On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 13:10:56 GMT, Jason Cormier <fjlij@hotmail.com>
belched the alphabet and kept on going with:

>On 7/2/03 0:58, in article 9EtMa.797$GF2.1011158@twister.nyc.rr.com,
>"Display Name" <mmiklas@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Considering teaching english in Japan, currently living in NYC. Reading a
>> lot of good things about AEON (at least compared to other eikaiwa) and I've
>> also seen one excellent post for ECC. my goals - learn to teach english,
>> DEFINITELY learn japanese, have the flexibility to socialize w/whomever i
>> please as i hear plenty about stipulations in some teaching contracts where
>> you can't interact w/ students, sample some martial arts & continue
>> expanding photography interest. Am I unrealistic in hoping that I can
>> EVENTUALLY (I'm sure getting settled takes a few months) get my arms around
>> the whole day-to-day of teaching english there to the pt. of being able to
>> pursue most or all of these things?
>> 
>> Any updated advice (everything I see is from 2002 or earlier) on who's best
>> to apply to here and now, what to expect, etcetera
>> oh and my stats: 30y.o. white guy, no TEFL training but a BA in English.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Matt
>
>You are already fully qualified to teach at a Japanese eikaiwa. You'll have
>no problem finding a job and pursuing your interests. 

It isn't like you to be so imprecise with language, Jason. I know
you'll forgive me if I rewrite that first sentence for you:

"You are already as qualified as any of the other unqualified yahoos
who work at an eikaiwa and pretend to teach English to people who, by
and large, are only pretending to learn it."




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Michael Cash



"There was a time, Mr. Cash, when I believed you must be the most useless
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                                Prof. Ernest T. Bass
                                Mount Pilot College


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