Comments by "Gordon Graham" (@gordonbgraham) on "What's it like Raising Kids in Japan as Foreigners?" video.

My advice is to learn how to read and write, not simply identify words to slot into blanks. You can't expect to find work in Japan outside of the English teaching field if you're functionally illiterate. You need to learn how to write and not simply at an elementary school level but at a native speaker adult level. Imagine applying for a job in North America if you couldn't read and write English.
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@Mwoods2272 and because they can’t read, write or speak English they are in low paying labor jobs or they work exclusively for a company in which Spanish is the discourse of communication. Japanese is the discourse of communication in Japan.
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@Mwoods2272 And who complain about not being able to advance in the workplace or get a decent job. More often than not putting it down to xenophobia rather than their inability to read and write. They’re either stuck in low paying ALT McJobs or in the case of Asian immigrants stuck in low paying labor jobs, such as in agriculture, construction or factory work.
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@Mwoods2272 just saying, if you want to advance in the workplace or get a decent job, you need to read and write Japanese
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