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Title: 小学校と教える授業の最後の日
Tags: JET japan
Translation of Last Day of Elementary School and Classes in Japanese
今週の木曜日は最後小学校に行く日だった。で、最後日本で授業を教える日もだった。ちょっと感動する日になったでしょうね。
Title: Last Day of Elementary School and Classes
Tags: JET japan
Series: JET: Leaving
Translations: Japanese
Thursday was my last day of classes at elementary school. Its sad to be saying goodbye, and there are a lot of kids I'll be missing after getting to know them bit by bit during forty-five minute lessons and brief exchanges in the halls.
Title: Advice for ALTs Considering a Second Year
Tags: JET japan
Many ALTs undergo temporary insanity when considering recontracting for the their second year. Here is my advice for those in the process.
Title: A Thursday: Elementary School
Tags: JET japan
Series: A Week in Japan
The first day in my Week in Japan series. This entry takes a look at a normal Thursday, which is the day I spent the morning at elementary school.
Title: An Introduction to a Week in Japan
Tags: JET japan
Series: A Week in Japan
This is the beginning of a series of articles looking at what a normal week has looked like for me during my job here in Japan as an Assistant Language Teacher with the JET Program.
Title: Things I'll Miss in Japan
Tags: JET japan
Written on a train ride down to Nagoya, reflecting on a few things I'll be missing. I suppose I didn't mention long peaceful train rides, but I will be missing those too.
Title: May in Review
Tags: JET japan
A few pictures, a couple stories, a couple links thrown into a confused medley and labeled with as broad a title as I could think of. Indeed, this is May in Review.
Title: A Week In The Job
Tags: JET japan
A look at a week in my job as a junior high school and elementary school ALT.
Title: Catching Up On Some Thoughts
Tags: JET japan
This is a real grab bag on everything I have been thinking about recently, and on my future dreams.
Title: Quick Reflections on JET in Haiku
Tags: JET japan
Series: JET: Culture and Communication
A quick summary of my current feelings about the JET Program in haiku.
Title: Spring Doesn't Come in February, But Snow Does
Tags: JET japan
The weather here is insane. It was getting above freezing and fairly pleasant for the last four or five days, but then it all flipped.
Title: Teaching Elementary Classes as an ALT
Tags: JET education elementary japan
Series: English in Japan
Teaching elementary lessons has been one of the banes of my time as an Assistant Language Teacher. It just isn't part of my job that I enjoy. Here are a few tips and thoughts about the experience.
Title: My First Sickday in Japan
Tags: JET japan
Had a weird morning today...
Title: A Historical Perspective on the JET Program in 2008
Tags: JET
The JET Program is approximately as old as I am, but I imagine I'll continue to age long after it closes its doors. Why? Because of the competing visions about what the JET Program should be.
Title: Failures of Proactive Communication & Other Generic Complaints
Tags: JET
JET is one of the most singularly frustrating experiences of my life. This, of course, makes me want to endure it in a sense of proving oneself in the face of adversity. But when does inconveniencing others become less important than saving yourself?
Title: Lesson Plan: My Winter Vacation
Tags: English JET lesson plan
A look at a recent lesson I created for one of my first year junior high school classes.
Title: Introduction to Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu-ken, Japan
Tags: JET japan kamioka
Series: JET: Living
An introduction to the lovely town I have been living in for some five months now. Lots of pictures to illustrate the points that words never can.
Title: Driving on the Left Side
Tags: JET japan
Series: JET: Living
A few thoughts and pictures of my stylish Suzuki Wagon R that cheerfully (it has a flower sticker on the door to the gas tank) escorts me through the rural landscapes of Kamioka.
Title: Reflections on the old year, and the new one
Tags: JET japan thoughts
Translations: Japanese
Its been a strange five months in Japan, and I'm sure the next seven will be strange too. But its not such a bad life. It seemed like a good day to write down some thoughts about where I am and where I am going. So I did.
Title: Those Annoying Habits
Tags: JET japan
Series: JET: Culture and Communication
Life anywhere has its little frustrations. Normally we just get over it and move on. Sometimes the frustrations keep getting thrown back at you again and again. The best of us move on anyway. The rest of us occasionally find the intense need to dwell on it a bit.
Title: Introducing my Japanese Kitchen
Tags: JET japan
Series: JET: Survival
A quick overview of the kitchen in my apartment. It has accumulated two decades worth of stuff... but still doesn't have a rice cooker. Damn.
Title: Hiking Tengaisan
Tags: JET hiking japan
Series: JET: Living
Some pictures from a recent hike in nearby Yamanomura, part of the Kamioka section of Hida city. Also some pondering about the consequences of modernity on Japan and America.
Title: Expectations and Reality for the lowly ALT
Tags: JET japan
Series: JET: Culture and Communication
When you apply to the JET program you have a lot of expectations. Then you talk to a couple of people who participated in the JET program before, and you get a new set of different expectations. A true JET veteran would tell you that Every Situation Is Different and to stop predicting because you're never going to know.
Title: FAQ about JET
Tags: JET
Series: JET: The Beginnings
Answers to a bunch of questions about JET that I get asked frequently. If there are any questions that I didn't answer throw me an email and I'll do my best to answer them.
Title: Eating Cornflakes
Tags: JET japan
Series: JET: Culture and Communication
Much like an awkward date, sometimes you find yourself talking a lot about a topic that no one actually cares about. If you live long enough, that conversation's topics may be cornflakes.
Title: Leaving Tokyo, Arriving in Kamioka
Tags: JET japan
Series: JET: The Beginnings
The transition from Tokyo to Kamioka is a great one. Tens of millions to thousands. Thousands of English speakers to one. Dreams to reality.
Title: From America into an American Bubble: The Flight to Japan
Tags: JET japan
Series: JET: The Beginnings
From one hotel to another, my trip to Japan begins. The morning begins in Atlanta and the night finds us in Tokyo. By boarding the international flight I formally accept my contract, so my year as a JET as begun.
Title: JET Pre-Departure Orientation
Tags: JET japan
Series: JET: The Beginnings
A thrilling retelling of the day when the JET program finally got a bit more real. Beginning with my drive down to Atlanta, and ending with a fluffy pillow.
Title: Heading toward Atlanta
Tags: JET japan
Series: JET: The Beginnings
JET gets a bit more real as I head down to Atlanta tomorrow. This post scores a 0.85 on the 5 point "cohesiveness" scale. Yep, its that bad.
Title: Applying to the JET Programme
Tags: JET japan
Series: JET: The Beginnings
So maybe you want to apply to the JET Programme. Maybe you already did. This is what your experience will be, or was, like. Except its really my experience with the words "I" and "me" inconsistently replaced with the word "you".

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