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sgsilver · Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 8 Location: Osaka, Japan

Greetings,

I am a full-time EFL teacher at a private university in Western Japan, and I am conducting an informal survey of living conditions of other full-time EFL teachers throughout the world, specifically those who are provided faculty housing either on-campus or in a compound specifically for foreign workers. I'm especially interested in recreational facilities, as in what these facilities consist of and their accessibility to teachers.

Thanks in advance!
Steve

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

What is your survey?

denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish

I'm full-time, university affiliated. I echo Gordon's question: what's (where's) the survey?

d

Guest · Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 10:04 pm Post subject:

I am happy to tell you.

I live on Campus. This is a Boarding School for about 1,800 children from wealthy families. The School is only about two years old - it got too big for its former location.

The apartment block for the foreign teachers has 8 flats in it. There are currently only three teachers here.

We each have a huge lounge, with 24 hour internet access and computer supplied, a huge bedroom - nicely furnished with large T.V. - air conditioning etc., and a western style bathroom.

The 8 apartments are supposed to share the large kitchen, dining room and laundry on the ground floor, but I have bought my own fridge, microwave etc. so that all I share is the washing machine. Actually I do not share one as there are 3 washing machines for 3 people at the moment.

The apartment is very modern and comfortable and it is "home" to me now. I am coming back here for a second year and hopefully more.

We are not bothered in the least by the teachers, staff etc. and come and go as we please. The ONLY problem the two other teachers here have (both young guys) is the fact that they have to wake the School Guard at the front gate to get in late at night. That is not a problem for an old girl like me of course as the latest I have ever come home is midnight.

Ludwig · Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 7:57 am Post subject:

'Rhonda Place', it is information regarding universities that is being sought here, not boarding schools for children.

denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish

Funny... I got the impression that it was some sort of survey about housing, not about universities OR children's boarding schools.

Would the original poster care to give us some more direction?

d

PAULH · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 4672 Location: Western Japan

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

I'm at a private university in Japan and originally they provided my family and I with a small 2LDK apt. After a little more than a year, we were "allowed" to move. I found a house on my own and moved in last year. The university pays for about half my rent and paid the key money. There are no recreational facilities, but the house is ample for Japan.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

"they provided my family and I with a small 2LDK apt"

I ? Have they abolished the objective case in Japanese Universities ?

GaryWolf · Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 27

See what I mean Scot? You’re just too negative. Why pick on this guy’s grammar? The guy is just making a comment hoping to help someone with his experience. The whole purpose of these forums. Have you really nothing better to do?

It sounds to me that you may be a little bit insecure, so you are constantly trying to find fault with other people to make yourself feel better.

Something Glen and I (is this correct Scot?) have learned in our many years of experience helping clients in clinical psychology.

Best wishes

GWolf

khmerhit · Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 10:34 pm Post subject:

Hey Wolf,

Why dont you get to work on the psychological problems of Rio's street kids? Put your talents where they are needed. If you want to diagnose others based on their posts, and if you can't handle what you perceive to be a "negative " post, then go to the APA site and take your cat with you. Oh, and get a life.

One cat's meat is another cat's poison.

yours sincerely

khmerhit

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Garywolf - friend of felines,

Is it too much to expect English teachers to respect the conventions of English Grammar ?

Maybe you should take up a full-time job in Clinical Psychology. You can spend your life reading my posts and making diagnoses based on the Psychology you studied at Neasden Polytechnic back in the far-off 1990's before you ran away to the Rainforest.

Meanwhile who is going to pay your rent ?

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I am not sure than we can easily compare life on a campus in Saudi with life on a campus in Japan.

It is DIFERENT. Like apples and banans. Different !

denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish