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jen_kat

JP Trip W2009 - Pics (1/7-1/8)

Jan 22, 2010 18:43

Miyama Junior High School
Miyama, Yamagata-shi, Gifu
1/7/2010 [ LJ entry]

( New school building is PRETTY! +23 )

japan trip 2009 winter, pics

Comments 4

februaryfour January 23 2010, 06:59:10 UTC

Oh WOW. That school looks awesome. Really new, isn't it?

jen_kat January 23 2010, 23:48:00 UTC

Yeah, they just finished with the construction and everything at the end of December. But they started on everything about the time I was 3/4 done with my year on JET. So it took about 2 years?

jaidesu January 25 2010, 02:02:20 UTC

What a beautiful school. *-* You're so lucky to have taught there... I hear lately that JET is getting far more competitive. I'm kind of getting concerned that it won't be a viable option by the time I graduate.

jen_kat January 25 2010, 17:29:46 UTC

No... actually, I didn't get to teach in that school building. They were still constructing at the time.. D= I taught in the building in the back of this pic:
http://pics.livejournal.com/jen_kat/pic/001tq26y

Yeah, JET is getting more competitive. Partly because more schools are going private with private companies (which pay less than JET therefore are cheaper options than JET), but people still want to apply to JET so the pool of applicants is bigger. Aside from JET, there are other eikaiwa options. It doesn't hurt to look into more places while you're still waiting to graduate. =)

I remember while I was waitlisted for JET, I was also looking into http://www.shinkyogakuin.com/, which I had really good communications with (probably due to the guy I was talking with originally being on JET and all) and would have gone with if I hadn't gotten upgraded in JET.