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Originally Posted by MMM
Wings, I don't think you are doing the work, so I don't think you are qualified to say this. I will say every school and institution is a different story, and while there are some people there just to be there, there are enough people that actually want to do the work and teach English that people that just want to putz around are getting more and more filtered out. "Little kids" and "housewives" are two targets, but hardly the main.
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You know, I get this kind of answer a lot whenever I'm asked my opinion on the topic, but I don't really know why. I mean, logically, it totally makes sense. First off, it's impossible not to generalize. I'm not saying that there aren't a lot of great teachers out there. But the fact of the matter is, we're all in this country because of JAPAN.
Think about it. Why am I here? Because I decided I'd like to give Japan a shot and working on my degree at the same time is a bonus. Could I pay half as much and go to the local state school back home? Yeah, sure. But the reason I'm here rather than there is the fact that I get to live in Japan.
The same thing goes for the teachers here. If they really wanted to be teachers, they'd be teachers. They'd go get a legitimate teaching degree and work their way up the ladder of their local public school, get tenured, and hopefully even teach some university classes some day.
But most of the teachers in Japan aren't like that. They're here for Japan first, teaching second. Here, they don't need a master's degree for a more respectable position. Here, they get to work a flexible schedule and party in Tokyo or Osaka on the weekends. If any idiot can push through a few years of college and get a degree, they're automatically eligible to come party in J-land. If they fall in love with their job after getting here, great. But the truth is they fell in love with the idea of the country first.
That's my point.