Talk:Assistant Language Teacher

message: This should really be merged and redirected to JET Programme.  Exploding Boy 17:13, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
* I would disagree... the JET Programme is starting to slow, and many towns/villages are turning to so-called "Private AETs." Not to mention, many people refer to people who work for NOVA, ECC, etc as AETs. If anything, this article should be made a little less JET-centric. That's my two cents anyhow. Yoroshiku. Jeshii 03:40, May 23, 2005 (UTC)
* I agree, the article as stands has a significant JET POV.  Use of non-JET Programme ALT's is spreading in Japan and I am wondering if the term ALT may be used in other countries as well.  The Hokkaido Crow 13:33, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: There are not many JET program ALTs these days. Most ALTs are hired through dispatch companies at much lower pay and fewer benefits now. Ghostofnemo (talk) 13:08, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge with JET Programme?

message: As much as I think Interac needs to come out for what it is and it is important for people to know the controversies involving the industry, I think the article should be written with only the actual job in mind. I would support a seperate article concerning seperate issues with a short relevent section and link to that article placed in this one. Thoughts? Also, recent edits with potentially provable facts being made without sources should not continue. Smoove K 22:41, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see a problem with this article covering both the job of being an ALT and the industry behind the job. However, you are right that all edits should be backed up by solid, non-self-published sources. There seems to be a lot of anti-Interac rumors out there that people keep bringing up here over and over. — Brian (talk) 22:37, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Company and management issues? 

message: "JET Programme ALTs have a limited number of years to be contracted, while private companies have no such restriction in most cases. BOEs tend to set the terms of the contract and usually limit it to one year. Larger private companies can guarantee employment indefinitely no matter what the BOE chooses to do regarding individual contracts."
:This reads as if private ALTs have open-ended or lifelong contracts which is not true at all. In fact, most (or all) private ALTs sign yearly contracts. Yes, it is possible that they could be renewed. They may also not be renewed.219.166.179.99 (talk) 08:32, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've heard if you work for the same school district as a dispatched employee for three years, they have to hire you directly. Can anyone back this up?Ghostofnemo (talk) 02:06, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Workers in Japan are either under contract or not. Workers not under contract have so-called "lifetime employment."  Workers under contract can have a maximum contract length of 1 year under labor laws.  Even if an employee is hired by a BOE, the contract still be 1 year.  The JET Programme is the same.  They don't offer a 3 or 5 year contract, but rather 1 year contracts with options to renew 2-4 times, each time for 1 year. KeroroGunso (talk) 01:53, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: But if you work for the same employer under a contract for a certain length of time, I heard they have to offer you a permanent job or let you go, i.e. they can't keep you on contract indefinitely. True or false? Ghostofnemo (talk) 05:18, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not aware of an automatic requirement to do that.  On the other hand, I have heard that after a certain number of successive contracts, it becomes difficult for the employer to not continue with an employee, even if they are under contract.KeroroGunso (talk) 09:18, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contractual Term Limits: 

message: The tag says this is a discussion topic on the talk page, but I don't see anything here. What is being challenged as POV? Ghostofnemo (talk) 13:04, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Since no one has responded, I'm removing the POV tag. 180.25.116.202 (talk) 02:41, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like someone has replaced the POV tag. What exactly is under dispute? Ghostofnemo (talk) 05:29, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Once again, in the absence of any articulated reason for the tag, I am removing it. Ghostofnemo (talk) 13:42, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV tag in Job Duties Section 

message: It's a fact that ALTs in some schools are required to read heart breaking stories about atomic bomb victims. This is not a normal job duty (to ask teachers to read stories aloud about war crimes their countries have committed), and the stories do not even mention the war, which makes it seem incomprehensible to the students. It would be highly irregular, not to mention cruel, to ask a Japanese person to read a story about the horrible deaths of prisoners or massacre victims in China or about Pearl Harbor victims aloud to a class of students. Also, this line is sourced with references. It doesn't seem arguable that this material is irrelevant to the topic of the article. Ghostofnemo (talk) 10:15, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Due to the lack of a response, I've restored this line. Ghostofnemo (talk) 00:09, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

text: But it does occur (I'm from the U.S., and I was personally threatened with being fired when I complained, and was forced to do it several more times!). It's notable because it is highly irregular to make someone read stories aloud to classes about crimes committed by their countries. And it's sourced. It's factual, notable, and relevant to the article. Ghostofnemo (talk) 02:53, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

text: This story appears in a textbook used in many Japanese junior high schools, and ALTs are asked to read this story aloud to classes, even if they are from the U.S. These are not isolated incidents perpetrated by rogue Japanese teachers. The only possible interpretation of this story is that it is about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and it is notable because it is HIGHLY irregular to ask teachers to read aloud stories about war crimes committed by their countries to students. Can you imagine a Japanese teacher in China being asked/required to read a story that begins, "First the bombs and shells fell, and then the soldiers came. Our country had been invaded and gangs of soldiers roamed our town after it fell, killing many people. My younger brother had been hacked with a sword, and I held him beneath an old tree and sang a lullabye to him until he stopped breathing." Please note that this information is referenced. Ghostofnemo (talk) 06:33, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deletion of atomic bomb story from Job duties section 

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