Comments by "alukuhito" (@alukuhito) on "What’s it like Teaching English in Japan ?" video.

  1. Yes, but you were/are on the JET Programme. If you work for a private middleman you can be worked to death. It all depends on the contract and how the schools decide to use you.
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  2. Yeah, but then you get shot when you work at a school in that country.
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  3. You don't have to work at eikaiwas forever. There are lots of decent English-teaching jobs around. Also, being a teacher is quite respected in Japan. Software engineers are a dime a dozen these days.
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  4. Generally you need at least a bachelor's degree to live and work in Japan as a teacher, although not always. The main thing is to be offered a job and for the company to help you with your visa paperwork.
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  5. Nah. She sounded Canadian to me.
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  6. Nope.
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  7. It sounds like you don't actually work for a university, but rather a private company like Westgate, and your students get no uni credits from your classes. A real university would give you shakai hoken, which is when they pay into your health and pension accounts. Even many private companies will do that, other than the eikaiwas and ALT middlemen.
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  8. It was Canadian English.
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  9. "the country" huh?
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  10. LOL. People don't want to get out of Japan. Sure, there may be some, but even Japanese who spend a couple years overseas almost always end up going back to Japan. Japanese generally love their country. People learn English because it's useful.
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  11. The Portuguese girl sounds like she lived in North America.
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