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Originally Posted by 1teacher
A friend of mine is quite overweight and she said that there is a lot of prejudice in Japan toward obesity. She said a Japanese man actually yelled at her about it. I want to teach in Japan and have 25 years of teaching experience, but I, too, am about 70 pounds overweight. I know this sounds like a strange question, but is there more of a prejudice toward body type in Japan, than in most countries? Is it worse in Japan than here in the USA?
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As far as I know, being an American is a plus for you. Body weight won't be a big matter at all. Many students of mine are overweight and some of ALTs I know are overweight, but they have no problem with that
I have been teaching as an ALT for six years. Often, up to this time, some students ask me wether I am an American. It happens to some other expats as well that some children tend to call them, "American". It similar to my home-country people, who often "called" the westerners, "the Dutch". I think this is related to the past history, but there is no offense in it.
Age? no problem. I am now 45 years old.