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Back in Melbourne after a three day JETAA Oceania conference in Auckland. I learned so much about the inner workings of JETAA and it was fun to reunite with some of my buddies from my time on National AJET.
If you’re a recent returnee or returned JET definitely reach out and get in touch. We’re here to help and support you in any way you can when you return.
I guess I never announced it on this blog, but I’M GOING BACK TO JAPAN!!! (well, only for two weeks in June, - but I’m still going back!!!! I’m going to devour all the food and drink all the umeshu) B and I also decided to tick some things off our bucket list and we will be taking the shinkansen from Hiroshima all the way to Sapporo which will be a first for me. If any of my JET buddies will be around and want to meet up, send me a message let’s sort out some plans!
Whenever I miss Japan I find myself trying to recreate some Japanese goodness. He's an attempt at homemade katsudon. Oh and I cooked rice in a pot. Which is an even bigger deal. 🐷🍚🤤
A Message to Japan Becca
A Message to Japan Becca
Hello from the other side of the world. How have you been? ひさしぶり! I took for granted how good I had it during “Office Days” when I was on JET. All the teachers were off administering tests to the students on giant pieces of paper, and my only role for the week was to mark a few sentences from Japanese to English translation for each class. I used to get SO much writing done during those down…
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Jet Seminars
I just spent the last two days participating in Jet seminars in Vancouver. It was a lot of fun to meet other JETs and JET alumni. Seeing all the other JETs and talking about our placements and such made me realize how much I have been avoiding picturing myself in Japan. It's still hard to fathom but it all seems more real now.
The first day was fairly informative, I found hearing about the JET alumni's experiences to be the most interesting part, but it was good to talk about things that could go wrong (like the Japanese teacher of English your assisting totally ignoring you or struggling with culture shock) and solutions for common problems. Basically what I learned from first day was:
It's important to stay positive about your situation, be patient with yourself and others and be conscious of your mental state and health. Mistakes happen, there are good and bad people everywhere and there is nothing wrong with being unhappy/lonely/angry as long as you recognize what your feeling and that you wont always feel that way.
The second day was spent learning tools for teaching English, how to plan lessons and ideas from the JET alumni. Seeing as I have never taught English I found the second day to be full of useful information. One of the Jet alumni, Emi, really stood out for me. Emi was so energetic and positive- I'm really going to do my best to remember her and channel her energy when I'm teaching in Japan!
All in all the seminars were definitely worth attending, I made a bunch of new friends and I learned a lot. I feel much more prepared than I did before, mostly because I now know about the community of JETs and JET alumni. It sort of feels like a safety net of people- they can help with/have already experienced everything you are going through or may go through in the future.
