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nicenicegaijin
Joined: 27 Feb 2015
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 Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 4:52 pm Post subject: Re: Teaching eikaiwa in the sticks |
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I will give you a reality check.
What is your long-term goal? Be an eikaiwa teacher? How will you be able to afford to send your children to uni? travel? What will you do 20 years down the road when you want to move house? Your house will be worth the land it was built on and nothing more. Do you have any long-term career goals? If not then you are making the right decision. |
Wow, you're a really positive guy!
Honestly, part time eikaiwa will be bread and butter, for quite a while, even long term. I see it as a good way of earning a small income in the background, giving us time and space to build up our other income streams and for my Japanese to get up to speed. Uni is at least 15 years away, and for now, trips away to visit the family can be covered by our baby boomer parents who have more money than they know what to do with.... that's my reality, maybe not the same as yours.
I'm not asking for my whole life to be critiqued,
I'm here to talk about getting into low-key part time eikaiwa in the backwaters of Japan, as outlined in the subject of this thread.
But thanks anyway. |
Ok, I was just trying to help. Looking at the worst case scenario is sometimes the best way to make contingency plans.
What you could also do is set up your own eikawa in the house you buy. Then you can decide when and how much you work. You will also make more money that way. Hopefully the house will be in both your names in-case your wife decides to divorce you and you should look at custody laws before you decide to make the move. Furthermore your social life in the backwaters in Japan will be very limited and you will have huge difficulties making friends. |
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tokyojoe
Joined: 16 Feb 2008
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Jeez nicenicegaijin, you really do focus on worst possible scenarios don't you!!
Of course everything would be in both our names, whether in Japan or elsewhere, and how we got from Eikaiwa work to custody laws in Japan (which I am aware of) only god knows..... seriously, if I was a sensible guy who designed my life around contingency plans I wouldn't be talking to you today, I'd probably be working a sensible white-collar job in England, wearing Hush Puppies, and over-paying into my pension plan. Indeed, if one is looking at worst possible scenarios, Japan is not the place to be ie. earthquakes, volcanoes etc, and it's probably better that you go home.
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teaching English at home, that is definitely something I want to build up, but I'm figuring it will take a little time so I will be looking for Eikaiwa work to get me going with a small steady wage. Wherever we end up living, I will start hustling for private work immediately, ie. put up a little sign, give out cards and flyers, and use the mummy network. |
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nicenicegaijin
Joined: 27 Feb 2015
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| Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 8:54 am Post subject: |
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| get a job at an eikaiwa, find out how they operate then when you are confident enough replicate it in your house. Do not buy a house but rent, carry out market research for the eikaiwa. I think you are too optimistic about how things will work out. Most eikaiwa workers and owners are pretty unhappy people. |
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Maitoshi
Joined: 04 May 2014
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Location: 何処でも
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| Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:00 am Post subject: |
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| nicenicegaijin wrote: |
| get a job at an eikaiwa, find out how they operate then when you are confident enough replicate it in your house. Do not buy a house but rent, carry out market research for the eikaiwa. I think you are too optimistic about how things will work out. Most eikaiwa workers and owners are pretty unhappy people. |
It may not be so bad for a single person, but working relationships around an afternoon/evening, weekend/holiday schedule can be rough, from what I hear. Those with children often find it difficult to make family time while owning/working at Eikaiwa. Sometimes work and family time can converge, though, if one's children enroll at the school. |
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