Career change
So I am contemplating changing a career I have been shying away from for years now: teaching. Everytime I try hard to go as far away as possible from it, it seems as if it's my shadow, following my every step. It's been 5 months now that I am unemployed and I feel deserted of friends, moral, emotional support and of course financial resources. I'm slowly learning to deal with my lack of what was "close" friends, but now I have to deal with this inevitable career change that makes me feel like my MA at NYU in East Asian studies is a total waste.
I feel disappointed that I am not going down the career path that I wanted, as a cultural educator in a non profit, but I need security right now and am applying for a teaching position. I know I need to stabilize myself and continue applying for east asian related fields, however my loans are forever haunting me. With this teaching position I could possible pay this off withing a couple of years. Until then, I could never pursue my passion. In order to score a job in Japan or within a Japanese organization, I first need to be fluent in Japanese. I need the academic language training which I've never had. Sure I could do research in Japanese, but I need a dictionary close at hand. It seems that the closer I am to my dream job, the further away the reality becomes.
This is truly a turning point in my life and I never want to lose sight of my passion for Japanese culture, organizations, people , language and lifestyle.It is the very thing that fueled my success in graduate school and is the very thing that I would like to fuel my attainment of my career goal as a cultural educator within a Japanese organization. As the years go on and I happen to get this teaching job, the flame for my future career goal may get dimmer and dimmer. However, I am going to try my best to not lose sight of my goal....
I feel disappointed that I am not going down the career path that I wanted, as a cultural educator in a non profit, but I need security right now and am applying for a teaching position. I know I need to stabilize myself and continue applying for east asian related fields, however my loans are forever haunting me. With this teaching position I could possible pay this off withing a couple of years. Until then, I could never pursue my passion. In order to score a job in Japan or within a Japanese organization, I first need to be fluent in Japanese. I need the academic language training which I've never had. Sure I could do research in Japanese, but I need a dictionary close at hand. It seems that the closer I am to my dream job, the further away the reality becomes.
This is truly a turning point in my life and I never want to lose sight of my passion for Japanese culture, organizations, people , language and lifestyle.It is the very thing that fueled my success in graduate school and is the very thing that I would like to fuel my attainment of my career goal as a cultural educator within a Japanese organization. As the years go on and I happen to get this teaching job, the flame for my future career goal may get dimmer and dimmer. However, I am going to try my best to not lose sight of my goal....