. He now pretty much exclusivity posts to the japan forum even though he never did before April, and hasn't lived here in years.
If someone asks a question like "how much can I earn in Japan?", "can I save in Japan?", "are there any long term career prospects in Japan" or if someone makes a statement like "You can't earn more than 250,000 yen in Japan doing esl" etc, then it's OK to reply and mention your salary, but in every other kind of topic no one gives two hoots what you're earning and doesn't want to know.
But actually, you dont even live in Japan anymore, so no, there is no possible situation where you should be bragging about your salary on the Japan forums. So go to the board for whatever country you're in and do it there please, because no one here wants to know about how much more you spend on antiques than we earn a month.
Only bellends buy antiques anyway. |
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