Father of two. English teacher. Has a Japanese wife. Loves writing to stack sats. Aims to acquire the Bitcoin Standard some day.
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139 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitman 19 Feb
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108 sats \ 0 replies \ @doofus 19 Feb
Welcome to the Final Frontier!
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108 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 17 Feb
Welcome!
Stack sats, stay humble
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108 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 17 Feb
Howdy! Always enjoy reading your posts. Keep it up!
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107 sats \ 4 replies \ @Satosora 22 Mar
Oh man, l was an English teacher in Taiwan for a few years during the pandemic.
How are you liking it?
The students l taught, especially the older students, didnt want to learn much.
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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 24 Mar
Welcome to SN! Thx for spending time on my bio haha.
I have always been an English teacher all my working life. Based in Singapore, short stints in Japan n Laos.
I don’t mind the wrestling with students part because I really like English. A month ago, my students told me that in their world, spill the tea means gossip. It’s just mind blowing to me language keeps evolving. Haha.
However, teaching is a profession that discourages deep work because we wear many hats and have to settle a lot of admin stuff. Guess I chose my poison.
I would love to teach in Taiwan one day because I’m Chinese. But I don’t think they would ever accept me as an English teacher haha.
Which part of Taiwan were you at?
N what are you doing these days?
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49 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 24 Mar
I was in Taipei.
I work in a processing plant now.
I find it a lot easier working on machinery than listening to kids talk back in a illogical manner in broken English. Lol
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei OP 24 Mar
You intrigue me haha
Where r u originally from, if you don’t mind sharing?
Why stay in Taipei instead of venturing elsewhere? Wages are low n costs of living r high.
I’m back in Singapore now. My life plan was to teach EL all over the world, but alas I fell in love n decided to get married hahaha
I worked as a PR executive for three months after Japan. Decided that I rather have power struggles with disrespectful students than face the laptop screen the entire day
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 24 Mar
Well, machinery doesnt talk back.
It either works or needs to be replaced.
Im originally from Japan, came over to the USA when l was young.
I stayed in Taiwan during covid, it was supposed to be the safe option. I got in right before they closed everything down.
Wages are very low there, and the cost of living is really starting to creep up. I noticed it while it was there.
I worked at a higher end school, so l got a bunch of rich brats that could barely read and write. It was just a matter of keeping face and moving them up the classes until they graduated.
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107 sats \ 1 reply \ @johnbnevin 18 Mar
your guess was awesome, quite a bit more creative than what I had in mind! A very good chance I incorporate your creativity later on in the story though... thank you~
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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 24 Mar
Thank you for your interactive element and the sats! Would read part 7 soon to have another shot at your bounty haha
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 2 Apr
Welcome aboard!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 24 Mar
Are you still teaching english in Japan?
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