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Big Tall American
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| I see that quite a few anxiety/depression sufferers have experience teaching abroad. I also hear, somewhat to the contrary, that programs like JET will automatically turn you down if your medical record indicates you have been treated for either of these conditions. Does this mean that applicants are lying about their medical history? Or does it mean that you can gain employment without actually being asked about this? |
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VanIslander
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Location: temp banned from dave's korean boards
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"students turn to page 25 and do exercise 3... don't look at me! ... you're looking at me! why are you looking at me!... STOP LOOKING AT ME!"
(oh yeah, it'd work) |
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FuzzX
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You'll have no trouble getting a job in Japan, all the academics tend to go out there. Most all of the teachers I met there, were just like you, fitting in shouldn't be a problem.
I would recommend taking the global TESOL course before you leave though. I've taken that and the CELTA and I have to say that the TESOL is the better of the two courses if you need help feeling more confident in a group.
I prefer the company of out going people but I've met (briefly) a huge number of teachers who are complete introverts. I actually think you guys are the majority. Hell, one of my friends back home is almost 30 and has never even kissed a girl. |
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GambateBingBangBOOM
Joined: 04 Nov 2003
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Big Tall American wrote: |
| I see that quite a few anxiety/depression sufferers have experience teaching abroad. I also hear, somewhat to the contrary, that programs like JET will automatically turn you down if your medical record indicates you have been treated for either of these conditions. Does this mean that applicants are lying about their medical history? Or does it mean that you can gain employment without actually being asked about this? |
You have to send in a health form if you are accepted by JET. You have to actually go to a doctor who kows your medical history and get them to sign a form saying that you are healthy enough to live in a totally foreign environment for a year. Some people just lie about their history, but if a doctor has any doubt that you will be able to cope with a year overseas and you actually do have a history of mental illness, then the doctor won't sign the form because it could put their licence in jeopardy.
That said, if you have a history of mental illness in the past and it isn't something that is likely to be an issue (like if it was a situational problem, that is a temporary depression related to a specific event- like a death in the family or a relationship breaking up, that resulted in being prescribed medication for a short period while you got over it) your family doctor is likely to overlook it, but Japanese people wouldn't. So yes, people in that situation just lie.
It's like Japanese people are always asking foreigners if they've ever tried pot. If you say yes, then they will change their opinion of you instantly and very often permanently. Even if you tried it only once in high school or something. In fact, before I came on JET, we were told to just automatically say no (there is a theory that may be true: absent evangelical or other religious fanaticism any Canadian who says they've never tried drugs is liar).
I would recommend taking Global's TESOL course as well. If you spend thousands of dollars to be told "click the button at the top of the page where it says 'international jobs' in order to find listings of international jobs", then you may realize that scams in teaching English are not uncommon, and the disillusionment and anger that comes from it may cause you to be vocally extraverted when you release your rage. That, in turn, may be like cracking the shell of an egg and you will not have this anxiety any more. Instead you will have a permanently surly attitude towards all people involved in teaching English- your colleaues, your bosses, your students, the people of the country in which you teach the language, the continent in which the country exists and the planet that has the continent. |
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FuzzX
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would recommend taking Global's TESOL course as well. If you spend thousands of dollars to be told "click the button at the top of the page where it says 'international jobs' in order to find listings of international jobs", then you may realize that scams in teaching English are not uncommon.
LOL, actually its been reduced to 800 and some 
Believe it or not, some people need to take the course before they realize that they could have done it without.  |
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