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I remember making the decision to quit my job as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) with Interac like it was yesterday.  The anxiety is still quite fresh in my mind.  I remember thinking “How am I gonna explain my reasoning to people?”  More importantly, I started thinking “If you’re not ALT teaching if you’re not […]

Unless I have something extremely pressing to do, I always help the students clean after lunch. As my students and I were cleaning on this one particular day, I was in the hallway sweeping and I overheard some of my 2nd graders randomly calling out colors in English. My ears quickly zeroed in on this […]

​ Quick Navigation Considering My Reasons for Going…THE REASONS I TEACH IN JAPANREASON # 1 – JAPAN CAN BE WAY EASIER ON THE POCKETS IF YOU’RE TEACHERMINDSET SHIFTPUBLIC TRANSPORTATION REASON #2 – SEE LIFE FROM ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE, FIRSTHANDREASON # 3 – YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO TEACH!HAS JAPAN MET MY EXPECTATIONS?”TEACH IN JAPAN QUESTIONWhy did you come here […]

Anybody ever have “Career Day” in elementary school? If not, Career Day was a chance for guest speakers to come to a school to talk about what they do for a living.  This would give kids an idea of the possibilities, of what they could be, what they could do with their lives.  I always […]

People decide to come to Japan for so many interesting reasons.  Some expats have an extreme fascination with Japanese culture: anime, J-pop, Japanese festivals, and the Japanese language. Others may be seeking a way to broaden their horizons, broaden their resumes, give their dating game a much-needed boost (let’s be honest), or even find a […]