{"id":9301,"date":"2009-11-19T17:25:17","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T21:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=9301"},"modified":"2010-05-12T19:51:38","modified_gmt":"2010-05-12T23:51:38","slug":"witvid-2-alt-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/19\/witvid-2-alt-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"WITvid #2: &#8220;ALT in Japan&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>WITvid is a periodic series by Peter Weber (Saitama-ken 2004-07), the JET Program Coordinator in San Francisco.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This video was brought to my attention by Rhea Young, JET Program Coordinator at the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.detroit.us.emb-japan.go.jp\/en\/culture\/JET.htm\"> Consulate General of Japan in Detroit. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>This piece (posted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/draginboll\">draginboll<\/a>) was featured on Japanese television about the treatment of some Assistant Language Teachers in Japan.\u00a0 Although I feel some of the views are biased and extreme (especially the references to the JET Program) it is very interesting. 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