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kotoko · Joined: 22 Jun 2010 Posts: 109

There was that whole other thread about how JET could be made better and I don't want to go into that, but it really is a shame that the programme is as it is. We (especially in recent years) battle so damned hard to get in, we come to Japan full of ideas and energy that should be directed into the schools but we're batted down and turned away so much that even the most serious of us can become vegetating desk potatoes.

Rakuten · Joined: 14 Jun 2010 Posts: 67 Location: Japan

lol NCTBA- although I do get a kick out of your program/program(me) conundrum- the peeves thread is that way. Laughing

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Never Ceased To Be Amazed · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:24 am Post subject:

If you liked that...you'll absolutely LOVE what I commented on your post to the pp thread! Now, jes' sit back and watch the fur fly there!

Jes' 139 pages me arse! I've pumped brand new life into it! Laughing

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natsume · Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 409 Location: Chongqing, China

For what it's worth, the majority of the incoming JETs this year in my prefecture have some kind of state issued teaching credential/PGCE, not necessarily English. Those that don't have some sort of advanced language experience/credentials. The median age is also drifting up, 26-35 in this group. (This is all acording to our PA, who sees all of the applications.) This may reflect some long needed shifts in priority, coupled with an increasing amount of economic refugees in the application pool.

I am very happy with my placement, and feel incorporated into the staff and culture of my school. As for the teaching, the kids are generally great. The reality of English education in Japan is what it is, I strive to do something interesting and beneficial within it. I personally do not know any bored or unhappy JETs, and this includes two MATESOLs. ESID.

Never Ceased To Be Amazed · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:46 pm Post subject:

That's good to hear. I wuz 32 when I joined...and that's when "35" wuz the oldest you could be as a JET. It's good that you know few unhappy/bored JETs as when I wuz there...most were. Oh, they adored the nightlife and the company of many of the curious opposite sex, but the job wuz the duds...

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Dark Machine · Joined: 30 Oct 2010 Posts: 24 Location: Liverpool, UK

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