I'm surprised this hasn't been asked yet...but how are the women?
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I'm surprised this hasn't been asked yet...but how are the women?
So I have a college degree (in Business Management). Without any form of teaching experience, I could apply for JET and possibly be teaching in Japan on the sole criteria that I speak fluent English? lol
How much does it pay? Do they give you a place to live? I feel like actually living there when you're not teaching would be pretty impossible if you don't read/write/speak Japanese.
I'm unemployed right now and bored so seeing the possibilities that are out there.
So I have a college degree (in Business Management). Without any form of teaching experience, I could apply for JET and possibly be teaching in Japan on the sole criteria that I speak fluent English? lol
How much does it pay? Do they give you a place to live? I feel like actually living there when you're not teaching would be pretty impossible if you don't read/write/speak Japanese.
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How rural are the placements in JET? How many people do you share a place with? How hard is Japanese compared to standard Mandarin?
Thanks. Like I said I spent two years in Hiroshima in the early 90's, but I married a Japanese girl in 2000 and whenever we go back it's usually to Tokyo and her home in Tochigi. Kyoto trip is in the works for 2015, but this summer we spent a month in the Tokyo & Tochigi area. Went to see a Yoshimoto show in Tokyo and while Downtown didn't appear (they're too big for such things now) we had frontrow seats and did get to see Taka and Toshi do their manzai act, and Fujiwara just being foolish. I also bought an AV Famicom and a Super Famicom Jr., both in the box. Great trip.
VERY interested in this! would love to go to Korea for about a year or so..although Japan/taiwan is also on the list
edit: just read some of the posts above...so I need a TEFL cert to teach in Korea? shiiiiit lol. I have a stable job here and all, not really hurting for money or anything of that sort. Just want to live in another country and experience new things and all that jazz.
VERY interested in this! would love to go to Korea for about a year or so..although Japan/taiwan is also on the list
edit: just read some of the posts above...so I need a TEFL cert to teach in Korea? shiiiiit lol. I have a stable job here and all, not really hurting for money or anything of that sort. Just want to live in another country and experience new things and all that jazz.
I teach 13 hours a week and get 13,000 RMB a month plus free modern apartment about 2 minutes walk from school. Work 2pm to 8pm on Wednesday to Friday and 9am to 6pm on weekends. Monday and Tuesday are my 'weekend' because the weekends are super busy.
I heard from some former JET friends that it isn't a very practical way to pay off student debt, due to the difficulty in transferring money. Dunno how much truth there is to that.
If I wasn't a poor pleb who relied on student loans, I would probably have finished my degree and gone to teach English in Japan. To get my degree, my school required me to spend $10k and study abroad though.
Best of luck to everyone though, it seems like it's awesome. Still a dream to travel and live there for me.
I heard from some former JET friends that it isn't a very practical way to pay off student debt, due to the difficulty in transferring money. Dunno how much truth there is to that.
If I wasn't a poor pleb who relied on student loans, I would probably have finished my degree and gone to teach English in Japan. To get my degree, my school required me to spend $10k and study abroad though.
Best of luck to everyone though, it seems like it's awesome. Still a dream to travel and live there for me.
I sorted out GoLloyds in a fortnight with only a few pieces of paperwork. I don't know how your JET friends survived in Japan if they found that amount of paperwork a pain.I heard from some former JET friends that it isn't a very practical way to pay off student debt, due to the difficulty in transferring money.
I'm surprised this hasn't been asked yet...but how are the women?
Another ex-JET here. I did the full 5 years in Hiroshima. Hands down the best job I've ever had. I'm actually still in Hiroshima, but at another job not nearly as fun or well-paying. In those 5 years, I managed to make a huge dent on my student loans, travel to lots of other countries in Asia, and still managed to save a fair chunk for the future.
I had planned on 2-3 years, but the economy went to shit around my third year when I was planning to go home. My parents suggested that I keep my current job for as long as possible, and since I was still having a good time, I agreed. The exchange rate also heavily favored turning yen into dollars at the time. Now not so much. Then I got married and am now most likely a lifer.
What are you doing now if you don't mind me asking?
I'm the English curriculum coordinator and home room teacher to the hospitality department students at the YMCA College in Hiroshima. A lot more responsibility for a lot less pay, but I do a lot of private eikaiwas and my wife also works so we're not hurting for money or anything.
Just my experience in China.
Universities, even the most prestigious ones (renmin daxue, Qinghua) really wont pay much. I would have become a teacher at Renmin Daxue, when I told them my hourly pay (for German), which would amount to about 16.000RMB each month, they thought its too much...Wanted to pay me like 6000 RMB...
I can't comment on top tier schools, but that's pretty standard uni pay as you probably know. The perks are low hours and free housing/utilities. The downsides are potentially unmotivated students and lack of support from management. I make about that and work less than 15 hours a week. I've only been here a few weeks and I'm basically left alone to do what I want. I plan to track my expenses next month so I can see whether I spend anything close to what I earn...my experience so far says no.
On the flip side, you can work 30-40 hours a week at a language mill and make triple what you'd make at a university. Just depends on what your goals are.
That works out to well over 13 hours a week...but more details please? Province, school, etc. Sounds like you're working at a language mill, which are known to pay much better but you work the hours to go with it. I wouldn't mind a gig that sends me to different parts of China though.
Not to sound like an ass or anything, but i'm just curious, what are the motivations for teaching english in asia? I know tons of people that do this after college, which on paper to me, seems a bit weird when you probably can find a better gig in the states. Why not just do that and go vacation to asia when you want? Thinking its probably a great and easy way to get a foot into a new culture/country if thats what you want though.
Would you be better off getting private school work? I'm direct hire and have great conditions.
Thanks Shota!
Fuckin' LOL.
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