On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 22:48:41 +0900, Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson
<ken_nicolson@hotmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
inscribed:

>On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 13:42:57 GMT, "necoandjeff" <spam@schrepfer.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Andrew Scotchmer wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I am married to a Japanese woman and will be moving to Japan this
>>> year.  She comes from the Shizuoka region and for the first few weeks
>>> will probably be living with her parents.
>>>
>>> My question is how easy will finding work be?  I have no
>>> college/university degree though I am receiving my certificate in
>>> education ( certEd: teaching certificate) this summer.  As a native
>>> English speaker this is probably my best oppourtunity.
>>
>>To be honest, not having a college degree will probably make things a bit
>>difficult for you in Japan, even for teaching English.
>
>Will they? 

It will.

>He has a spouse visa, therefore the English school might
>tend to be less fussy since they don't need to sponsor the performing
>monkey visa. I always had the impression that the degree requirement
>for these schools was because of the visa requirements more than
>anything else.

Since they only pretend to teach English to people who pretend to
learn it, you could certainly be excused for thinking that. But being
without a college degree myself, I can assure you from firsthand
experience that most schools *do* care.

I think often the schools are operating under the misconception that a
college degree is required to work at the eikaiwa mills, either by the
government or by the nature of the job. Actually, all that is needed
is any sort of visa allowing employment, a pulse, and the ability to
tie a necktie. The latter requirement can be waived if you have a
presentable clip-on.





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