mina2 6 Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 I know there's ton of people who are not English teachers here, but wondering how many of the people started out teaching English, you know using that as a way in. And so, the poll.... Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Started off that way, yes.... Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Never been down that road. Link to post Share on other sites
montoya 0 Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 taught a few students individually while I was going to J-language school, but that was about it.. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Im a gaijin puutarou!! Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Just out of curiousity, those people who escaped the wrath of english teaching, what are you doing now? Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Im a male escort for deprived sexy&rich women in western Japan Hope nobody takes this seriously... Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 That has crossed my mind, there are plenty of bored yummy mummys around Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 What do you do for a living now then, montoya? Link to post Share on other sites
montoya 0 Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 web design/development Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 Yep, yep. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 Started off as yes.. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 Started off as... Got out of it, importing stuff. Back into it, though this time by running my own school. Money is great, Hours are low, Holidays are long and work is relatively stress free. I'd rather do what I am doing now than work in a J office and put up with all the BS and lack of holidays. Link to post Share on other sites
HighlyTrainedNovaTeacher 2 Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 I soon became a Nova teacher where I got all my high level training bringing me to where I am now.... Highly Trained. Link to post Share on other sites
cheesewoman 0 Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Neither of us did. I am now looking after cheeseboy, cheeseman is hoping to move into the cheese industry sometime. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Conversation school High school Adult education Translation company Electronics company Freelance translator Entrepreneur Link to post Share on other sites
ex-boyfriend 0 Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Thats how I came to Japan. Still doing it, albeit in a different capacity and a bit further up the ladder Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 Yep, that's how I came here. Rather popular way in hey? Link to post Share on other sites
proudtobegay 0 Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 Yes - and still on that road. Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 While I have a lot of Eigo sensei as my guests, I've found it difficult for them to explain some grammatical matter to their Japanese students. Just back to the basic then. If your students don't understand how to use "she" and "her" and when - "she" is a subject and "her" is an object or a possession. "Fully" for "Fully booked" is an adverb, "full" for " We are full" is an adjective. "What is the best fit?" and "What fits the best?" means the same? Pre-fixes are complicated, we can say INconvenient opposite from convenient but DISagree opposite from agree. We have to remember each and every case Is there any rules? Prepositions as well , we have to learn which is the correct one. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Gamera, When I ask Japanese people who are not trained in Japanese grammar to explain this and that I get "Just because" or "I don't know" or the wrong answer! Generally natives speakers of any countries grammar is far from text book perfect, and most might even fail a grammar test if given one! Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Haha, Indosnm. I was not complaining, just adviced them to back to the basic. Link to post Share on other sites
happyhappy 0 Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 I started off as an eigo-sensei. But I only became happyhappy when I quit that Link to post Share on other sites
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