Comments on: The benefits of teaching in Japan http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/the-benefits-of-teaching-in-japan/ Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:02:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Alex Case http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/the-benefits-of-teaching-in-japan/#comment-2724 Alex Case Wed, 21 May 2008 12:13:07 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=1008#comment-2724 I'm not sure what causes that reaction- maybe people expect Spain to be more similar to home than it is because everyone is white, or maybe it's the fact that the Spanish always seem to be enjoying life in Spain much more than you. In Japan it's absolutely the opposite- a crap place to be if you're Japanese and great if you're a foreigner I’m not sure what causes that reaction- maybe people expect Spain to be more similar to home than it is because everyone is white, or maybe it’s the fact that the Spanish always seem to be enjoying life in Spain much more than you. In Japan it’s absolutely the opposite- a crap place to be if you’re Japanese and great if you’re a foreigner

]]> By: nicky http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/the-benefits-of-teaching-in-japan/#comment-2723 nicky Tue, 20 May 2008 23:29:43 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=1008#comment-2723 hi, nice photo by the way, i poke around on this site, and i was quite impressed with (among other things) your sales job on the japan thing. one question, you make reference to cynical teachers whove been in spain...as an american teacher in spain, i wonder whats the cause of so much cynicism...i havent been home in three years now, well see if it hits me when i get home... anyway congratulations of your site, one of the best ive seen! hi, nice photo by the way, i poke around on this site, and i was quite impressed with (among other things) your sales job on the japan thing.

one question, you make reference to cynical teachers whove been in spain…as an american teacher in spain, i wonder whats the cause of so much cynicism…i havent been home in three years now, well see if it hits me when i get home…

anyway congratulations of your site, one of the best ive seen!

]]> By: Alex Case http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/the-benefits-of-teaching-in-japan/#comment-2709 Alex Case Wed, 14 May 2008 13:35:09 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=1008#comment-2709 That's what I thought about the hakama, but then I got picked on to dress up as a Shogun at Edo Mura history theme park two days later... That’s what I thought about the hakama, but then I got picked on to dress up as a Shogun at Edo Mura history theme park two days later…

]]> By: ikinari http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/the-benefits-of-teaching-in-japan/#comment-2707 ikinari Tue, 13 May 2008 15:26:14 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=1008#comment-2707 So you wore haori hakama for your wedding as well.... Good choice. Not too many opportunities for that outfit. Love the sites. Great stuff all around. So you wore haori hakama for your wedding as well…. Good choice. Not too many opportunities for that outfit.

Love the sites. Great stuff all around.

]]> By: Alex Case http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/the-benefits-of-teaching-in-japan/#comment-2706 Alex Case Tue, 13 May 2008 11:26:21 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=1008#comment-2706 It does look like I've got a green mohican, doesn't it? I'm sticking to the story that it's a tree in the background and hoping the official softfocus ones look a bit better... It does look like I’ve got a green mohican, doesn’t it? I’m sticking to the story that it’s a tree in the background and hoping the official softfocus ones look a bit better…

]]> By: Sandy http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/the-benefits-of-teaching-in-japan/#comment-2705 Sandy Tue, 13 May 2008 11:24:02 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=1008#comment-2705 Yeah, but just WHO is that funny-looking little geezer on the left, with the half-punk haircut? Yeah, but just WHO is that funny-looking little geezer on the left, with the half-punk haircut?

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