Let's Japan.org Debunking Eikaiwa and Ramblings in Japan

Hmm ... seems like he considers everyone else to have been in the wrong, and himself to have been in the right. I'm sure 2,000 *former* Japanese staff plus 4,000 *former* instructors plus 300,000 odd *former* students plus the 900 odd *former* office landlords plus the God-knows-how-many-*former* apartment landlords plus the *former* advertising companies, all of whom are owed *former* salaries and *former* paid holidays and *former* paid lessons and *former* rents and *former* payments, are more than willing to allow this *former* president to have his *former* -presidential opinion.
I've got a little phrase, and I hope he can guess what it really means: "Mother-*forming*-*former*-*form*face. Now *form* off and die. *Former*."

Where is the monkeymans freed slave...Former HT? We cant make any further comments until he has said something "intelligent" (defensive)

Look all, the man is a reptilian being. A lizard, a snake in the grass... A pest that needs to be eradicated and he needs to, as with Horiemon, disappear and never be heard from again...

There needs to be a criminal trial for fraud and deception his personal assets need to be seized and that money put toward either the remaining 20 percent of unpaid staff and instructor salaries or student refunds...

Oh, and what a steaming pile of crap about the double bed...

GinGanet Director and 2 of its administrator have been fired yesterday. Current Nova's administration has taken control of this company and aims to reopen MM center ASP.

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ギンガネット３取締役、MBO表明後にNOVAが解任

経営破綻したＮＯＶＡの「お茶の間留学」事業向けにテレビ電話サービスを提供していたギンガネットの取締役3人は20日、ギンガネットのＭＢＯ（経営陣による企業買収）を求める上申書を大阪地裁に提出したと発表した。3人は同日、大阪市内で記者会見を開き、ＮＯＶＡの営業譲渡先であるジー・コミュニケーションの下では独自性のある事業展開が出来ないと主張。「透明性のある入札を実施して、譲渡先を決めて欲しい」と訴えた。

しかし、会見後に3人はＮＯＶＡの保全管理人から解任され、保全管理人の東畠敏明弁護士ら3人が新たな取締役に就任した。現在、ギンガネットの全株を大阪地裁が保有しており保全管理人の管理下にある。保全管理人は、ギンガネットもジー社へ譲渡する方針を示しており、解任によりＭＢＯは不可能になった。
http://markets.nikkei.co.jp/kokunai/hot.cfm?id=d1d2008q20&date=20071120

NOVA impresario used palatial presidential penthouse to pork the pick of his staff
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/waiwai/face/archive/news/2007/20071109p2g...

Can anyone actually give an account of returning to work for G.Ed or being offered a contract yet. Can we turn our attention to the present and stop dwelling on this fuckhead Sahashi.

Many of us are still hanging in there as savings dwindle. I just want to earn some money but I am hearing nothing right now. Are we actually being paid by anyone at the moment??

I want to first point out some people here are posting using my name, my fault as I never formally registered here. Doesn't anyone get the point? It doesn't matter for squat that it would not be out of character for Anders and the J press to mold your little minds and have you see the situation not as it is, but as they want you to see it. What's far more relevant is that he chooses to ignore the fact that they cling to any argument or principle, however scary or adversarial, that appears to support their excuses. Here's the story: You all and I disagree about our civic duties. I think that we must do our utmost to identify, challenge, defy, disrupt, and, finally, destroy the institution that was Nova ,that deflect attention from Anders's unwillingness to support policies that benefit the average jerkoff instructor as expeditiously as possible. Anders, on the other hand, believes that coercion in the name of expansion is a valid use of state power. Small minds are little troubled by this. Surprisingly, the courts and our elected officials are way ahead of him in embracing this simple fact- Saruhashi was used.. Let me close by reminding you that there is no compelling moral or economic reason why Anders should blame your unemployment problem on handy scapegoats like Saruhashi
Now, although I generally believe that the less said about G Comm, the better, I do feel obligated to say a few things about G Comm's despicable actions in taking advantage of Saruhashis situation. With this post, I hope to place a high value on honor and self-respect. But first, I would like to make the following remark: It is immature and stupid of G Comm to leave us in the lurch. It would be mature and intelligent, however, to anneal discourse with honesty, clear thinking, and a sense of moral good, and that's why I say that its equivocations provide a vivid example of how in order to beat it at its own game, tremendous sacrifices and equally great labors will be necessary. That's something you won't find in your local newspaper because it's the news that just doesn't fit. G Comm's obloquies are not on the up and up. The same holds true for slaphappy smut peddlers. Some will say I exaggerate, but, actually, I'm being quite lenient. I didn't mention, for example, that I once had a nightmare in which G Comm was free to judge people based solely on hearsay. Your “secret files” are going to G Communication so all your bullshit ain't forgotten. They are going to be same as Nova was. At least you who decide to go with them can have the same stuff to bitch about here.
Whenever anyone states the obvious -- that it's time for it to get back on the reality bus -- discussion naturally progresses towards the question, "Why is it that 99 times out of 100, it is incapable of looking with an open mind at anything that doesn't strictly endorse its views?" If you need help in answering that question, you may note that it argues that I am frowzy for wanting to get my message about G Comm out to the world. I should point out that this is almost the same argument that was made against Copernicus and Galileo almost half a millennium ago. This is going to be my last post so good luck to you all. Thanks for the time in reading this, I know I can get a bit long windedm that's how I made to HT though, LOL...

