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Thread: Eikaiwa Schools Post: Eikaiwa Schools I've since been invited to a group interview with AEON. Any advice/ tips that those of you who were successful in garnering employment might share with me? Any good resources for developing that teach... |
byakko | Off topic | 57 | 8,859 | 2009-01-16, 2:43 pm | ||
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Thread: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate about religion thread Post: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate ab... You choose to derive your ethics based on your religion, in this case your sect of christianity, you choose to abide by that code of rules and regulations, your... ethics, in order to avoid the conseq... |
byakko | Off topic | 465 | 58,556 | 2008-12-30, 6:40 pm | ||
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Thread: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate about religion thread Post: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate ab... Sapience at times seems ill fitted to the mortal being, and because we are self aware there comes a time in most all of our lives that we are forced to introspect into the purpose of our own existence... |
byakko | Off topic | 465 | 58,556 | 2008-12-30, 6:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate about religion thread Post: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate ab... bodhisamaya Wrote:We did not evolve with fangs, poison, claws or an external skeleton to protect us. Sapience is a far greater weapon than fangs, poison, or claws; for we have domain over them all. R... |
byakko | Off topic | 465 | 58,556 | 2008-12-30, 5:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Online J-TV Post: Online J-TV bodhisamaya Wrote:I got frustrated with those on-line TV sites and now buy used dvd's in bulk from EBay for about $2each. Japanese video stores rented them out for about 6 months and then sell to... |
byakko | General discussion | 11 | 2,388 | 2008-12-05, 5:20 pm | ||
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Thread: Eikaiwa Schools Post: Eikaiwa Schools I wasn't aware of any company that didn't operate under the profit motive, I may be wrong but I don't think they'd last long if they didnt. ;) The problem is that I'm not in Japan right now, which le... |
byakko | Off topic | 57 | 8,859 | 2008-12-01, 11:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Eikaiwa Schools Post: Eikaiwa Schools I see that Aeon offers private subsidized rooms whereas ECC offers shared living quarters and no mention of housing costs being subsidized. I'm assuming it'd be pretty difficult to setup living arrang... |
byakko | Off topic | 57 | 8,859 | 2008-12-01, 11:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Eikaiwa Schools Post: Eikaiwa Schools The JET deadline just passed, so I'd have to wait another year if I wanted to pursue that, then another half a year to go through the application process. And quite honestly, despite whatever support ... |
byakko | Off topic | 57 | 8,859 | 2008-11-29, 11:00 am | ||
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Thread: Eikaiwa Schools Post: Eikaiwa Schools Thanks guys. I was initially going to do the JET program, but it seemed like a long drawn out process with little chance of getting in (less than 20-25% as I recall) and quite honestly I'd rather hav... |
byakko | Off topic | 57 | 8,859 | 2008-11-28, 10:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Eikaiwa Schools Post: Eikaiwa Schools I've been planning for some time now to pursue teaching at an Eikaiwa after graduation, and wanted to hear what some of you guys had to say, those of you who are already in Japan teaching at an Englis... |
byakko | Off topic | 57 | 8,859 | 2008-11-28, 7:32 pm | ||
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Thread: sudden, huge drop in new kanji "passed" percentages Post: sudden, huge drop in new kanji "passed" percentage... EvilCowSlayer Wrote:I'm getting this too, although it's a bit different. I'm currently on 1840, and the ones I learned recently have a lot of trouble sticking... . As I recall that section is a parti... |
byakko | Remembering the Kanji | 15 | 2,388 | 2008-11-01, 1:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Places to buy Japanese things? Post: Places to buy Japanese things? If youre interested in magazines, single or susbscription, manga, and other japanese books, then Sasusga bookstore is a good option. Theyre based in MA, USA, shipping is thus cheap, free over 40 doll... |
byakko | Learning resources | 36 | 9,787 | 2008-10-01, 6:15 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese actresses in business/professional roles Post: Japanese actresses in business/professional roles "Anego" comes to mind. Available on D-Addicts It was pretty funny/ entertaining and as I recall had a decent amount of office dialogue. The office is where most of the scenes take place. http://wiki... |
byakko | Learning resources | 7 | 1,414 | 2008-09-30, 10:42 pm | ||
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Thread: Are the RTK keywords equally applicable to Mandarin Chinese? Post: Are the RTK keywords equally applicable to Mandari... "How Did You Learn Kanji? Did you use RTK/Heisig? Because I had the intention of learning Chinese as well, I did not learn kanji from ?Remembering the Kanji? (RTK) with James Heisig. Instead, I took H... |
byakko | Remembering the Kanji | 6 | 1,643 | 2008-09-17, 12:10 am | ||
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Thread: Dictionary Recommendations Post: Dictionary Recommendations Ah, bummer. So any additional dictionaries that can be added must come from Casio, or is there an electronic dictionary standard; meaning that you could potentially buy dictionaries from 3rd parties?? |
byakko | Learning resources | 50 | 15,580 | 2008-09-14, 11:04 am | ||
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Thread: Dictionary Recommendations Post: Dictionary Recommendations Do the Casio Electronic Jishos use EPWING format for their dictionaries? Or is it a proprietary Casio format? |
byakko | Learning resources | 50 | 15,580 | 2008-09-14, 7:57 am | ||
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Thread: Dictionary Recommendations Post: Dictionary Recommendations Thanks for the retailers suggestions rich_f, I've also found some users on ebay who are selling various electronic dictionaries from Japan for much less than aiko trading. I figure I'll just wait, sa... |
byakko | Learning resources | 50 | 15,580 | 2008-09-12, 4:39 pm | ||
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Thread: Dictionary Recommendations Post: Dictionary Recommendations Thanks so much for the in depth reply, so essentially you're saying if you need one now go with the GW6800 otherwise wait for the HW series in 2009. I think I'll be able to manage without until next y... |
byakko | Learning resources | 50 | 15,580 | 2008-09-12, 4:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Dictionary Recommendations Post: Dictionary Recommendations I wanted some clarification on the actual differences between the casio models' GP, GT, and SP, and I guess whatever else there may be. Im at a loss as to what they signify, what are the real differen... |
byakko | Learning resources | 50 | 15,580 | 2008-09-12, 2:50 pm | ||