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Brooks
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| depends where he worked. I think the problems were in Osaka (3 branches there) and not in Kyoto, Kobe, or in Tokyo. |
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Alberta605
Joined: 23 Dec 2006
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:34 am Post subject: |
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| taikibansei wrote: |
I'm just wondering now how someone could "have worked at 2 Nichibei branches in different cities" and yet remained blissfully unaware that at least a few colleagues have had serious, ongoing differences with that "great" Japanese staff...? |
Guys, I can only remark on my own personal experience and that's pretty hard for you to contradict. I ususally don't encounter any great problems where ever I work. So, from my perspective both BC and NES were comparable. In the following ways:
1. High quality school appearance
2. High quality students
3. Available resources
I also think it is important that NES demonstrate an awareness that some of their courses aren't quite upto standard and so allow the teacher the latitude to supplement as s/he see fit. I enjoy the challenge of improving a crap unit in a textbook - it certainly beats staring at a fixed point on the wall i.e. NOVA.
Ups and downs, thats life, but generally ups.
I do agree that we should treat the behavior of employers with great suspicion - there are many bad ones around. Some of which I've chosen as examples - e.g. The New Village in Kobe who was called into the local Labor Dept offices 4 times for a variety of illegalities and who confirmed their criminal tendancies by slandering individuals in forums.
I've heard something about some employment issues at NES but only at the Osaka branch. Further, from what I've heard some reasonable behavior from the teachers would have resolved that issue much more quickly.
In generel I prefer Japanese management/staff. My hope, so far fulfilled, is that a Japanese manager of a chain school has proven herself/himself through a credible company system. This, I think, is a more realistic hope than assuming foreign managers/owners of language schools have done the same. On the contrary, many if not most are here because they are dissatisfied/disaffected by so-called credible systems in their native countries. Unfortunately, the manner in which they manage their schools and their general behavior reflect this clearly - as in the examples of Big Apple in Tokyo and The New Village Kobe. |
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furiousmilksheikali
Joined: 31 Jul 2006
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Location: In a coffee shop, splitting a 30,000 yen tab with Sekiguchi.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:38 am Post subject: |
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| Alberta605 wrote: |
| furiousmilksheikali wrote: |
I'm just wondering now how someone could "have worked at 2 Nichibei branches in different cities" and yet remained blissfully unaware that at least a few colleagues have had serious, ongoing differences with that "great" Japanese staff...? |
Guys, I can only remark on my own personal experience and that's pretty hard for you to contradict. |
I'm not contradicting you. Why did you attribute the quote to me? |
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Alberta605
Joined: 23 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:45 am Post subject: |
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Wow Milk, you are fast on the trigger - you were actually on to that before I had chance to change that detail and resubmit it (about 3 minutes)!!
Eek! |
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furiousmilksheikali
Joined: 31 Jul 2006
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Location: In a coffee shop, splitting a 30,000 yen tab with Sekiguchi.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:28 am Post subject: |
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| Alberta605 wrote: |
Wow Milk, you are fast on the trigger - you were actually on to that before I had chance to change that detail and resubmit it (about 3 minutes)!!
Eek! |
Oh, I see what happened now. Yes, quotes within quotes can be tricky! |
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