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Originally Posted by BobbyCooper
But again honestly, do you really believe that 6 months is a short time for a school to hire somebody on a WHV?? I could even work for 8 months if I have too. But the rest I need to travel around the country! We are not talking about 3 months here.. 6 months is half a year already, if this is not a lot of time what is?
Well, if that is life.. then I don't have another option other then telling them that I am available for the entire year, do I?
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Emphatically, yes, 6 months is a short contract. 3 months is ridiculously short. You have to stop thinking of it in terms of years and visas, and look at it from the point of view of the school. 3 months is barely a single school term, but curriculums or courses may cover a whole year. Depending on the time of year, terms might also be very connected in terms of work done (if holidays are short). It's highly disruptive to have a class change teachers each term; especially unexperienced ones as it takes time for the teaching to settle in and become anywhere near effective. It's way too much effort as well. When you're looking at teaching and working with schools, even a year can seem a short time.
Telling lies about your availability and bumming out on a contract deal is exactly why foreigners get a bad rap in japan over issues like this, why apartment landlords often ban foreigners and why employers become harsher. You DO have other options, you're just being too selfish to consider them.