I didn't notice this when it happened
R.I.P.
The NOVA chain of English Language schools is DEAD!
Man, I gotta pay more attention....
Labels: Japan
posted by Rob @ 12/22/2007 11:34:00 AM
Rob is NO LONGER in Japan
"He sat down on a grassy bank and looked at the city that surrounded him, and thought, one day he would have to go home. And one day he would have to make a home to go back to." -- Neil Gaiman, "American Gods"
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Saturday, December 22, 2007
The NOVA chain of English Language schools is DEAD!
Man, I gotta pay more attention....
4 Comments:
yoku kikete
yoku shabereru
yoku kikete
yoku shabereru
OFF-TOPIC:
What does it take to be an English Teacher in Japan? I see a lot of JET Blogs, I can't determine if they Blog cause they are a bit homesick or want to show the world they are having fun.
I know you have to pass a test and an interview to the best of my knowledge.
Do you need a tremendous amount of funding, since you will be working abroad and could have a home and other things you leave behind to go there for 1 year or more?
Is it something that if you wonder if you should have tried it, that you'll regret when you are old and grey saying that you wish you had done it while you were younger?
Sorry maybe not the Blog to be posting this question, but I promise I will post on the other JET Blogs I follow.
Lou
No test. Application and interview, like any other job. As for funding, you are paid a decent salary on JET. Arrangements for taking care of your home country situation are up to you.
Most JETs are just out of college, which simplifies things greatly; they have not yet set up their own housekeeping. Since I was living with my parents at the time, all I had to do was cancel the lease on my car.
As for the experience itself, and regrets and wondering, etc., I can't really tell you. The JET Programme experience defies generalization, and the prevailing mantra is "Every Situation Is Different."
Certainly, I highly value the experience. But, some people came away vowing never to have anything to do with the Japanese ever again. Your mileage may vary.
I could expound for hours on my opinion of the personal qualities needed to be a successful JET...but it would just be my opinion.
Official requirements can be found at the official JET Programme website.
I said...
YOKU KIKETE
YOKU SHABERERU!
Is no one listening here?
YOKU KIKETE
YOKU SHABERERU!
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