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  ADVANOct. 02, 2009 - 06:14PM JST

  I worked for Berlitz for about 3 years and in our unit, there were genuinely good guys and girls teaching and aiming to make a difference. The hardest thing was the quality of lessons being taught at other schools - even at Berlitz. I would hate to imagine the quality of lessons at Nova. If I had to guess, there was probably 30% doing the right thing and the rest were made up of foreigners just trying to make some money or trying to pick up the girls or ones that had been doing it for so long they couldnt care less as there wasnt anything better for them. Do we have people like this back in our country? Absolutely, but the problem is head office who are actually hiring these losers and letting them work.

  Someone mentioned English teachers are getting low pay and long hours - I would disagree. I think most are getting too much for the rubbish work they are doing. Turning up (if lucky) and simply going through the motions of speaking until the bell rings indicating the lesson is over and taking naps between lessons and or bad mouthing the guy they just 'taught' is not hard work - if work at all.

  I wouldnt know if things have gotten better since Nova but I certainly hope so. There are many who pay good money hoping for us to help them improve without realising the person across the desk either hates being there or simply want to get in their pants!

  Posted in: What is your impression of the English-teaching industry in Japan? Have things improved since Nova's collapse or are there still bad apples in the barrel?

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