Is the prestige of German Cultural Center down the drain?

In September, 2012 I took a special German course at German cultural center in Kyoto. The teacher, named Peter Einstein, is famous for giving a lesson in a way half Japanese and half German as opposed to the policy of the culture center that all lessons shoud be done in German even for the beginners. He had been with the cultural center for more than 30 years. He had no problem speaking Japanese. There are two oppsoing schools of thought on how to evaluate his lesson. Some members are for his lesson, because they can ask Peter a question in Japanese. Other members are against him, because they want to speak German. He is from Kazakstan and he has some Jew blood, although he graduated from Bonn University with a doctor's degree. In the nutshell he was a notorious outsider in the institute.
As for me I didn't take his lessons regularly, as I am fundamentally for the 100% spoken German course. Regrettablly in this particular September my favorite German teacher was away in Germany on vacation. Furthermore I was supposed to attend a German couple to Kyoto, Nara and Himeji and other sighseeing places for two weeks in October. So I wanted to continually  brush up on German before they came to Japan. Besides in a way I was on the top of the world  when Peter gave a lecture in German. He was confident and articulate when it comes to speech. That's why I took Peter's lesson.
On the first day of the lesson I was surprised to hear that Peter disclosed the fact that there had been differences of thoughts between him and the director of the cultural center in Osaka, who also presided over the institut in Kyoto. He feared that his lessons would be no longer held in Kyoto from October on, as the director forced him to stop his lesson instead to give a lesson in Osaka. Every member of the class sympathized with him as they were all Peter's fans. As an outsider of Peter's class I was anxious to know what is the cause of bickering. So I asked  each member of Peter's fans. Then I put two and two together.  A professor in Kyoto joined Peters course along with other members a couple of months before. He was disapointed with the Peter's lesson.
Then he wrote a letter directly to the head director in Muenchen and complained to him that Peter's lesson was outrageous. because he had expected the 100% German spoken lesson to be held.
On the second day of the lesson a lot of time was wasted on how the members should support Peter, because they would like continually take his lesson from October on in Kyoto. Then someone spoke ill of the director that he lived allegedly in the cosy 400,000 Yen/ month  rent- apartment  with his Korean wife. After that someone shouted, "I can't put up with the director any more that he puts down Peter. Let's save poor Peter!"
When I put this incident into perspective, it seems to me a lot of good teachers at German cultural center have been leaving. In stead the institute tries to employ cheap-paid Japanese personnel or even a Hungarian-German. Even if a German teacher gives a lesson, is it worth paying more than 4000 Yen for a 2.5 -hour-lesson with a 15- minute-break?  I don't want lazy Gerrman teachers who depend on websites and prepare for the lessons with copy and paste technique which I can do on my own. As for the director, he doesn't care if there has been a steady decrease in the the number of participants, as long as  the headquarters supports him. On top of that it doesn't hurt German  Cultural Center on a world-wide basis a bit, as long as there is demand for German Learning in the headquarters  from Eastern and Southern European countries. What makes the matter worse is that we Japanese tend to overestimate German culture and language. We'll have to take to heart that we Japanese spoiled the German teachers.



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