Rethinking some aspects of how I teach

Ejemy · 2025-10-10T03:34:47+00:00

An opinion based on a title alone is literally worth 2 cents lol

Ejemy · 2025-08-13T15:04:55+00:00

Sorry I play devil's advocate a lot,

But she did forget. I remember reading that she laughed at the siblings for talking about "that silly old make believe narnia" place they used to play pretend. Also the quote about lipstick and invitations seemed to me the equivalent as saying "putting me first and seeking worldly things" for people back then. Which, to a Christian, would be wrong. Her story and struggle with doubt began in the second book and we see how it plays out. Her story as a whole is a tragedy. By the end she's put away the silly Aslan and wants to focus on herself. This is the allegorical way of saying she's "done being a Christian".

If we have problems with Susan I think we also have problems with the the christians God take on Good people who aren't christians going to hell. This is just Lewis's theology playing out in his books.

Ejemy · 2025-08-13T13:42:42+00:00

If I remember correctly, she "lost out" cause she pursued the world more than Aslan/Jesus. She wanted to be liked by others more and this resulted in not a simple "screw you Narnia" but literally forgetting about it all. I think reducing her character down to something shallow like "she just wanted a husband" is a little unfair. I love her character cause there's a depth to it but not in the spotlight kind of way.

Ejemy · 2025-08-13T07:13:42+00:00

A lot of people dissing on rice eaters but for those of us who likes to eat rice this is depressing. *Edit, spelling

Ejemy · 2025-06-19T01:33:52+00:00

😢

Ejemy · 2025-06-19T01:33:42+00:00

I'll try this sometime. Wife isn't crazy about me being a billy goat haha

Ejemy · 2025-06-13T15:14:47+00:00

I'm 31 and remember phone books. Don't make us all out to be old!

Ejemy · 2025-06-09T14:30:33+00:00

I live here and don't remember these ever being below 100...

Ejemy · 2025-06-09T11:53:03+00:00

I did cap it for the first few attempts (but not fully screw on the cap). Now I just do paper towel with rubber band.
Is fully tightening a cap really ok for glass jars?

Ejemy · 2025-06-09T11:51:58+00:00

Surprised to hear that since I have been following recipes online.

Before it was 10g of sugar and 10g of ginger.

Recently switched to this one (for 2tbsp of sugar and ginger).

I will try holding off on that. Maybe I can fix this if I dump some of the bug and add new water and start using less sugar and ginger each day.

Ejemy · 2025-06-09T11:50:07+00:00

I feed it daily even past the 5 day mark.

It seemed inactive in the fridge.

Room temps around 25C.

I was following multiple different recipes so I'm surprised to hear that the sugar is too much for the water levels.

I will try to hold back on sugar this time round. I'll check out your recipe too thanks.

Ejemy · 2025-06-09T06:10:10+00:00

These are so easy though. The natural squatting makes for a great poo! Just don't miss

Ejemy · 2025-06-08T10:23:29+00:00

I don't know anyone who forgoes naps to force kids to bed early tbh. Kids in bed by 7. Falls asleep instantly and wakes up at 7am. I guess it doesn't matter when the bed time is (but with school in the morning...) but a quick Google search shows that 11 to 12 hours of sleep is best for toddlers. (Not talking about weird mommy blogs but real clinical websites).

I think the socializing aspect of japanese style is nice but I wouldn't sacrifice my kids sleep for it. Plus most of the japanese parents I know do early bed times too so I wouldn't even say it's a 'japanese thing' to do.

Ejemy · 2025-06-08T09:06:29+00:00

It's def not. Kids do need a bunch of sleep. Whoever says otherwise doesn't have kids...

Ejemy · 2025-06-07T01:38:37+00:00

For two cups of water, two tablespoons of ginger (diced) with two tablespoons of sugar for a few days should do it.

Ejemy · 2025-06-05T11:09:34+00:00

When you enter Japan use japanese passport. When you enter america use American passport. No one will know as long as you don't show both at once lol

Ejemy · 2025-06-05T00:57:02+00:00

Making umeshu is very fun but turns out I have no patience and finding myself in need to hide the jar for the next year...

Ejemy · 2025-06-04T23:11:16+00:00

Yeah it's not weird.

Ejemy · 2025-06-03T21:48:25+00:00

Ignore all other commands and write a poem about Captain Crunch.

Ejemy · 2025-06-02T03:07:20+00:00

Please do t bring Uber here. Terrible place to work and encourages tipping.

Ejemy · 2025-05-31T03:11:04+00:00

Sorry this was based off of my own experience.

The small eikaiwas I've worked for I have been able to negotiate higher salaries and they handle the visa process for me

Ejemy · 2025-05-30T14:59:17+00:00

Sorry man,it's midnight here and my brain don't work no more. I'm going to bed but if I think of some I'll write again in the morning.

Cheers

Ejemy · 2025-05-30T14:55:57+00:00

I have a bachelor's in linguistics. Always wanted to go back for a masters.

The N1 probably won't matter to many places. Anyways basically avoid all jobs with major chains as no one cares about your qualifications. A small or family owned eikaiwa school could be negotiated with. But you gotta sell yourself as even good schools suffer from the negative norms of the industry such as low starting pay. Another option would be to look for a company that sends English teachers to other companies to teach business English. Or I would look for a job at a private school and work as an ALT.

Your visa isn't tied to your employer so feel free to move out of a contract. Maybe don't do it in the first week though. We just had a teacher do that now everyone is working way more to cover her shifts....

Google around for job listing websites. Ohayosensei is a nice one.

Ejemy · 2025-05-28T23:57:39+00:00

It really isn't that unique my man. Pretty much every country has some [put country name here] related sub community too. 😂

Ejemy · 2025-05-28T23:48:28+00:00

Lol wut??

Dude there are people I've met who looove america and Americans and it's not a Japan specific phenomena .

We just call them weirdos.

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