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My experience is very anecdotal, but I once heard about a teacher at a Japanese middle school that was like that. He got all his work done and was good at his j
by danbolt 9y ago
My experience is very anecdotal, but I once heard about a teacher at a Japanese middle school that was like that. He got all his work done and was good at his job, but did typical 8-hour-days and left at 5.
The person telling me about him said while nobody showed any outward hostility towards him, he was kind ignored when it came to camaraderie between the staff, and perhaps even ostracized in a way. He seemed okay with not being too close with his coworkers though.
At the same time, I wasn't really there, so there could be more to it.
- wapz 9y agoForeign teachers often have a lot of leeway, particularly if they teach English. I taught English at first and all the Japanese were super friendly and kind (and I didn't work any overtime). If it's a Japanese teacher's example then I haven't seen the same. The preschool I taught at from 2-7pm had all the teacher's there at 7pm still. Everyday. School got out at 2pm. I'm now working in a Japanese programming company (where no one speaks English) and the environment is completely different.
- danbolt 9y agoThey do! The person telling me was a foreign teacher too. I'll note that the man in this case was Japanese.