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07-06-2009, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by MMM View Post
I have met people like this in Japan, and the US, and so you have to read between the lines.

In general ALT positions are filled by fresh, young college grads. In general they last 1 to 3 years, with the rare teacher making it more than 5. ALT jobs are not intended to be life-long careers. So, yes, the needs of the career teacher will almost always outweigh the needs of the temporary one.

Look what he said...he liked his old job, but two of the schools had a problem with him, so he was let go. Then a teacher at another school had a problem with him and decided she didn't want to teach with him. Hell, I probably wouldn't have wanted to teach with him, either.

Yes, Japanese schools have systems and bureaucracies that will remain in place long after the gaijin teacher leaves. You are invited to teach in Japan to work within that system. If that doesn't work for you, then you won't last long in Japan.
thats true.


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