Japanese Language Schools - good, bad, or ugly?
Hi hi,
I'm thinking about 6-12 months at a language school. Mostly for the experience of living in Japan and to scratch a "wish I'd done it when I was younger" itch that won't go away. So went to the interweb to research and wow, the Go! Go! website looks amazing! So many cool looking schools to choose from! I'll have to save hard, but it's doable! Woohoo! Let's goooo....
Whoa, slow down there, cowboy. Something doesn't smell right.
So I did my due diligence and a deep dive background check of the schools on my shortlist, and... my gods, the negative reviews! Are the schools on the Go! Go! website really that bad?! Some 1-star reviews make it sound like I'd be studying in a broken, flooded toilet cubicle with 50 Chinese students and I might not make it out alive.
Are they accurate? Trash talk from rival schools? Reviewed by ex-students with a grudge and terrible personalities? What's the real story?
Like I said, I'm realistic. Only looking at a language school for the visa to live in Japan for 6-12 months, and experience Japanese culture in my own time. I'll make an effort in class, of course. But if these negative reviews are accurate... I think I'll just book a holiday instead. I'd rather have the best 90 days of my life, than 360 days of misery. And for the tuition costs, I could do 90 days easily.
Thanks in advance.