Comments on: Why are you here? http://www.electricpig.org/2008/02/12/why-are-you-here/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:24:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Electric Pig http://www.electricpig.org/2008/02/12/why-are-you-here/#comment-1407 Electric Pig Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:25:04 +0000 http://www.electricpig.org/2008/02/12/why-are-you-here/#comment-1407 Dan! Alright mang! Crikey - how the hell did this turn up on a search?! I'm still here - sitting in Myoden Chu as I type! Not much changed since you left actually - most people still around, although I think there may be a big exodus this year - me, Jacob, Pete, Adam etc all planning on leaving. Brett left under a cloud - just disappeared and turned up in Boston, and Joel moved on to a better (and indeed real) teaching job in Tokyo. But apart from that all the same! Good to hear you are doing well - marking sounds nasty! Planning on returning to Japan any time? Dan!

Alright mang! Crikey - how the hell did this turn up on a search?! I'm still here - sitting in Myoden Chu as I type! Not much changed since you left actually - most people still around, although I think there may be a big exodus this year - me, Jacob, Pete, Adam etc all planning on leaving. Brett left under a cloud - just disappeared and turned up in Boston, and Joel moved on to a better (and indeed real) teaching job in Tokyo. But apart from that all the same!

Good to hear you are doing well - marking sounds nasty!

Planning on returning to Japan any time?

]]> By: Dan http://www.electricpig.org/2008/02/12/why-are-you-here/#comment-1406 Dan Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:11:49 +0000 http://www.electricpig.org/2008/02/12/why-are-you-here/#comment-1406 Olly! What the hell is up?! I looked up Ichikawa and stumbled on this...are you still out there? Has much changed since I left? How's the crew? I'm out in Ft. McMurray in northern Alberta teaching High School Social Studies and up to my eyeballs in marking. Anyway, hit me back asap. Dan P.S. I see that YouTube clip of us in the karaoke bar is still up. Olly!

What the hell is up?! I looked up Ichikawa and stumbled on this...are you still out there? Has much changed since I left? How's the crew?

I'm out in Ft. McMurray in northern Alberta teaching High School Social Studies and up to my eyeballs in marking.

Anyway, hit me back asap.

Dan

P.S. I see that YouTube clip of us in the karaoke bar is still up.

]]> By: Rob http://www.electricpig.org/2008/02/12/why-are-you-here/#comment-1307 Rob Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:44:59 +0000 http://www.electricpig.org/2008/02/12/why-are-you-here/#comment-1307 Good luck with your Uni application. What better place to get advice about visiting German school girls, then off the English male teacher. The only problem I have found with learning Spanish is everything I learn through my podcast lessons I forget a few weeks later as I never use it. I'm sure I won't have that problem when in the country. Good luck with your Uni application.

What better place to get advice about visiting German school girls, then off the English male teacher.

The only problem I have found with learning Spanish is everything I learn through my podcast lessons I forget a few weeks later as I never use it. I'm sure I won't have that problem when in the country.

]]> By: ollydenton http://www.electricpig.org/2008/02/12/why-are-you-here/#comment-1306 ollydenton Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:28:55 +0000 http://www.electricpig.org/2008/02/12/why-are-you-here/#comment-1306 Yeah, probably this summer to go back to University to do a masters...though that would depend on me getting in! As long as the country you are moving to are patient and pleased to hear your attempts then you'll be fine - I feel that a lot of Japanese people get stuck at you being "foreign" and so treat you as if in some way non-human. It can be very frustrating. They were asking me what I thought a German girl would want to do - it didn't strike them to think about what a schoolgirl would want to do... Yeah, probably this summer to go back to University to do a masters...though that would depend on me getting in!

As long as the country you are moving to are patient and pleased to hear your attempts then you'll be fine - I feel that a lot of Japanese people get stuck at you being "foreign" and so treat you as if in some way non-human. It can be very frustrating. They were asking me what I thought a German girl would want to do - it didn't strike them to think about what a schoolgirl would want to do...

]]> By: Rob http://www.electricpig.org/2008/02/12/why-are-you-here/#comment-1305 Rob Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:09:31 +0000 http://www.electricpig.org/2008/02/12/why-are-you-here/#comment-1305 All this talk of foreign languages and new Worlds is getting me a little worried about me very soon move to Spain. The language barrier is no where near as different as German and Japanese, but I think I'd be really embarressed if I was making simple mistakes (although I am told the Spanish are very patient and extremely pleased with people who make any attempt to learn their language) It must be very hard on children being sent over to new lands where they know very little, saying that if my school gave me a similar chance I'd of jumped straight at it. Have you had thoughts of returning home? All this talk of foreign languages and new Worlds is getting me a little worried about me very soon move to Spain.
The language barrier is no where near as different as German and Japanese, but I think I'd be really embarressed if I was making simple mistakes (although I am told the Spanish are very patient and extremely pleased with people who make any attempt to learn their language)

It must be very hard on children being sent over to new lands where they know very little, saying that if my school gave me a similar chance I'd of jumped straight at it.

Have you had thoughts of returning home?

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