Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land said...

Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land at 11:06 PM JST - 1st August

I'll take the side of the poor Indonesian woman and wish her luck. Hopefully, she can remain here with her baby, possibly get married, and build a better life for herself and hers than she would have been able to in Indonesia.

With the baby shortage Japan has, the Government…

Posted in Mie city refused maternal aid for pregnant foreigner overstaying visa at 11:06 PM JST - 1st August
Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land at 09:16 PM JST - 1st August

While I agree with the "look don't touch" viewpoint expressed by some here, the problem is a social one and this police officer is, to a large extent in my opinion, a product of his environment. Viewing women as nothing more than sex objects is a pretty common viewpoint, if…

Posted in Police sergeant arrested on suspicion of filming up-skirt videos at 09:16 PM JST - 1st August
Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land at 08:10 PM JST - 1st August

Personally, I don't see an uncovered yawn as any big deal, not particularly disrespectful or anything. I do it myself very occasionally in the high school I teach part-time at when I'm sleepy.

Also, I don't see the big deal with putting a piece of chalk in a kid's mouth,…

Posted in Teacher gets pay cut for putting chalk in yawning student’s mouth at 08:10 PM JST - 1st August
Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land at 04:27 PM JST - 21st May

Another good book to read about Sanya and, specifically, the life of a day laborer is A Man with No Talents, by Oyama Shiro. It's written by quite a clever guy who just couldn't stand living the typical salaryman life and so dropped out of society, so to speak, and…

Posted in Sanya: A travel guide to Tokyo’s coolest ghetto at 04:27 PM JST - 21st May
Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land at 03:35 PM JST - 7th April

memyselfI: A lot of Junior High Students use physical and mental violence on the teachers. About the school lunch. I guard my school lunch. Many students touch the teachers food all the time. Student bullies go after the teachers.

Funny, in my highschool classes, the worst thing the kids do…

Posted in Pregnant junior high school teacher harassed by students’ 'Miscarriage Club' at 03:35 PM JST - 7th April
Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land at 03:22 PM JST - 7th April

sharky1: A zygot is a potential child, a fetus is a child.

Why isn't a zygote a child? Since the birth isn't it, where is your cut-off line between potential child and child?

Moderator: All readers back on topic please.

Posted in Pregnant junior high school teacher harassed by students’ 'Miscarriage Club' at 03:22 PM JST - 7th April
Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land at 05:00 PM JST - 16th June

Well, Kichigai, the police wouldn't know she's a 17 year old girl until they went and picked her up, at which point they pretty much have to take her in. It would sound pretty silly to say "Oh, you're only a 17 year old gir? Right, sorry to bother you.…

Posted in 17-yr-old girl held for threatening massacre in Internet message at 05:00 PM JST - 16th June
Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land at 04:01 AM JST - 14th June

"A normal, 3 year visa"

Is a 3 year visa normal? Funny, I had to go through 5 one year visas before I could finally get a 3 year year visa.

Posted in Japanese happy after UK waters down English tests at 04:01 AM JST - 14th June
Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land at 03:03 AM JST - 14th June

Patrick Smash says: I think the Japanese should start to insist that native English teachers hold a qualification in their own first language, as well as a real teaching license. Then maybe they'll make a difference in the schools, and this kind of idiot legislation from the British government won't…

Posted in Japanese happy after UK waters down English tests at 03:03 AM JST - 14th June
Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land at 01:21 AM JST - 12th June

Japan IS incredibly safe compared to the US, where I am from. The city I live in is much safer than my hometown. Have said that, many self-defense devices not for sale in Japan can be ordered online. I have ordered and recieved different knives, a stun gun, an extendable…

Posted in What measures are you taking for your own personal security when you are out and about? at 01:21 AM JST - 12th June