#teach english in japan

[jeffellisdraws]

My flight was delayed by two hours so i got a good start on the next page of Teach English in Japan. The final page will go live on my Patreon soon.

#conventions #vancouver #drawing #timelapse #teachenglishinjapan #japan #fuji #comic

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[racheldoinstuff]

If you don't mind me asking, where are you teaching English in Japan? And with what program? I'm looking to apply to programs in Japan or China after I graduate.

Wow, I have no idea when this message came. I just opened (like, 15 years into using Tumblr) the message request menu 😂

I was teaching with Interac, an ALT company for 7 years. I worked for the Hiroshima Branch. There are many more different companies now than when I first came, so there are plenty of options anywhere you’d want to live in Japan.

[01tsubomi]

cultural perspective being indispensible in media consumption but looking back i find it so funny that for years and years before teaching in japan i thought it was another suspension-of-disbelief surrealist kagepro thing that haruka and takane spent all their time in a homeroom class for just the two of them and now the maximum number of kids we've ever had in my special needs class is 3

[wolfstrong]

Since I’m gonna be unchained from my job soon I kind of want to do something really epic and travel like some kinda work travel program but then if I’m gone for like months and months who’s gonna take care of my fishes and my friends 😨

[sleepy-cephalopod-studies]

Accidentally had a bunch of parents and kids at my local culture festival concerned for me a few weeks ago lol

So my junior high held their culture festival and I got to order some food for the two days I was there. You write what you want and send the money in an envelope to the vice principal, and I got tickets for my menu items. I saw on the menu that they had コーンパン (literally corn bread), and my Southern US self got very hyped because I didn't even know they HAD cornbread in Japan! But they seem to have corn dishes in a lot of cuisine, so I thought it made sense. So I order corn bread.

I get my bento bag and am expecting the bread of my childhood, cornbread. Warm, fluffy, like a brownie but made of cornmeal in all its redneck and indigenous-origins glory.

My friends and fellow hoes, I did not receive cornbread. I received...Japanese cornbread.

Now on its face, I like the three components of this food. I like corn. Of course I do, I'm American, we put corn in everything. I like mayo. I love bread. But when you are a Texan, you're already missing some cultural aspects of your home like its cuisine, and you are expecting CORNBREAD, and you get this?

I spent a solid thirty seconds just blinking at this corn bun and I looked so dejected that multiple students near me asked if I was okay. I live in a first-person perspective like everyone else but I imagine my face was similar to this:

[merrilark]

!!!!!!!!!!!

Gonna!!!!! Have my first Japanese class this Thursday!!

[ionlycareaboutyou]

it’s hard if you do what i do (i’m not implying my job is hard okay) and read like any reddit thread on the subject because all you read is how your job is a waste of tax money, should be abolished, how you’re just a dancing monkey, and then if you want to learn how to use your skills to get into a new job, you just see a bunch of comments that are like “if you haven’t been getting a masters, learning coding, become fully fluent in japanese, and already have several references under your belt, you might as well kill yourself because you’ll never be as good as your peers back home”

[poguniversity]

Inconsolably consumed by jealousy + rage

[jeffellisdraws]

Did you know I’ve been adding new pages to Teach English in Japan? It’s true almost at 185 pages now. Where can you find them? Glad you asked!

They are on my Patreon, along with some process videos and access to my private Discord server. Check my link tree for details and try not to get lost.

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[gingerbreadmonsters]

sleepy and v fed up w this blasted reading for japanese history class tomorrow. give me 45 minutes to finish this article and i will be back to talk about kissing or something

[ramblinggaijin]

Continuation of my last post. But I’m sure you’re wondering what’s after JET?

Well it’s interesting.

I loved my town a lot. But there aren’t many job opportunities here.

I did accept a job that places me about an hour from here.

Wiiiith Interac. If you know you know. But if you’re lost, they’re a dispatch ALT company. And dispatch ALT companies don’t have the best reputation for reasons.

I do have to relocate to where this position is located. But I’m glad it’s not too far from here.

Buut there is a twist! Or an interesting development? But it makes things twisty for sure. XD

Around the same time I applied for Interac, I also applied for a government position in a town a bit closer.

The process has been agonizingly slow. But I’m in the final stages of the application process and currently waiting to hear when the final interview is.

And thanks to a connection I have, rumor is the interview is likely a formality at this point.

Buuut nothing official yet. However, given that we have already met once and the number of emails we have now exchanged (50ish) and they have gone above and beyond to try and figure out visa stuff and other things, I would be shocked if it didn’t go through.

If it goes through, I’ll have to move again. But the job is really good so it’d be worth it.

In the mean time, for the next 2 days, I will just be taking a final load of things up to the new apt, final bit of tidying up the old place, and enjoying my town’s local festival one more time.

The past 5 years have been a wild ride. But I’d do it again in a heartbeat.

If you’re thinking about JET, do it. It really is life changing.

My small group of followers, thank you for sticking around for all this time.

There are ups and downs. And being an ALT is not for everyone. And that’s okay!

I generally loved it and I was willing to keep doing it a bit longer even if it meant a pay cut.

But I’m also realizing there are other things I want to try. And if this other job doesn’t go through, I can still work towards finding a similar job in the future.

It’s hard saying goodbye. Even though I’m not moving too far, this place has been my home for 5 years now. It might as well be home now.

As for this blog, I’m not quitting it. But as to whether it’ll be about ALTing or general Japan stuff, that depends on what happens in the next few weeks.

But for now, goodbye JET. Goodbye my dear town and friends. And possibly goodbye to teaching English. It’s been a fun ride.

I’ll see you all later.

This is Ramblinggaijin here.

A now former Tohoku JET. 2019-2024. Didn’t know any Japanese, never went abroad before, and didn’t have any teaching experience before coming here.

Best 5 years ever.

Peace out for now everyone.

Until the next update.

See you soon!

[pastellbg]

watching one of those house hunting shows where this guy is moving to a new country.

Wanna know what his reasoning is?

To help developing country's.

Wanna know what country he picked?

Japan.

[allegra-j-joann]

One of my students revealed he loves Gravity falls so I quickly drew him and we spent the rest of the lesson with him floating over my head