*Found a few more photos from Japan that I wanted to post and thought I'd write a journal too*

Springtime is here and my God middle school kids are difficult to control at this time. It's a combination of the spring weather, hormones, the fact that they're almost 7th graders, "pros" at this school, fact that there's only a few days of school left, etc. that makes them go nuts. You can predict spring showers by how they act; any change in weather makes them even more squirrley.

WHICH IS WHY.... I'm happy to say I'll be teaching in Japan. In fact, unless I get a job as an ESL teacher or foreign language (Japanese)/ foreign culture teacher I'm probably never going to teach in public school. The concept of teaching in a public school is good, but it's all the extra baggage that makes it... muzukashii (difficult). XD

Anyway, I wanted to say to any and all prospective OMGIWANTTOTEACHINJAPAN!!1 people that it's NOT "JET or Bust" as some would like you to think. There are tons of other job opportunties INCLUDING other programs for ALT (assistant language teacher) jobs in Japan and other WONDERFUL foreign countries. And remember, you only need a bachelor's degree, doesn't matter what it's in, for most of these programs. While I'm happy I'm in JET, not getting into JET isn't the end of the world.

Check out:
Dave's ESL Cafe [link] for English teacher job postings all around the world
ESL Teacher's Board [link] has this too
Altia Central [link] and
Japan Interac [link] are two other good programs for ALTs
ECC Japan Bound [link]