Q&A: English 英会話 Teacher in Japan: 20 Questions Answered

http://www.gimmeabreakman.com/2013/08/faq-for-getting-an-english-%E8%8B%B1%E4%BC%9A%E8%A9%B1-eikaiwa-teaching-job-in-japan/ I'm such a good English teacher I actually misspelled my own name -- Gimmeaflakeman -- in this video. D'oh! -- Music is Sonic _[Full_] byBen Wood Music from http://www.audiomicro.com -- Here are the questions: -- 1) What are the positives of working as a teacher in Japan? 2) What are the negatives? 3) What does a typical day look like? 4) How did you get to where you are now? 5) What got you interested? 6) I heard in one of your videos that you have been in Japan for 20 years, what made you stay? 7) What was your orginal plan? 8) What kind of things do you miss back in America? 9) How did you first get started teaching? 10) If you weren't teaching in Japan what would you do? 11) Where do you see yourself in 10 years? 12) What is your greatest achievement? 13) What is your greatest failure? 14) I heard that you can get a BA in anything and still teach in Japan, is that true? 15) Do you have any advise for me? 16) Who else can I talk to? 17) What should I look for on my own? 18) Any good companies that you suggest? Do they have a website? 19) What is your salary Range? 20) What other things can I research? ---- I enjoy posting on Instagram: http://instagram.com/gimmeabreakman/ -- Language blog: http://maggiesensei.com -- Want to learn Japanese? Check out my friend Ken's online school. Sign up for Ken's free weekly vids. http://www.japanesethroughanimeclass.com/member/go.php?r=1237&i=l0 -- My facebook. https://www.facebook.com/Gimmeabreakman -- My blog: http://gimmeabreakman.com -- For J-students: http://tinyurl.com/Japanesemoronstudents -- For Flakers: http://tinyurl.com/jointhemoronarmy -- For 英会話 students: http://tinyurl.com/actionteacher -- Google+ http://plus.google.com/u/1/107179585028915366136 -- My other channels: http://youtube.com/gimmeabreakman http://youtube.com/victorintheworld http://youtube.com/gimmeabonedog http://youtube.com/japanesefoodchannel http://youtube.com/partnerisland http://youtube.com/actionteacher -- Twitter: http://twitter.com/maggiesensei http://twitter.com/gimmeabreakman http://twitter.com/japanese4morons