This is the default guess for occupation for any Westerner who looks older than college and it gets a weeeeeee bit trying.
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One reason is that while teacher is a respectable occupation in Japan Western teachers of English are "human tape recorders." This is known.
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So if I get McKenzie-sensei'd by virtually anyone that is generally bad news because I've presented as semiskilled migrant labor.
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Which is a silly thing to worry about except for all the circumstances where class matters. Which are things, for better or worse.
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There was one very, very awkward conversation with a bank manager which included "No, I'm not a teacher, I'm literate."
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"I am sorry, McKenzie-sensei, regulations prohibit me from telling staff to write your address for you but we could... " "I can write it."
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"You can write your address?" "Yes." "In Japanese?" "I would take the liberty of using that unless instructed otherwise by your paperwork."
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JP teacher: "We're all going to ask 'Is this a pen?' Repeat after Susan-sense I." Susan: "Is this a pen? Is. This. A. Pen?"
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I want to know what happened to their last English teacher
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It does sound as if English teachers in Japan are like Defense of the Dark Arts teachers at Hogwarts
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