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Know More Media - International Business - May 2, 2007
Question # 17. What are the students like? Two eyes. Many, however, have four. Button noses and smiles are the standard in my experience. Some schools want teachers for pre-schoolers. Pre-schoolers will often learn …
Know More Media - International Business - May 1, 2007
Question # 16. Is a dollar a dollar there? I didn't teach my teachers very well about this in the beginning. I tried to tell the teachers how frugal the Japanese were, and much they did NOT waste by using space …
Know More Media - International Business - Apr 30, 2007
Question # 15. How much does it cost to fly there? The answer to this question, of course, depends on where you are flying from. However, any more, it seems that a person get to Japan from anywhere for less than a …
Know More Media - International Business - Apr 27, 2007
Question # 14. What are the working conditions like? Depending on the number of students the teacher has the working conditions usually amount to a room about the size of your bedroom - roku-jo or hachi-jo. There …
Know More Media - International Business - Apr 26, 2007
Question #13. Will I receive training when I get there? Most schools will teach you how to find your classroom. That's about it. If you find a school that does more think happy thoughts. At our schools, we allowed …
Know More Media - Education - Apr 25, 2007
Question #2. Is there an age limit? In the first post I mentioned that our oldest teacher that we brought over to Japan to teach for us when 66 years old. Australia and Canada have a 'working holiday' relationship …
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Know More Media - International Business - Apr 24, 2007
Question #11. What kind of visa do I need? If the country does not have a 'working holiday' relationship, the Japanese government requires all teachers to have a working visa that must be obtained by the sponsoring …
Know More Media - International Business - Apr 23, 2007
Question # 10. Where can I make the most money? The major metropolitan areas will pay the most in living arrangements but I don't know that the base salary is any better. Tokyo has made 250,000/month the guaranteed …
Know More Media - Education - Apr 23, 2007
I don’t know a lot about a lot of things but I know a few things about a few. One of the few things I do know something about is what it takes to teach ESL (English as a Second Language) in Japan. What is it like, who …
Know More Media - International Business - Apr 20, 2007
Question #9. How much money can I make? There is not as much money to be made in Japan teaching ESL now as there used to be. The going rate seems to be about 250,000 a month for spending 20 hours in the classroom …