| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
scoobee
Joined: 29 Jul 2004
Posts: 5
Location: Chicago, IL
|
 Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 5:17 pm Post subject: TOZA CONVERSATION SCHOOL- Defunct? |
 |
|
| In the summer of 96 i taught conversaton english for Toza. Heard they went belly up. Any stories, contacts, etc. I remember a crazy corporate outing to Tokyo Disneyland. Does anyone else? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Posts: 4672
Location: Western Japan
|
| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 12:17 am Post subject: Re: TOZA CONVERSATION SCHOOL- Defunct? |
|
|
| scoobee wrote: |
| In the summer of 96 i taught conversaton english for Toza. Heard they went belly up. Any stories, contacts, etc. I remember a crazy corporate outing to Tokyo Disneyland. Does anyone else? |
They didnt just go belly up they put dozens of teachers out of work who came to work one day and found they were locked out and were owed up to two months wages. I remember one TV celebrity rakugo artist Katsura Sanshi saying on TV he had paid about 800,000 yen in tuition fees and it just went down a black hole. Hundreds of students suddenly found they had no school to go to and were left out of pocket hundreds of thousands of yen. Word on the street was that the company president was siphoning off money for personal use e.g. one million yen a month apartment etc.
It was just before the Hanshin earthquake, I believe. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
