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[nikonikosuru]

The city is slowly returning to normal after the holiday

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Re: Career advice

[nikonikosuru]

As with home, it definitely depends on where you end up teaching. Some of the middle schools have some downright bastard kids (as back home). College level seems better, a lot less formal/strict than college at home. Another interesting thing I've noticed here is that a lot of jobs are for either Japanese people only, or foreign people only. No grey area. The pay is decent, definitely, but the living costs here seem insane to me, coming from Michigan (it probably wouldn't look so bad to someone who is used to it or living in a similar costing place, such as in California). I wonder what the taxes and everything here is like, too. My teacher says that she gets gouged by The Japanese Man, but then again she's the kooky English lady who thinks square watermelons are grown by harvesting genetically mutated seeds.

I think it takes a certain person to be able to adjust to living in Japan. Perhaps in middle school, when I started this adventure, I could have done it. I didn't really care about being home, there was really no reason to stick around. But now, I know that I'm not that type of person. I'm missing home now as it is, there is no way I could live here, away from everyone that I miss.

And I know you all would miss me too much. =p

I would still like to move out there, of course. Just wondering what I can do job-wise.

Hah, Cinnabuns.