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I'm Going to be Professor!
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Miyazaki



Joined: 12 Jul 2005
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Location: My Father's Yacht
PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:05 pm    Post subject: I'm Going to be Professor! Reply with quote
Hey all,

I just got an interview for a university teaching position in Tokyo - I think I finally got a shot at a university gig!

If the interviewer selects me, do you think they will give me my own office and access to the gym and library on campus? The company couldn't tell me which university I'll be on faculty at yet. Unfortunately, the position is only a 3 month contract. Ha, aha - looks like I now need to get myself new business cards printed up with "Professor" on them to impress the J-girls. Maybe some patches ironed on to the elbows of my brown sports jacket....get myself a leather brief case too! aha!!

seriously, though, my interview is on Monday morning and I'm a little nervous as I have never imagined that I'd get a professor position.

What can I expect?
Will it be difficult?
How are the students?

Any advice?

2008 is gonna be a great year! I can feel it.

Professor Miyazaki
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BobbyBan



Joined: 05 Feb 2008
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
How many people are being interviewed for the job? Are you sure you are going to be a professor as in head of a department?
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Miyazaki



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
BobbyBan wrote:
How many people are being interviewed for the job? Are you sure you are going to be a professor as in head of a department?


Aha!! Very Happy No, no - just a member of faculty.
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BobbyBan



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Miyazaki wrote:
BobbyBan wrote:
How many people are being interviewed for the job? Are you sure you are going to be a professor as in head of a department?


Aha!! Very Happy No, no - just a member of faculty.


Is this connected to your other post about interviewing with Westgate? Well, I hate to burst your bubble but I don't know if Westgate is really considered university lecturing.

Has anyone here worked at Westgate? What is it like?
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Glenski



Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Miyazaki,
Definitely sounds like Westgate. So you will be their employee, not the university's. No professorship for you. I hear you aren't even allowed to hold your Westgate eikaiwa classes at the same time as the real university classes.

Enjoy the gym, though. Private offices are for real university teachers.
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ripslyme



Joined: 29 Jan 2005
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Location: Japan
PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I posted this in your Westgate interview thread, but it seems more appropriate here:

Westgate is basically a dispatch company that provides warm bodies for universities. It's about as prestigious as saying you work for any of the other dispatch companies or conversation schools.
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Miyazaki



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Glenski wrote:
Miyazaki,
Definitely sounds like Westgate. So you will be their employee, not the university's. No professorship for you. I hear you aren't even allowed to hold your Westgate eikaiwa classes at the same time as the real university classes.

Enjoy the gym, though. Private offices are for real university teachers.


Are you serious?
I thought I'd be on faculty!

Do you know this for a fact?
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Glenski



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You haven't read their web site, have you? 7 classes per day! Have fun.
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gaijinalways



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