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gaijinalways
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Judging by the guy's other posts he just wants a bunch of country information from people who have nothing better to do.
www.amazon.com Order a lonely planet. Read it. Problem solved. And if you're not that serious enough about coming to a country then why should we waste our time giving a run down on our prospective locations to someone who probably isn't going to ever come here? |
I agree, the question is way to broad to be able to even generate a good sticky!
My suggestion to the OP is, stay where you are. The economy will improve eventually.
cornishmuppet posted
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| ...Nagano - good nature. No nightlife. Hot/cold. 500 yen please! |
I'll take 100 yen instead of 500 yen |
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Jaime1
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| For electronics, Akihabara is the place to go. For museums (and a zoo), try Ueno. For reducing stress, I'd live on the outskirts of Tokyo (for example, Kanagawa or Saitama). |
Thanks
No I want an honest place to work unlike most hagwans in Korea. I don't know what the Eikewas (spelling?) are like in Japan but I hear they are a little better in honesty. As far as a specific need maybe live bands and clubs. I am working on my TESOL now. I have a Bachelors so a 250,000 Yen salary or maybe a little higher is probably what I'll get.
What I want to know most about is the work culture. (something I forgot to mention in the original post). What are the office politics and cultural factors that differ from back home? What surprised you the most there?
And Glenski I can give you a hug if you are still upset. We are all family in the international global community. The first one is free the second is 5 dollars or 500 Yen. (whichever has a stronger value).
The most important thing is job reliablility. Is Aeon and JET honest and reliable. Or should you go to a private owned school?
I know all of your opinions are different I was just asking what YOU liked about your area of Japan.
Oh and for the people saying I am not serious about coming here. I asked questions about Korea for a YEAR before coming so I could factor in everything. So don't say I am not serious when you don't know me, or you don't know what the *beep* you are talking about.
Many of the complainers here want to put their insecurities onto others. There is nothing more that I hate than a self righteous know-it-all let alone one that is teaching English in a foreign country.
To everyone else, thanks, peace, love and unicorns. |
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Company Calls
Joined: 16 May 2009
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| So instead of playing semantics, how about giving what you find to be the best in the areas you know? If more people throw in their ideas after that, it gives something to work with. |
No, it doesn't. All you have is dozens of opinions from people you've never met with tastes and standards you know nothing about. It's worthless.
And it's not playing semantics, it's called being a grown up and realizing that what you heard about what some guy called Timmy said in the playground is not really all that relevant. You may as well read graffiti written on a wall for all it's worth. If the *OP* can provide some context about what they are actually after (and a run down of the entire country is a bit unreasonable to expect everyone to jump to providing!) then people might be able to frame their replies. |
Let me say that I really don't care about the OP at this point. So wow, guy. Give it a rest. This is a forum that serves a purpose of asking questions about experiences and having discussion. Instead of being anal retentive, excuse me, grown up, why not understand that people have the ability to decipher what information could be relevant to them? I've been to foreign countries where I've asked locals what they would suggest seeing, and many times it turned out great! Sometimes, it wasn't the best. But that's the risk you take. They were random, but they knew the area. The members of this forum are random, but they might know of a hidden gem if they're from the area to which they are responding. You don't need to respond to his/her post in its entirety, but it is possible, as some people did, to give some information about the areas they know. And to liken this to the playground or graffiti? Fail. Get over it. |
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cvmurrieta
Joined: 10 Jul 2008
Posts: 209
Location: Sendai, Japan
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| For electronics, Akihabara is the place to go. For museums (and a zoo), try Ueno. For reducing stress, I'd live on the outskirts of Tokyo (for example, Kanagawa or Saitama). |
Thanks
No I want an honest place to work unlike most hagwans in Korea. I don't know what the Eikewas (spelling?) are like in Japan but I hear they are a little better in honesty. As far as a specific need maybe live bands and clubs. I am working on my TESOL now. I have a Bachelors so a 250,000 Yen salary or maybe a little higher is probably what I'll get.
What I want to know most about is the work culture. (something I forgot to mention in the original post). What are the office politics and cultural factors that differ from back home? What surprised you the most there?
And Glenski I can give you a hug if you are still upset. We are all family in the international global community. The first one is free the second is 5 dollars or 500 Yen. (whichever has a stronger value).
The most important thing is job reliablility. Is Aeon and JET honest and reliable. Or should you go to a private owned school?
I know all of your opinions are different I was just asking what YOU liked about your area of Japan.
Oh and for the people saying I am not serious about coming here. I asked questions about Korea for a YEAR before coming so I could factor in everything. So don't say I am not serious when you don't know me, or you don't know what the *beep* you are talking about.
Many of the complainers here want to put their insecurities onto others. There is nothing more that I hate than a self righteous know-it-all let alone one that is teaching English in a foreign country.
To everyone else, thanks, peace, love and unicorns. |
Office politics will differ from place to place even in Japan. There are still the general politeness rules that one must follow, but some will be more laid-back (relatively speaking) than others. Even within the same office you might work for one douchebag for 8 months and then be transferred to another group within the same office and work for a super cool dude or chick. Granted, I don't work in an eikaiwa right now. But I worked for three before, and each company's structure was different from the other two.
The most famous phrase you will hear with JET is this: ESID, which means Each (or Every) Situation is Different. Some have really cool schools (or offices in my case) where they work while for others their work places are the pits. JET is more likely to place you in the rural areas whereas you can probably have more say over placement with AEON. In addition, the JET process is drawn out over a year whereas AEON's will be MUCH shorter.
Any time you have questions about JET, feel free to PM me!  |
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