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An ECC teacher mentioned that students don't seem to be reluctant to renew their contracts for a year, and are doing 3 or 6 months instead, saying cos of the nova business.

I think the eikaiwa industry's image has taken a bit of a beating, especially for any schools that operate a token system.

But much to everyone's surprise, the ATs and other higher up gaijin staff werer paid today. That just leaves the japanese staff's pay (due yesterday), and the grunts pay on October 15th or something.