This is gonna be the thread where we talk about stuff

truth be told, amongst the people on this forum I am probably in the best position, financially/otherwise to take this information to heart and redirect a greater proportion of my resources toward more productive things. I'm just also bad at arguments so my only contribution is a dumb pun ok toodle pip

I'd hardly call "educating the childrens" an unproductive thing to be doing

Mmm, but

I'm educating the children, within a framework which I believe is very damaging, and very ineffective at raising kids with the capacity to go out and learn stuff for themselves outside of the 9-4. Even under the pitch of "cultural exchange" or "internationalisation" to this rural part of Japan, I'm not doing as thorough a job of that as I could. I'm doing this on Japanese taxpayer money, which when you factor in the thousands of ALTs around the country becomes a not-inconsiderable cost.

The selection process as well excludes anyone who hasn't completed a bachelor's degree at a college/university, which is a whole 'nother shitty system I've supported by patronising it. ON WHICH NOTE

My degree was done mostly for self-indulgence purposes; beyond the nice scroll of paper that qualified me for this current job (in conjunction with what genetics and a stable household gave me) it's not proven relevant to my capacity to better society.
Heck, I'll admit conservation has tangible benefits to humanity, but the kind I'm into? Not so much. Octopi, corvids, and kakapo aren't keystone members in economically important ecological systems, and the reasons to preserve their habitat and populations can and will come in conflict with the push to get all the humans the resources they need.