JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
- Salary: ¥125,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month
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- FT English Teachers for Kids - Osaka
- Kohgakusha Co., Ltd. （株式会社興学社）, Osaka
- Salary: ¥255,000 ~ ¥275,000 / Month Travel Expenses, Encouragement of Japanese learning*
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- Translator
- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
- Salary: ¥6.0M / Year Negotiable
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Youdontknow
Teachers and schools need to lighten up on the militaristic style of class conduct! I was horrified when I saw my son's kindergarden class being MADE to march in military fashion, with sharp turns included, and some kids being shouted at if they didn't keep in step or turn 'correctly'! That was 5 years ago - and one teacher tried to get in my face when I pulled my son out from the 'ranks'. That was the wrong move on his part (the teacher) - you don't shout and try to tell a 105kg Irishman what he can and can't do with his own flesh and blood! He backed off when I shouted louder than him to the point where the whole school ground went pretty quiet!
Teachers need to realise that they are that - teachers. Nothing more, nothing less. They do NOT have the right to scream abuse at kids for not understanding. Nor should they just be allowed to dictate a topic to kids without giving the kids room to actually THINK!
Parents do have the right to get involved when they think their kids are being picked on or vindicated by a teacher, without reason. But also, parents should allow the school to do what they do best, educate. Yeah yeah, I know, my post sounds like double standards, but it's a never ending circle. I guess times they are a changing, even if that change could be better handled.
Posted in: How should schools deal with so-called "monster parents" who verbally abuse or complain about teachers for the way they treat their children?
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Youdontknow
What? "A cry for help..."? More like a cry of stupidity, immaturity and lunacy!
Posted in: College dropout arrested over website threat to kill over 30 students
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Youdontknow
MarieinJapan - you'd be surprised just how many dads DO understand this PND problem, but what this woman did has NO JUSTIFICATION! NONE!!
Posted in: Mother held for allegedly drowning 12-day-old son in bathtub
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Youdontknow
My wife suffered for a year with PND, but she never had the inclination to want to kill her flesh and blood!
Posted in: Mother held for allegedly drowning 12-day-old son in bathtub
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Youdontknow
A good public flogging with a long bamboo cane is what these little buggers need! 10 lashes each for assault, 10 for robbing someone and another 10 for being out at 4:20AM. And their parents should receive 20 lashes for not making sure their CHILDREN are at home at that time of the morning!!
Posted in: 8 youths arrested for 'hunting old men' in Yokohama
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a) Pop music in general is the garbage of the music world.
b) This group has been going for at least two decades, if not more. It's high time some high profile lawyer took charge of this crap and banned kids from being exploited in such a way, because in the end, the ones making a ton of money from these young girls, are the producers, managers and execs!
c)The parents of these young new members should be downright ashamed of themselves!
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As for electric cars, in ten years time you'll realise just how EXPENSIVE they are to run when you get your electricity bills, or have to recharge at the station once every two or three days!! Not to mention the amount of coal and oil needed to produce the electricity to power the charging stations! No one mentions these huh!
I doubt there'll be any great invention in the next decade, but perhaps in another 2 or 3 decades. This seems to be inline with trends of new technology every 20 or 30 years.
Posted in: What do you think will be the biggest technological development of the coming decade, so that when we look back in 10 years' time, we'll wonder how we ever did without it?
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Youdontknow
Oh, and while we're at it...these people need to look beyond Silicon Valley for such a future, and, Pay.Pal just took $50 from my wife's card, even though it wasn't yet 'authorized' for payments to be taken! Pay.Pal should be renamed to "Hey Pal, we're taking your money!"
Posted in: Facebook, PayPal tycoon embraces sci-fi future
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Youdontknow
Who wrote this article? Seriously...go back to journalism 101! The movie was based on REALITY and FACTS that actually HAPPENED!! Helloooo?
Posted in: Facebook, PayPal tycoon embraces sci-fi future
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Another moron runs a red light and takes a life as a result. Give the idiot ten years inside, banned from driving for life.
RIP little one...
Posted in: Car mounts sidewalk, killing 9-year-old boy and injuring 3 others
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Youdontknow
Wow...why do you even bother going to watch them? I thought Toy Story 3D was great! Sure, not a great deal different, but you can definitely see a difference! Sounds to me like you just need to shut up and enjoy the movie instead of whining about it!
Posted in: What are some of the worst movies you saw this year?
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Youdontknow
He's good at comedy, but serious acting is definitely not his line of work.
I was very very disappointed with Paranormal Activity 2. They should have just stopped at the first one.
Posted in: What are some of the worst movies you saw this year?
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Youdontknow
My Japanese wife was asking me today where she should send my ashes when I die!! I'm only 43 and not planning on going for a long time, perhaps she, like this woman, has other plans?!?!?
Posted in: Saitama woman held for murder after setting fire to husband
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Youdontknow
This is what we need just before Christmas Day...knowing that some good is being done out there! Congrats to the old boy and his son!
Posted in: 81-year-old man foils telephone fraud attempt
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Youdontknow
The 'most' blame? No, the 100% blame is more accurate!
Posted in: How much attention do you think drivers in Japan pay to child safety seats or making sure their kids wear seat belts when they are in cars?
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Youdontknow
I never drive anywhere until ALL passengers are wearing seat belts, whether they like it or not!
illsayit - idiots like you don't deserve to have kids or be on the roads for that matter! It's people like you that are the reason why insurance costs are so high and why parents who lose a kid because said kid went flying through the car at 80mph, blame everyone but themselves! Grow some common sense and until you do, stay off the roads and keep your kids out of your car! If you can't follow rules and regulations that are in place for your own safety, as well as that of your passengers and other road users, then you don't deserve to have the privilege of driving like the rest of us. And no, sorry, your opinion does NOT have a place - chiefly because it lacks the common sense you were born with!
Posted in: How much attention do you think drivers in Japan pay to child safety seats or making sure their kids wear seat belts when they are in cars?
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Youdontknow
I wish my wife would say 'I love you' more often.
I know she can cook.
What she does in her own time is her business - sometimes it's just better not to know the truth!!
I partially agree with the ramblings of this 60 year old - but not that much.
Posted in: Hiroshi Tachi, Yumiko Shaku to star in NHK period drama
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Youdontknow
Hahahahahahaha....are you friggin serious? Taxes - UP! Living costs - UP! Gasoline - UP! Crime rates - UP! Government ignorance of what 'we the people' want - UP! Wanting to charge you for collecting rainwater!
Yeah...welcome to the land of the free!
Posted in: U.S. Marine's Japanese widow allowed to live in U.S.
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Youdontknow
25 minutes and she did nothing? She's an idiot!
Posted in: Chiba cop arrested for allegedly groping woman on train
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Youdontknow
Erm...why would you break an unlocked window?
Posted in: Thieves steal electronic goods worth Y10 million in Ibaraki warehouse robbery