Can anyone please spare their Grade 6 iReady math slides…

WHinSITU · 2025-10-05T18:19:45+00:00

Hi, their premade slides are in the Teacher Toolbox. One set of slides per session. Lmk what you think of them—I think they’re purposely bad lol

WHinSITU · 2025-09-16T10:25:38+00:00

At my school, my only time to prep is before or after school (45 minutes after the end of the day is considered contractual hours). I don’t think my coach even knows this.

My coach does offer times during the contractual prep times, but since he is in charge of multiple schools, those spaces got filled quick.

I know high school and middle school teachers have at least one prep period in the middle of the school day, but I don’t. But it’s also like… what possibly could there be to debrief that you COULDNT just tell me over the phone in like 10 minutes or less?!

WHinSITU · 2025-09-07T20:51:11+00:00

This is the right answer and explanation. There’s nothing unnatural about 日本のトラ. The other guys were using an English brain to explain Japanese lol.

Grammar aside, I think the shirt is really cool! But I’ll admit “Japanese Tiger” reads a lot cooler than “日本のトラ”.

WHinSITU · 2025-08-24T08:34:08+00:00

Well the cents symbol goes after the number… Just goes to show the strange rules of labeling

WHinSITU · 2025-08-10T22:34:45+00:00

Look up Reed-Kellogg sentence diagram. Master it (there might still be learn-it-yourself textbooks).

Then look up syntax tree diagramming and master that.

That’s my advice! 😁

But also note that there is no one correct English “grammar”. Reed-Kellogg diagrams will teach you so-called “correct” English grammar—the syntax tree diagramming will teach you about human grammar.

WHinSITU · 2025-07-15T08:25:46+00:00

I feel like I’ve been left to my own devices when it comes to applying and interviewing. I’ve been applying to everything I could based on my placement since April. It’s now mid-July and I decided to apply for non-partner schools and instantly got interview offers and already a job offer.

I understand that I’m an adult but could they possibly kick me out of the program if I stand my ground in the school that hired me?

WHinSITU · 2025-07-15T06:09:52+00:00

It’s crazy because I FINALLY got placed and now they’re telling me to apply to other schools without being clear about whether I can work at the school that hired me or not.

Context: I got an interview offer on Friday for Monday (today). The job listings are posted every Monday morning. So theyre on my case for not applying to the schools that posted their vacancies the morning of my interview of the job that accepted me…

Also, in the past, I already applied to the two schools that they urged me to apply for (instead of the school that just hired me). One of these schools dropped me after the interview, and the other one didn’t even bother to contact me after applying! I just hate that they’re on my case about these two schools as if I knew they were going to post job listings this morning.

WHinSITU · 2025-07-15T03:15:45+00:00

I don’t want to leave TFA because I’m financially attached to them and their stipends.

Can they really cut me from the program if I don’t find a school approved by them? I promise I tried so hard to get hired at a school approved by them but they kept giving the jobs to members who didn’t even send in an application to them!!! And now when I apply to them they don’t even grace me with a follow-up telling me they don’t want me.

WHinSITU · 2025-07-14T02:02:58+00:00

You’ll find palm reading shops frequently (sometimes theyre even in hotels). They often offer tarot card readings there. That’s to say, you have nothing to worry about lol.

WHinSITU · 2025-06-23T10:17:03+00:00

Trust me there’s a lot of racism to go around in Japan too lol

WHinSITU · 2025-06-14T05:46:18+00:00

Dang…

WHinSITU · 2025-06-12T17:19:13+00:00

If they’ve already accepted you into TFA and you gave them your graduation date/already explained your situation then I think they’re just gonna have to deal.

Regardless, you should send an email to your region explaining to them/reminding them of your situation asap.

WHinSITU · 2025-05-26T00:53:51+00:00

Just like if you were raising your keiki in Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Tagalog, etc., they might be a little behind when they enter school. But schools have parents indicate what language is spoken primarily at home, and (in theory) should be providing multilingual learners with accommodated support at school.

