Teaching English In Japan: POV of An Outside Source

[msgoblyn]

I am happy to say that this is my third day in a row of walking and DDRing. I just hope I keep it up. Today I visited the dentist and, yay, everything is fine. I also got a referral to an oral surgeon for the removal of my wisdom teeth. Yuck! After consulting with the dentist I am going to have my two top ones removed, as my month is too small

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[mitsubachi]

Maybe you should look into JET. Since it's actually teaching in schools, they are no textbooks to sell. They have a longer process to go through to get in, but I have read a lot from people who have done it or are currently over there and I didn't see a lot of complaints.

Just a thought...

[msgoblyn]

I don't mind selling the textbooks. My post was a mixture of what other peoples feel and my feelings. I admit, if I got over there and wasn't expecting to sell textbooks I would be kind of “what the @#$%” too.

I have read plenty of horror stories about JET as well. Personally, I think there are some problems that everyone has to deal with no matter where you work. There are the common Japanese culture related problems (like sexual harassment) and then there are common issues with their severity varying based on each person and how they choose to handy it (like if you are in JET and end up just being a human tape recorder in the classroom. How upset do you get over this?).