Forum: General Chat 
Nov 17th, 2006, 05:46 pm
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Views: 10,432  Re: When to say 'no'.
I live out further into the 'country' where foreigners are present but Japanese-America kids are still few in number. My children are all pretty popular and I'm sure they face racism troubles but...
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Forum: General Chat
Nov 16th, 2006, 05:21 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 10,432 Re: When to say 'no'.
It's amazing and since I work at both (public school and private) I can see the waste. The sad part is that the Japanese school system has become reliant upon the after school (private) system to...
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Forum: General Chat
Nov 16th, 2006, 05:13 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 10,432 Re: When to say 'no'.
An apartment where I am isn't too bad. a studio would probably be about $600-$700/month. However, many schools offer teacher housing and the rent could be as low as $100 in those cases. In bigger...
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Forum: General Chat
Nov 16th, 2006, 06:13 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 10,432 Re: When to say 'no'.
I'm in Japan.
Here, school is year round and about half the jobs are at 'cram' schools (which are after school private classes.) Most contracts, bot public and cram schools, pay between $2,500 to...
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Forum: General Chat
Nov 15th, 2006, 07:50 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 10,432 Re: When to say 'no'.
Wow! There's no way I'd get anything done. I'm a stare-down-the-barrel kinda guy. If I have 70 things to do, I'll get them all done. If I only have 5 things to do, I will get absolutely nothing...
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Forum: General Chat
Nov 14th, 2006, 07:51 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 10,432 Re: When to say 'no'.
My workload is heavy and I'm bursting at the seems. I'm actually at the breaking point where I might need to hire someone. The problem is I don't really have the facilities for a two teacher...
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Forum: General Chat
Nov 14th, 2006, 04:12 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 10,432 Re: When to say 'no'.
Just reading the title, I had a feeling it was about saying no to work. Maybe because I have a hard time with it.
I have 24 classes at my private English school. And, I go for 16 hours a week to a...
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