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The life of an JHS ALT (aka A Dancing Monkey)

 You graduated from college with a degree in Artistic Cockgobbler. You are ready to set the world on fire with your unique ideas, and you are prepared to right the wrongs the world has done. However, before you place your foot on that stage, you heard about Japan and the wonderful world of teaching English to a bunch of children. You saw the pictures of a white, blonde hair woman with images of food on a blackboard. Her hand, pointing at some child, and the other hand is pointing at a picture of a pizza. You see kids smiling, raising their hands, ready to answer the question about pizza.  You see this image, and ideas start rolling in that head of yours. You want to change the world, and what better way than to do this with many children. Hey! The pay seems good. This is your perfect starting point; to a new world where your talents can be put to use. This is just an exaggeration of the general view of why people come to Japan. I don't judge the reason why coming to Japan. I o...