I have never found teaching classes too bad except for the fact that they can sometimes be so fucking void of mental stimulation. That leads me onto a negative experience with a difference, one of the olfactory kind. 6pm Tuesday evenings are a great time for class. The students are usually young tight arsed dummies who would without doubt offer some kind of cuisine of the palatable variety. I really like Tuesdays.
Even before I left England for Japan my brothers warned me about Nova, so I expected the worst. However, my first impressions of the company were good. They took the time to pick me up from the airport and escort me to my impressive, expensive apartment. It was three days later at orientation when the alarm bells started to ring.
So, you're thinking of working at NOVA and want to know what it is like. The first question to ask yourself is, "Am I a people person?" No, I'm not asking if you like socializing with your friends. Let's take an imaginary trip to the bus station to find out the answer.
I had decided not to renew my contract at Geos. It was made clear to me that Odawara Geos didn't want to hire me back but head office wanted re-hire me and transfer me to another school.
The best thing about working at Geos was meeting all the really nice students. That's probably the only redeeming quality of the place. I got to meet a lot of very nice people.
Sometimes I was asked to do things above and beyond the call of duty and I was very happy to oblige. One of my students worked for an insurance company. They had just bought and moved into a smaller regional office and they wanted some English on the huge windows facing the street to ad a certain air of sophistication to the place. My student asked me to compose something suitable for the front window.
