Okay, I bet there are not too many people who want to come to Japan right now to teach English. Most people are dying to get out of here. Still there might be some people who want to come here, or just want to get insight into life here. Whichever you are, you are welcome to read this blog.
I got a new job recently. It's a senior high school teaching position, and my first day is going to be on Friday. I'm pretty excited. I've been working hard for 4 years to get this job. Being a non-native speaker of English makes you a less desired member of work force here. That's the ugly truth. I needed to get connection, luck and enough teaching experience, but I don't mind it.
The only thing I regret is that I did not quit my former job, which left me with chronic stomach inflammation, earlier. I got a junior high school job at first, but then, due to my nationality my employers forced me to teach in elementary school. All the other foreigners at my company worked at junior high and had trainings together. I was grouped with Japanese teachers and had different trainings. It was fun to hang out with those Japanese teachers, but I always felt I'm the odd one out. It was a vicious circle, because I wanted to quit, but not many places would hire me (again because of nationality), so I had no choice but to continue.
Even though I have a degree in education and English linguistics and literature, no one seemed to appreciate it that time. It was pretty disappointing. I hated my work ...I know it's not something a woman should feel, but I hate children. Okay...I don't really hate them, but I don't like them. Due to bad parenting, recently the number of misbehaving little brats have tripled in the schools, and not only in Japan. It's a global phenomenon. I like nice kids, but to be honest, I can't deal with over 30 young children on a daily basis. It's just not for me. And, oh, those monster parents, who come in and complain when we try to teach manners to their kids...They should try just once, to take care of 30 kids for an hour, and ask their opinion after. How dare they always blame the teacher. Luckily for me, I was only teaching the English lesson, but I felt so sorry for the homeroom teachers.
So, last March I finally quit, but had no job. I become a total nervous and financial wreck by the time I could find a job at a language school. A very friendly school, with teachers from all over the world. Here, I feel I'm I'm at the right place and not the odd one out. The only problem is that it's only part time, so it was a struggle until I finally could go to the interview for my dream job, but failed. However they offered me a part time high school teaching job at their affiliated company, to get experience. Things started to get better last winter.
I went to the same interview again, this February, and finally got the dream job, the full time high school teaching job. I wanted to have this job, since I decided 10 years ago that I want to become a high school teacher, and left my country 4 years ago to teach in Japan. That's why I'm nervous too. I want to do it right, to give my best. After all, my new years resolution this year was to think positively. Apparently, I noticed that if you think positively, good thinks are going to happen to you. I decided that this year is a lucky year for me, so everything is going to be just fine, but I must never think negatively again, like last year.
A new journey is going to start from April 1st. Me living my dream!
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