Comments on: A Day In The Life – English Conversation School In Japan

By: MC Okii Dokii

MC Okii Dokii — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:14:05 +0000

This is the day in the life of an eikaiwa teacher?! its missing something…like the benefit of getting to hit on the HOT student in english and amazingly she thinks you re the funniest person alive.

By: John

John — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:38:04 +0000

Man I feel sorry for people doing the dumb Eikaiwa monkey business in Japan. What a way to lose brain cells doing this every day!!

By: george

george — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:19:40 +0000

I found this more depressing than anything else.

By: SayWhat?

SayWhat? — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:39:06 +0000

Maybe those examples are not, yet the whole video reeks of with the stench of a cultural superiority complex. I too have had many similar experiences. Im not saying that these types of experiences aren’t, or can’t be funny, but rather that this video was more concerned with being mean spirited than being humorous.

By: soheythere

soheythere — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:45:33 +0000

This is so リアル. (I mean it IS true, but just to emphasize on that)
Thanks, this totally brightened up my day.

By: Haf

Haf — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:36:28 +0000

Most people think that English is understood in many countries because it is tought in most schools as a second language. Also, English is seen as the lingua franca ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_franca ) of the internet.
Therefore it is only logical that people who want to visit one ore more foreign countries want to be aple to communicate at least in English. Of course, if you just go to one country, then learning that country’s language would make more sense. But who knows what other places you might visit in the future?

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:03:42 +0000

English is spoken all over the world friendo. My Japanese friend’s Italian husband speaks nearly fluent English (although he said his parents don’t.) Same reason you could study English and expect to use it when visiting most places in Europe, even if it’s not the traditional language in said country.

What blows my mind a bit more is people who spend $1000′s on English lessons for a 4 day trip to L.A. or something. I think it’s admirable, but just a waste of time and money when they never do a dang bit of practice outside of class (!!)

By: Gaijinocchio

Gaijinocchio — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:59:00 +0000

Heh, all of those, really? How did you respond to your student saying “I have Cancer”?

By: bumblebeetuna

bumblebeetuna — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:50:46 +0000

Uh, how about the part where the guy said “I have cancer.” when asked “How was your weekend?” That’s not a language mistake.

Or the part where he has to sing in the kids class and they make fun of him? Not a language mistake.

Or the guy who asks “Why do you Americans go around the world killing people?”

Or the woman wearing the shirt with the marijuana leaf on it?

Or the guy who said the teacher looks like David Beckham?

Or the guy who says Americans have hamburgers for breakfast?

All not language mistakes, just humorous events in any eikaiwa teacher’s job. I know I’ve had almost all of them happen to me. Lighten up =p

By: k

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:10:29 +0000

lol, sad but true. I’ve heard all of those actually, spot on

By: SayWhat?

SayWhat? — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:49:26 +0000

Yea I agree…everyone makes mistakes when learning a new language. This guy is a total DB

By: TokyoStreetTV

TokyoStreetTV — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:54:21 +0000

Ironic!! Thanks for posting!

By: feitclub

feitclub — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:16:08 +0000

Didn’t strike me as funny, felt more like it was picking on people whose only sin was taking a language lesson.

By: Bad Wolf

Bad Wolf — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:55:45 +0000

Brings back memories of the Dark Times before I bacame a real boy.

By: Ryry

Ryry — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:24:34 +0000

Brilliant and also kind of true.

By: common sense

common sense — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:21:05 +0000

Strange but funny…i could relate to those situations a bit…hahaha, GOO~~ WOLK. What gets me when I ask some students why they want to learn English, they say “because they are going to Italy or somewhere”…but why are they studying English. I don’t get it.