tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9397139.post8890760652028558115..comments2024-03-18T06:17:32.835+00:00Comments on Pig Sty Avenue: A Precarious ProfessionGarry Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15695932789922262374noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9397139.post-4967356461534532862007-10-27T14:19:00.000+01:002007-10-27T14:19:00.000+01:00http://www.jref.com/practical/teaching_at_nova.sht...http://www.jref.com/practical/teaching_at_nova.shtml<BR/><BR/>I think this is broadly accurate.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15645029568785897293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9397139.post-13498297677082812862007-10-27T14:15:00.000+01:002007-10-27T14:15:00.000+01:00I used to work in "remote" Tochigi Prefecture. Yo...I used to work in "remote" Tochigi Prefecture. You'd go to tiny little towns and see a branch of Nova opposite the train station. Except for a few Chinese and Brazilian factory workers they were probably the only foreigners in town. If Richard's got the nous to go with his work ethic, he'll pick up another job soon enough. There are plenty of chains just across the water in Korea that would welcome him with the same shitty holidays and pay that Nova was famous for. What a fucking industry this is, eh?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15645029568785897293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9397139.post-80585117043815158342007-10-27T13:52:00.000+01:002007-10-27T13:52:00.000+01:00'I feel betrayed,' said Richard Naish, 25, from Ba...<A HREF="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2748901.ece" REL="nofollow">'I feel betrayed,' said Richard Naish, 25, from Bath, whose Nova branch is in remote Tochigi prefecture. 'The managers and teachers have all resigned and for the last few weeks I’ve had no boss at all.'</A><BR/><BR/>One has to admire this lad: no wages, no other teachers or managers, and he still kept going into work! Clearly in the wrong job.Garry Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695932789922262374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9397139.post-91134657398374313842007-10-27T12:49:00.000+01:002007-10-27T12:49:00.000+01:00The plug-in-and-go school of TEFL teaching. You c...The plug-in-and-go school of TEFL teaching. You could usually spot a NOVA teacher in Japan, or at least the ones who'd stayed too long. Truth be told, it's been coming for a long while.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15645029568785897293noreply@blogger.com