Throwaway, this is more of a rant than anything.
I work at a really low level SHS in a medium sized city. I have 15 classes a week at my base school. My JTEs expect me to T1 every single one of these classes, and make all of the materials and planning ontop of other tasks the JTEs give me like correcting assignments and EIKEN practice with some of the higher level students. I thought I was supposed to be an ASSISTANT language teacher. They think the students will benefit from having a native teacher. Sure, I agree, but only if they actually know whats going on.
I dont speak Japanese, I know a few phrases and can read hiragana and katakana, but I dont know enough to actually converse fully with the students. This is a serious issue considering the faculty at this school expects me to actually educate these students, Im not even there to just play games with the kids, they genuinely expect me to teach grammar concepts to a group of students that can hardly speak English. Even on the odd chance that I can play games with them, its a struggle. I do all of this while the JTEs sit at the back of the class, nodding and smiling. I have tried already to get my JTEs to participate more, but they still insist that it is "very important for the students to learn from a native English speaker". Fuck this job man.
On the bright side, I really do enjoy living here, but I despise this job.
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