tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post1013950870571964165..comments2023-04-23T13:10:44.188+09:00Comments on this is how she fight start: Guest Postkamohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-16616438813363051012013-04-09T07:55:21.450+09:002013-04-09T07:55:21.450+09:00She's not quite kyoiku mama level yet, fortuna...She's not quite kyoiku mama level yet, fortunately, but the US doesn't do anything to encourage concerned moms, what with school shootings, awful test scores, crazy hippie education, Creationism, etc. I'm worried too.<br /><br />And education is just one proxy in the never ending culture wars at our house. Eventually we'll compromise and move to N. Europe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-70873302196588274622013-04-08T21:01:01.057+09:002013-04-08T21:01:01.057+09:00Ah, the kyoiku mama. I'll just rub salt in bot...Ah, the kyoiku mama. I'll just rub salt in both you gentlemen's wounds by saying that as my wife has studied at both Japanese and British universities, she shares my opinion that Japanese tertiary education blows. More importantly, she also agrees that the main purpose of secondary education in Japan is to prepare students for university exams. This means we're looking at some pricey decisions in about a decade, one way or another.<br /><br />I also feel I should play the host as Pep's still a little new here and point out that Ant's frustration (I think) stems from too much sympathy with your position, rather than too little.kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-73821415011701186482013-04-08T17:56:51.615+09:002013-04-08T17:56:51.615+09:00Yeah, so do Canadians, but we use calculators, not...Yeah, so do Canadians, but we use calculators, not abacuses. Should I mention there is thing called research one can do to find information once one has research skills, rather than have none of those and stop learning after you finished stuffing your J-heads for exams with information someone fifty years older thought was relevant?Ἀντισθένηςhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199983680204710885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-13126418297582301252013-04-07T01:02:12.093+09:002013-04-07T01:02:12.093+09:00Just wait until you have to defend your home count...Just wait until you have to defend your home country's education to an education-centric Japanese wife...... I think the "you Americans suck so hard at math" line comes out 4-5 times per week. (I realize that we do, but I'm still not ready to send the kids back to Japanese schools.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-52884630404444874652013-04-06T09:10:35.611+09:002013-04-06T09:10:35.611+09:00"What an utterly bizarre way to run an educat..."What an utterly bizarre way to run an education system."<br /><br />On so many levels, that. Education in every country is massively political, but it always makes me laugh when people hold up Japanese or 'Asian' schooling as a model we ought to be following. One of many reasons the current education secretary in the UK absolutely terrifies me.kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-57507279968095079142013-04-06T09:08:39.195+09:002013-04-06T09:08:39.195+09:00I half suspected you'd take issue with that li...I half suspected you'd take issue with that line. I'm going to stick by it though, if only because "honestly trying to make a decent go of it" is so usefully vague. You'll notice I didn't say the majority were actually good.<br /><br />I can believe what you say about your area though. You're out in the sticks a bit, so there's probably quite a bit of selection bias. The ones who didn't choose to be there really want to be in Tokyo, and the ones who did are more than usually fixated on 'experiencing the real Japan'. Maybe. kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-9507394258666224012013-04-06T09:04:24.321+09:002013-04-06T09:04:24.321+09:00Well, to my mind "Thank you" is always i...Well, to my mind "Thank you" is always inappropriate after the act. It may, MAY, be ok during provided it's followed immediately by "...sir/mistress. May I have another?"kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-24858024356563341352013-04-06T09:03:02.663+09:002013-04-06T09:03:02.663+09:00Thanks. Always nice when someone gets the joke :)Thanks. Always nice when someone gets the joke :)kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-3011573498071053892013-04-06T02:56:02.361+09:002013-04-06T02:56:02.361+09:00You know, I really enjoyed my work as a teacher, b...You know, I really enjoyed my work as a teacher, but I can't say that I miss the whole contextual thing about being an ALT. What an utterly bizarre way to run an education system. At least I spent most of my time in dysfunctional ghetto schools, so there was something to it besides standing in the front of a classroom yelling lines from New Horizons at bored future salarymen, even if that something was trying fruitlessly to prevent garbage cans and textbooks from flying out windows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-55353268284117477612013-04-06T02:02:11.287+09:002013-04-06T02:02:11.287+09:00"while I do think the majority are honestly t..."while I do think the majority are honestly trying to make a decent go of something"<br /><br />You made Baby Buddha and Baby Jesus cry with that sentence. Buddhists are building a Hell ..they are incorporating it into their religion just for you... to throw you into it if you keep spreading falsehoods.<br /><br />In this area that number (majority = 51% and most = 70%+??) No way Jose'. They are a rare bird and are a clear minority far from most. Seriously. <br /><br />Next time someone talks like your gonna do a fucking duet on a new single with them politely ask them to go make you a fucking sandwich...for 50 minutes....and then eat that fucking sandwich and never ever disrespect you again or you will make the sandwich and after gently spreading the mayo across the fresh white bread your GOING TO STICK THE FUCKING KNIFE IN THEIR EYE.<br /><br />Consider it a listening test for the teacher. If they never fucking go near you again and just breeze by while you come in they ...they got good hearing.Chrishttp://badboyinjapan.blogspot.jp/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-8667041389215515792013-04-05T15:54:44.223+09:002013-04-05T15:54:44.223+09:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14514980873783385186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-66487014700004581562013-04-05T12:58:25.417+09:002013-04-05T12:58:25.417+09:00"Who says, “Thank you,” after sex?"
Do ..."Who says, “Thank you,” after sex?"<br /><br />Do we have to answer that one, Kamo-sensei?Will Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07927492067445164618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-3434245675963199662013-04-05T08:29:47.608+09:002013-04-05T08:29:47.608+09:00"It has four bedrooms, you know. Famously so...."It has four bedrooms, you know. Famously so."<br /><br />Love it. End on a killer punchline.Ἀντισθένηςhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199983680204710885noreply@blogger.com