tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265603.post-1134125437711973502005-12-09T02:50:00.000-08:002005-12-09T02:50:00.000-08:00I agree that the "5 years and you are out" policy is counterproductive to say the least, but I wouldn't single out KGU as it is the norm now at Japanese Universities, at least when dealing with foreign teachers. As for why they would do it outside of fiscal concerns? Have you MET some of the dropkicks who pose as professors here? Treading water for 30 years from back in the day when they would hire highschool grads who would come over to "exotic" Japan does NOT make you competent or entitled to the title "professor." The Uni wants to ensure it is not tied down to another crop of losers who saunter into class 10 minutes late, slap down a cracked plastic laminate on the overhead projector, drone on for an hour, and then scuttle back to their "office" (presuming "office" is another way of saying "on-campus housing.")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com