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BACK TO WORK, and others interested...

I am back to work at a new branch tomorrow, and I am recording what happens on a blog as it happens...

Check it out if interested at;

http://gcommnova.blogspot.com/

Take care, and good luck all finding new work...

can you define what a real job is please? Im sorry im just a dont know anything nova instructor i dont understand? Thank you and id appreciate being enlightened?
give me ten points. or else youre an asshole for posting that?

If old Monkeybridge wants to get over this Nova episode he should go on TV and apoligise a hundreds times and cry alot and the whole situation will be forgotten. It works for all the other high ranking officails who are corrupt and shady. I cannot believe that a country like Japan with their "samurai spirit" can do sh*t like this (cry and apaologise) and get away with it.

I just want to say that I the real losers in the collapse of NOVA are proprietors of Sam & Dave’s, Bar Isn’t It, The Hub, Pure and all the other gaijin bars across Japan. These are intelligent hard working business people who devised a full proof plan: sell booze to English teachers in Japan. Brilliant!!! In addition they attract other demograps of customers, such as gaijin whores and other social rejects. How can they survive this loss? 4000 of their most loyal customers are completely broke. And now the gaijin whores have stopped coming too. That’s the real travesty!

I feel so sorry for them, lets do an exchange program; food for booze. We can create a system where we use our highly advanced language transfusion abilities to receive food from the Japanese and then exchange this for booze and feed the needy bar owners...

All of the "anti-Nova/English teacher" crowd logging on to give the English teachers a nice firm kick in the ass. Yeah, thats what they need...

Uh...look at yourself. What are you doing that is really so great? What are you doing that puts you in a higher position? So, you do international trading??? Good for you. You exploit a situation just as much as the English Teachers do. You do IT work??? Once again, good for you, why cant you do it in your own country? Not enough opportunity for your level of skill I'm sure.

The truth about the whole situation is that English Teachers came for an experience. No, they didnt come to provide an invaluable service to the Japanese people, nor do the Japanese ever go to other countries to provide invaluable services to other countries (Yes, I am sure there are exceptions on both sides, so no "I'm a goodie dogooder bs").

The dirty truth is, having English as a native language is at the particular moment in time a valuable asset that can be exploited. That does not give foreign or domestic companies the right to exploit that asset without compensation. Its like digging in your back yard, finding gold, and then having everyone tell you that you dont deserve it because they know how to use a backho, you dont, and therefore are a bad person that doesnt respect the land.

The truth is that most Nova/English teachers are good people that saw a chance to see another part of the world. They were able to do so using an asset that was inherited, not earned. But, to penalize them is like p0enalizing a good looking person. They didnt earn good looks, but they didnt steal them, and no one wants ugly models....(or how many of you "English Teachers are trash" crowd out there judge your women by the contents of their hearts and not by their "inherited" beauty. Sure, you dont care that Japanese women tend to be beautiful, its all about respecting the culture....eh?). So, us ugly, horrible, uncultural, English teachers happen use our inherited asset....bastards.

What happened with Nova is a tragedy. People, some who had talents in teaching or other areas, some who didnt, are now out of the job. But, most had good intentions and got screwed by an out of hand idiot that deserves jail time for his corporate crimes.

The board shares blame too. But, for the most part, the teachers just did what they were told. NO, they didnt come to help Japanese learn English. But, neither did you! And, Japan is a rich country, the people can recover. Currently,I am in Vietnam, and these people would give a right arm to have enough money to afford even 1 Nova lesson (just to provide prospective).

So, go bitch about the quality or English teachers in a country that doesnt rely on them. Please, just let the rest of us that only wanted to see and explore another country, do so, without harsh critizisms over a corrupt system that we didnt create.

Thanks, snobs, assholes, "better people", foreigners worth worshipping (I am kneeling on the ground now to the foreigners in Japan that arent English teachers. Can you hear my prayers?) Foreign business entrepenuers, please send me a sign as to your kingdom! I will worship at your command. Those that have a higher level of respect for the Japanese culture, please send me your wisdom. I long for it. I am not worthy. I am but taterred rags, I am an English teacher....forgive me...

Yeah mate, the booze in Vietnam is much cheaper. And so are the prostitutes!

I was traveling in Vietnam about 7 years ago. Had a good time. Anyway, talked to someone in a bar there who said you can make up $20 an hour teaching privates in Saigon. Big bucks for a country were you can easily find breakfast for under 1 USD!

Just give up. Get some self respect and go home. Neo Nova will eventually screw you as hard (if not harder) than Nova and you won't have any savings to fall back on. I was working for Nova earlier this year... I saw the writing on the wall months ago and found another job while the going was good... I am owed nothing except the time I wasted working for that horrendous company. I don't have many regrets in my life but I do regret working with Nova.
Don't submit to the substandard work environment and teaching methods offered by Nova (old or new). If you are educated and motivated you will find a better living and more self fulfillment in dozens of other countries.
Peace out.