Hallvard Tangeraas wrote:
> Declan Murphy wrote:
> 
>> Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
>>
>>> But those people generally become even more bitter than English 
>>> teachers.
>>
>> I don't believe it is possible to be more bitter than an English 
>> teacher. Doesn't "Charisma Man" make it down to Okinawa?
> 
> What's all this bitterness about?

http://karatethejapaneseway.com/photos/charisma_man_02.jpg
Though it would appear that (according to Ryan at least), proofreaders 
of "translated" English get less sex and less booze than the dancing bears.

> I'm sort of ignorant not having *lived* in Japan, but I assume it has 
> something to do with Japan in general treating foreigners badly if the 
> stuff I've read here and there is correct.

Japan in general treats foreigners fine. There is nothing much to worry 
about. I went to considerable lengths in Hokkaido last week to get 
myself thrown out of onsens and mizushobai establishments to absolutely 
no avail.

> Or is it all just whining I've caught up on?

You really are good at English :-) So why on earth would you want to 
teach it? You have a degree, obviously have some work experience, so why 
not try to find a way to use that experience instead and get a real job?

> Are foreigners generally treated differently and/or badly than their 
> Japanese co-workers?

Foreigners are usually treated differently, but this is rarely a bad 
thing (for the foreigners).

-- 
"UFJ in general are a bunch of shitheads" - tourist in not-quite-Japan.