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Gaijin0000 wrote: What do you think? Was this blog being overly hostile, or is this the standard contract for schools outside the cities.
Thanks!!!
Typhoon wrote:Okay, so don't go to Gunma.
According to your fellow Canuck,
it's not so great in the city either
The JET route may be the way to go, if you can arrange it.
Anyways, the Golden Age of making one's fortune by teaching English in Japan is ancient history now.
james wrote:being a canuck, out in the countryside and teaching english (working for myself) and dealing with a sharp decline over the last few years i thought i'd chime in. i expect next year to be brutal.
Yokohammer wrote:What's behind the sharp decline? Is it an economy thing, declining population in the area, or are people just less interested in learning English?
I suppose it could be all of the above, but it does seem that as Japan's relationship with the rest of the world changes people are seeing less advantage in learning English, even though the ability to communicate is actually becoming more important for survival and success in the international community.
What's your take on the situation?
Yokohammer wrote:What's behind the sharp decline? Is it an economy thing, declining population in the area, or are people just less interested in learning English?
I suppose it could be all of the above, but it does seem that as Japan's relationship with the rest of the world changes people are seeing less advantage in learning English, even though the ability to communicate is actually becoming more important for survival and success in the international community.
What's your take on the situation?
Yokohammer wrote:Thanks Dimwit and James.
Looks as though the ups and downs are somewhat location dependent. That's interesting. I thought it would be more of a general trend (of course two samples is not exactly a survey, but they'll do in a pinch). I wish I could provide another sample, but I'm not in the English Ed business so I can't.
I was wondering if the somewhat less than honorable business practices of some of the schools might have something to do with it, as implied by Dimwit. Pedophile ETs sure as heck won't help to elevate the industry's image either.
Anyway, James, I hope your prediction turns out to be false and you have a bumper year.
dimwit wrote:and he is living in a town of about 7,000.
MrUltimateGaijin wrote:how many FGs are living in towns that small??? And most of the locals would be geriatric..
dimwit wrote:I think the difference between James' situation is that I am living in a city of about 500,000 and he is living in a town of about 7,000.
Yokohammer wrote:Pedophile ETs sure as heck won't help to elevate the industry's image either.
james wrote:".....and yes, most of the locals, by far, are geriatric....."
Greji wrote:They might be whippersnappers compared to me as a resident geezer. Ahhh, best make that as a resident perverted geezer....
FG Lurker wrote:I suspect many of the residents around James' place are even older than FG's resident perverted geezer...
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