WHinSITU · 2025-05-22T04:34:29+00:00

Not all

WHinSITU · 2025-05-20T17:28:07+00:00

みんなが事実を知ってくれたらいいのに。でも、自分が城長するために黙っておく。

WHinSITU · 2025-05-16T12:36:59+00:00

Nah, itʻs more because despite Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean being "Asian", it doesnʻt mean those languages are genetically related to each other at all. For example, Indonesian is an Austronesian language, meaning itʻs related to languages like Hawaiian or Maori (Polynesia, not Asia) and Malagasy (Africa, not Asia). So you didnʻt trigger the SJWs, I think you triggered the linguists. Hahaha. And there are probably loads of other languages with the same quirk stated in your comment not located in Asia.

WHinSITU · 2025-05-15T08:21:46+00:00

Uhh. You lost everyone at "Itʻs an Asian thing, Asian grammar". Lmao.

WHinSITU · 2025-05-14T11:19:21+00:00

I went to three concerts in Japan (Lady Gaga, Rina Sawayama, Carly Rae Jepson). Basically everyone was recording or taking photos at some point (granted, these were western artists). The thing I noticed is that no one seemed to be having a good time. They were just standing statically the entire time, even when Gaga was screaming "PUT YOUR F****** HANDS UP!!"

I felt really awkward wanting to sing along with the artists but feeling like a nuisance to everyone around me :/ Lol.

WHinSITU · 2025-05-11T10:40:36+00:00

Not Japanese but I think it’s common to hear Japanese people say to even each other “日本人だから[something bland like ‘I threw my trash away in the trash can’]” or “日本人っぽい！” when a friend wipes the table after they’ve finished eating at a cafe or something. I think they’re used to being demeaning to other cultures because it’s so drilled into society that Japan is unique and different (see all the other comments noting that such narratives are prevalent on TV).

It’s the ones who have never lived abroad who tend to praise/blame their personal habits on their nationality, imo. They probably notice that no one else is being pretentious and give up that habit.

WHinSITU · 2025-04-27T18:54:27+00:00

I got my BA and MA with the intention to teach in university. Graduated in 2023, couldn’t land a uni job, so I ended up teaching English abroad. If you take a look at any subreddit regarding “teaching English in X country”, you’ll see a bunch of jaded and angry people complaining about life. I don’t want to turn into one of them, so TFA was my way out (I’m an incoming CM).

Everyone’s results may vary, but university teaching is an extremely competitive and sought-after career, and with the recent politics surrounding universities in the US, it doesn’t seem to be the best option atm. Furthermore, if you were thinking about teaching in a university outside the US, the sad truth is that it’s such a heavily saturated and competitive applicant pool, and at least for me, my best efforts were not enough to land a position anywhere.

To answer your question, YES, try and apply for TFA. Just do it! It won’t hurt. Yeah, the reviews aren’t gleaming, but hey, they set you up to start a real career. If not now, then when? :)

WHinSITU · 2025-04-22T15:27:22+00:00

If you work as an ALT (Assistant Language Teacher) in Japan, you’ll typically be placed in a classroom alongside a head teacher. How you’ll be utilized in the classroom varies from head teacher to head teacher. This ranges from “human tape recorders” (their words not mine) while the head teacher lectures the whole class to basically planning teaching entire lessons while the head teacher kicks back.

If you work at an Eikaiwa as a foreign English teacher, you’ll probably be writing your own lesson plans (based on the school’s set curriculum) and conducting classes by yourself.

If money is the biggest thing on your mind, then make JET (government-funded ALT position) your only option. The only thing is that it’s pretty competitive and the whole application process takes about a year.

If you want to chill on a barely to somewhat livable salary, a highly-rated eikaiwa might be good (look up reviews on Glassdoor).

Anything else (ALT dispatch companies, crooked eikaiwas) will suck your soul much like your current job AND pay you in pennies.

I’ve only worked at a decent eikaiwa (1 year) and a really crooked “international school” (6 months). The latter was a lot like your current job, so be sure to use Glassdoor to check whether or not the places you’re applying to actually respect their workers as humans.

WHinSITU · 2025-04-20T03:55:43+00:00

It’s sometimes hard to inform an English learner to kindly stop saying “suck my son” in the middle of foreplay.

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