What I did in Japan
No one could really figure out what I did for money in Japan. I told most people I was a housewife who worked part time at various places to teach English. This is a good summary. You see, I worked part time at a LOT of places in our city and no one could really keep track of what I was doing. I mean, I had to keep a detailed planner just to keep everything straight. I thought here would be a good time to talk about all of my jobs in Japan. I'm interviewing for a position at the East Asian Studies Center in about 10 days, and I thought it would be a good exercise to list and ponder on everything I did in Japan. You know, to sell myself a little better.
The list is going to be long and possibly confusing. I am going to list them in the order that I started working them. I never did all of them at once. Some of them only lasted a year, or sometimes I would only have a class a week. I will try to keep the timeline manageable, but it really does get confusing. I will probably post about the various programs I taught with. It might be interesting to some people and I do like to prattle on and on about certain things.
September: Arrived in Japan
October: Married Chris
November: Received Visa and work permit
2006
January: Started Super English
April: Start Saturday English, Started Izumo West High School
May: Started Weekly teas with housewives
August: Started Eikaiwa Ottawa
December: taught english at fancy hotel for a couple of days
2007:
January through June: Continued teaching at Eikaiwa Ottawa, Izumo West High School, and Super English. Also kept having weekly English teas.
June: Said goodbye to all my classes (still in session) and my tea ladies.
July: Left Japan
Ok, so it's not super interesting, but it's good to get a timeline in my head. All I can say is that leaving my students in June was really hard. I didn't exactly LIKE teaching, but I did love working with my students (including the grumpy 65 year old!). I still miss them and think fondly of them when I get my Japan items out.
So that's what I did in Japan.
ta da!
The list is going to be long and possibly confusing. I am going to list them in the order that I started working them. I never did all of them at once. Some of them only lasted a year, or sometimes I would only have a class a week. I will try to keep the timeline manageable, but it really does get confusing. I will probably post about the various programs I taught with. It might be interesting to some people and I do like to prattle on and on about certain things.
- Super English
- Oral Communications teacher at Izumo West Private High School
- Saturday English
- Eikawa Ottawa
- Weekly English teas
- Volunteer for various activities in the city to promote "internationalization"
- And one odd job teaching english to hotel employee.
September: Arrived in Japan
October: Married Chris
November: Received Visa and work permit
2006
January: Started Super English
April: Start Saturday English, Started Izumo West High School
May: Started Weekly teas with housewives
August: Started Eikaiwa Ottawa
December: taught english at fancy hotel for a couple of days
2007:
January through June: Continued teaching at Eikaiwa Ottawa, Izumo West High School, and Super English. Also kept having weekly English teas.
June: Said goodbye to all my classes (still in session) and my tea ladies.
July: Left Japan
Ok, so it's not super interesting, but it's good to get a timeline in my head. All I can say is that leaving my students in June was really hard. I didn't exactly LIKE teaching, but I did love working with my students (including the grumpy 65 year old!). I still miss them and think fondly of them when I get my Japan items out.
So that's what I did in Japan.
ta da!