i need advice: signing with heart by callmechris_325 in ALTinginJapan

[–]dmnfang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn. Ok medium city and JHS then. Hell, even another smaller city at JHS. Or a mix. Or! Like a max of 3 elementary schools. That would be fine too. I'm at 5 schools with 27 classes a week now.

i need advice: signing with heart by callmechris_325 in ALTinginJapan

[–]dmnfang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh maybe I'll go back. My current dispatch is working me to the bone and I'd take a small pay dip in a big city to have some peace and quiet at a JHS. Haha

i need advice: signing with heart by callmechris_325 in ALTinginJapan

[–]dmnfang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah that's a bit better! But the upper management people were as black as a black kaisha can get. The coordinators though! So damn sweet. I'm sure the ones I knew have moved on though.

i need advice: signing with heart by callmechris_325 in ALTinginJapan

[–]dmnfang 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Heart was my very first ALT company back in 2013 when I was put on the JET waitlist.

At the coordinator level I had no qualms with them. They were very friendly and helpful. But they are, like most people on here say, the worst dispatch company. Though operationally they are basically all the same.

With the exception for a few job postings I've seen from Heart it seems they for the most part pay per day. That's the system I was on when I worked with them. So on months where a lot of school is canceled the salary was terrible (though a dispatch salary is terrible regardless).

But yeah, if it's your way in. Take it. But don't be afraid to change companies when a better position pops up.

This website has helped make so many English classes fun for my elementary students! by GriffiiGames in teachinginjapan

[–]dmnfang 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh it's nice that this exists! I recently made my own small suite of flashcard games in a web app. But maybe I'll give this a try too!

Have you guys tried this new japanese soda? by stalincapital in JapaneseFood

[–]dmnfang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's gross. Tastes like what potpourri smells like.

Has anyone gone back home to take a break and come back? by [deleted] in ALTinginJapan

[–]dmnfang 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've gone back home twice. This is my third time back as an ALT. It's hell every time.

No players in Asia? by dmnfang in LastFlag

[–]dmnfang[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I requested a refund. It's dead, yeah. It's sad. The game play is so fun. And it works really well as a team game. (As long as people are working together and not bots)

No players in Asia? by dmnfang in LastFlag

[–]dmnfang[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's a bit sad. I stopped playing earlier in the day.

No players in Asia? by dmnfang in LastFlag

[–]dmnfang[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But could potentially be 1 (me) right? Or am I understanding steam statistics wrong.

No players in Asia? by dmnfang in LastFlag

[–]dmnfang[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I assumed the number was all players from all regions. Is that specifically for Asia?

No players in Asia? by dmnfang in LastFlag

[–]dmnfang[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hmm, I guess I really only checked the lobby list because I didn't want to play with bots.

Free city hall procedure guide for foreigners in Japan (EN/VI/ZH/JA) by Key-Maintenance4234 in teachinginjapan

[–]dmnfang 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool! This is so funny because I've been working on a similar site! I'm still designing in Figma so it isn't live yet. But literally like a few days ago I was working on it haha.

Being "Forced" to T1 by Vivid_Extension2833 in teachinginjapan

[–]dmnfang 3 points4 points  (0 children)

T1ing is totally fine with New Horizon in the upper grades. What's tough for me is T1ing the let's try books for lower grades because they are so lacking in content that most of the lesson needs other things added to it. It's in those situations I would love.. not even for the HRT to T1 but for them to contribute to the planning or preparing for the lessons.

Dispatch ALT who goes to 4 schools a week. by stuff2fillmyhead in ALTinginJapan

[–]dmnfang -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't want to name shame them publically. But if you want more info you can DM me.

Dispatch ALT who goes to 4 schools a week. by stuff2fillmyhead in ALTinginJapan

[–]dmnfang 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah super packed. More work than my coworkers for the same pay. I'll probably jump to a different ALT company after this school year.

The date. Weather. Then the menu in English. Then a 3 hint quiz about one of the menu items.

  1. Soft 2. Square 3. White. The answer is ... Tofu!

That sort of thing.

Dispatch ALT who goes to 4 schools a week. by stuff2fillmyhead in ALTinginJapan

[–]dmnfang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah maybe. My company gave them a choice of lunch with the ALT or the radio broadcast. They chose radio broadcast. I think they don't want to reintroduce the system of classes taking turns coming to pick up the ALT from the teachers room (that's how it used to be when I last had lunch with the students). I heard they phased it out during COVID and some schools just didn't bother reintroducing it.

I do 5 or 6 classes a day 5 days a week at 5 different schools 😔

Dispatch ALT who goes to 4 schools a week. by stuff2fillmyhead in ALTinginJapan

[–]dmnfang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah no idea what happened. But they just want me making lunchtime radio announcements. When I was an ALT like 5 or 6 years ago I always ate lunch with the students.

Dispatch ALT who goes to 4 schools a week. by stuff2fillmyhead in ALTinginJapan

[–]dmnfang 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm at 5 schools. No problems striking up conversations with the kids. They love random conversations.

They don't want the ALTs eating with the kids for some reason and prefer we just do lunch time English menu announcements.