It's okay :) Written translation is definitely easier!
Yeah, I didn't think about what I could research... Cultural/anthropological/linguistics research definitely seems more common, so it's entirely possible I couldn't go on to a PhD or anything...
I suppose you do get more free time with ALT - it's just so frustrating standing there while a Japanese teacher who can't speak English mispronounces the whole lesson and has spelling mistakes you can't comment on because they're the teacher >< I get frustrated very easily with that lol
Well, I think I'm definitely going to go to Uni this year, just for 300lvl papers so that I at-least have the option of PostGrad; and also because if I don't go to uni, I'm probably not going to study ^^;;; So hopefully I can get up to about 1kyu anyway by early next year, then decide from there whether I think it's worth pursuing a Masters or just go the translation route :)
Thanks!! I really appreciate honest feedback (just not the usual gaijinpot 'you'll never do it unless you're, like, fluent Japanese which you'll never get to so give up now and just teach english' comments ^^; )
Yeah, I didn't think about what I could research... Cultural/anthropological/linguistics research definitely seems more common, so it's entirely possible I couldn't go on to a PhD or anything...
I suppose you do get more free time with ALT - it's just so frustrating standing there while a Japanese teacher who can't speak English mispronounces the whole lesson and has spelling mistakes you can't comment on because they're the teacher >< I get frustrated very easily with that lol
Well, I think I'm definitely going to go to Uni this year, just for 300lvl papers so that I at-least have the option of PostGrad; and also because if I don't go to uni, I'm probably not going to study ^^;;; So hopefully I can get up to about 1kyu anyway by early next year, then decide from there whether I think it's worth pursuing a Masters or just go the translation route :)
Thanks!! I really appreciate honest feedback (just not the usual gaijinpot 'you'll never do it unless you're, like, fluent Japanese which you'll never get to so give up now and just teach english' comments ^^; )
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