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Meet Jake, an international school principal living in Japan. He sits down to talk to us about the reality of teaching in Japan, including what people should expect, what companies do, and how to actually build a career teaching here..
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0:00 Intro
0:50 Meet Jake
5:11 First time in Japan
12:15 First experience as a teacher
20:44 A career in teaching English
27:38 The reality of being an ALT
36:51 The role of teaching companies
43:12 Teaching licenses
48:00 Becoming principal
1:02:11 What people should know
1:06:15 What should change
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