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Originally Posted by Maku
Ah right, should try GABA aswell, or somewhere different?
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Gaba, Interac and Aeon all seem fairly decent when it comes to big national chains. Whereas finding smaller companies that hire oversea applicants is tougher, it can be nice to work in local companies.
I like doing my ALT thing, but if one on one lessons sound appealing to you go for it. I think that would be much more rewarding in that you may actually see the students progress. Working in a Jr. High with the Japanese teachers has benefits and negatives. You see the drills they make the students do, the overwhelming amount of vocab they force feed them and then it comes as no surprise when they say, "I don't think the students can do that." I wonder why? Maybe your methods and the pace you are trying to move at is completely unreasonable and ineffective. But they have to keep it up because they have the entrance exams to focus on forced upon them by a rigid education system that instead of educating simply weeds out the weak and rebellious. But hey, it's their kids and their country what am I supposed to do.
Can you tell that I am having one of those infamous ALT to JTE communication breakdowns today? Maybe I'll write about that later. Right now I am just too frustated.