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Miyazaki · Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 635 Location: My Father's Yacht

yamanote senbei · Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 435

Maaku · Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 14 Location: Tokyo, Japan

I find this absolutely degrading. This really will make all English teachers look bad. Many Japanese have a bad enough image of an English teacher in Japan as it is. If people are at the point, where they don't have enough money for food they should go home. Or accept a position in China or Korea.
Nova filing for bankruptcy protection didn't happen overnight. It was going on for months. People should have saw this coming in September and acted accordingly.

Chris21 · Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 366 Location: Japan

Completely agree. Anyone who comes over here should at least have money for a plane ticket home in case of emergencies.

Seeker of truth · Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 146

Maaku · Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 14 Location: Tokyo, Japan

Note: This is only a website and message board. Thus, to insult one's grammar is meaningless. Shall I check all your posts for errors?

Ultimately, most of all the teachers deserved their fate. If one lives in a foreigner country for years and doesn't save any money. They simply waste on alcohol or whatnot, they deserve the repercussions.

And even your insult "Maybe some of those same people should study past participles too" is illogical. Do you mean "some of those same people" = referring to nova teachers should have studied past participles?

fluffyhamster · Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:19 pm Post subject:

Let's more play spot error!

Maaku · Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 14 Location: Tokyo, Japan

I am not going to even bother to insult someone with an id name of fluffyhamster. The name in itself does that.

Quibby84 · Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 643 Location: Japan

great, we have yet another grouch on these lovely boards...

midnightpariah · Joined: 26 May 2007 Posts: 85

Maaku · Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 14 Location: Tokyo, Japan

What is more important? A flaw in logic or grammar?

People write on boards more akin to how they would speak in real life. Flaming someone on a message board for minor grammar mistakes is absolutely retarded. That argument has be done on numerous message boards. You people simply need to get a life.

Ultimately, another id will come and attempt to ridicule my post. So consider this my last post on this topic. If you people cared for Nova teachers, you should do something about it. I have met numerous Nova teachers in Tokyo. All of them deserved their fate. They were all aware of Nova's impending doom, but chose not to do anything.

By accepting food for English lessons or offering ridiculously low fees for hourly lessons, it affects the whole market. It sets a bad precedent for wages and how we are all perceived in Japan as English teachers.

SueH · Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Posts: 1022 Location: Northern Italy

If you are so prepared to be unsympathetically critical of other people you can hardly complain at similar treatment.

fluffyhamster · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:41 pm Post subject:

Dr. Gibbons · Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 9 Location: Japan

Let's be happiness together people.

All the prescriptivists with their grammar rules! I say be free!

Maybe the NOVA people want to stay in Japan and are looking for other opportunity. Anyone who lives in Japan will agree that language instruction is definately needed! Maybe they just need something to tide them over until things pick up for them.

There's a whole country outside of Tokyo too. The air is clean and the cost of living is very low.

AgentMulderUK · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 6:12 pm Post subject:

We all teach for food ..don't we?