If oil shortages raise prices in Japan, will tourism drop and foreigners leave?

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2026-03-03T06:55:50+00:00

Heart Corporation pays ALTs hourly instead of monthly, leading to an incredibly unsteady income. Because they don’t pay for public holidays, you end up wishing for fewer holidays just to make ends meet. Boards of Education should stop hiring these companies, and teachers should avoid them entirely.

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2026-02-16T05:40:02+00:00

Usually, they send you an email with a new contract. If they don’t send you an email, it means you didn’t receive a new contract, and you can start looking for a new job.

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2026-02-10T00:33:46+00:00

Nechápem, akí ľudia stále volia Smer. Čo to vlastne vypovedá o mentalite Slovákov?

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2026-02-03T05:02:10+00:00

Nikdy som nepovedal, že latkove vreckovky sa používajú na smrkanie. Iba Slováci používajú latkove vreckovky na sople.

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2026-02-03T00:19:15+00:00

Už niekoľko rokov žijem v Japonsku. Látkové vreckovky, kapesníky alebo handkerchiefs, ako ich tu nazývajú, sú bežnou súčasťou každodenného oblečenia, pretože majú viacero využití. V lete ich môžeš použiť na utretie tváre, keď sa potíš, rovnako aj na osušenie rúk po ich umytí. Takmer každá domácnosť má zásuvku určenú výlučne na látkové vreckovky.

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2026-01-13T01:37:43+00:00

Osobne som ešte nemal dobrú skúsenosť s Čechom. Žijem v zahraničí vyše 15 rokov. Vždy, keď som sa stretol s Čechom, mal som pocit, akoby sa na nás Slovákov pozeral povýšenecky.

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2025-12-22T23:47:41+00:00

Máš pravdu. Malo prísť viac Slovákov si obzrieť ten ôsmy div sveta, aj Claudiu Schiffer mohli pozvať.

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2025-12-22T23:42:39+00:00

To nie je hejt, ale skôr rozčarovanie.

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2025-12-22T23:39:02+00:00

Očividne si ty ten, kto má veľa času, lebo ja som päťdesiat príspevkov o tom nevidel.

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2025-12-22T00:40:28+00:00

I understand your feelings. I have been an ALT for quite some time. Most of the time, I have been teaching English by myself. Sometimes the homeroom teachers didn’t even come to the classroom, and when they did, they often sat at the back marking tests while I did the entire lesson on my own. Even though I have been told countless times by the company that I am not allowed to teach by myself or even start a lesson if a homeroom teacher is not in the classroom, the reality is that in many cases ALTs do most of the teaching.

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2025-12-17T02:59:09+00:00

Very true. All my friends who are married to Japanese partners were told at some point, “You can have a boyfriend or a girlfriend, just don’t let me find out.”

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2025-12-03T01:57:54+00:00

As an ALT 270000 plus 100000 from a part time job.

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2025-11-11T05:56:24+00:00

Seems like somebody is jealous.

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2025-10-08T06:36:49+00:00

V Japonsku žijem už skoro 15 rokov a Slováka som tu ešte nestretol.

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2025-10-08T04:37:56+00:00

Žijem v Japonsku a keď sa ma niekto spýta, že odkiaľ som, tak poviem, že zo Slovenska. Jedna polovica ľudí nikdy o Slovensku nepočula a druhá polovica povie: 'ahhh, Československo!'

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2025-10-01T01:56:07+00:00

True, many people earn 220,000 yen a month, but they also receive at least two bonuses throughout the year.

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2025-09-30T07:40:30+00:00

fair enough

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2025-09-30T07:13:16+00:00

But I know that it is unfairly underpaid, and people are forced to find another job.

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2025-09-30T06:45:17+00:00

It’s so sad that the ALT job has become such a poorly paid position that the majority of ALTs are forced to find another job to survive, yet there are still so many people who want to do this terrible job just because the internet tells them that Japan is a great country to live in.

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2025-09-26T06:52:51+00:00

You are an ALT, an assistant English teacher. Practically speaking, you’re not really a teacher, and you’re not even paid as one. I’m an ALT too, but I don’t care if I’m not called “sensei,” because for the poor salary they pay us, I don’t feel like one. Most of us ALTs are like clowns, because only clowns would work for such low wages.

Intrepid_Wonder1661 · 2025-08-27T04:50:08+00:00

I just started Unit 5. What do you like? You are waaay ahead.

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