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Florizalll
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| MrCAPiTUL wrote: |
I view myself as a professional teacher here in the States, and if I go to Japan, I will continue to view myself as a professional teacher. Maybe, people ARENT viewing what they do as professional, which undermines their efforts. Why spend four years in college just to get a job! You go to college to become a professional.
I guess what I'm saying is, perhaps people should bide their time, teach in their home country, and move when the offer is more lucrative. Or, perhaps, I've just recently realized that most people aren't looking at this as a long term PROFESSION and that's taking a toll on the system. |
I too am struggling with the idea of pay cuts, professional integrity etc. I work at a public HS in the US and live in the NY Metro area- costs are high but my salary is competetive. I realize that I will take a significant pay cut- REALLY SIGNIFICANT- to work in Japan. My efforts to work in an International or American school, where pay and the teaching experiences would be at best comparable, are not producing results.
However, it is the experience of living abroad, meeting new people, learning new customs, being more cultured, that is in my mind, the compensation. If you are in the position where you have no dependents and are early in your carreer, than working in Japan is a more viable option.
I too see my potential job opportunity in Japan to be temporary- after a few years I'll return to the teaching work force in the US. Remember, in order to collect pension at the end of your carreer, at least in my state, you must put in 25 years and be 55. There is threat that the retirement age will go up, so if you are young, you will have to put in so many more years to make up the difference. Why not spend those years having a new experience that will add interest to your resume, to say the least?
Here, I AM an advocate for workers rights (I'm a union representative) and know that there is a risk to work as a foreigner in Japan. I have contacts in Japan that I maintain, so there are people to use as resources were I to need them.
Be open-minded. From your responses, maybe a job in Japan, at this time, isn't for you. |
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