#recontracting?

[akhet]

mleliew answered your question:Recontracting or not?

The advice that was given to me before coming on JET was “Your first year you need a reason to leave, your second year you need a reason to stay”. Sorry it’s a bit vague but it’s something worth thinking about!

Definitely some wise words there. Thanks for sharing!  

[akhet]

Recontracting or not?

So my recontracting forms are due today. And I am at a loss. I have no idea what to do.

Here’s a  little background, 

I live in a small town, on the edge of Hyogo Pref. 

Currently I have a broken leg. 

I am a tape recorder, entirely at my Junior High. The JTEs aren’t bad but they are standoffish and only want me to pronounce things and not really contribute. 

I go to ES once a week for 24 weeks over the year, which I really love doing. I get to plan and control the lessons with support from the Home Room Teachers and staff there.

I have an around 3-5 hours at JHS free a day. 

My Japanese has hit a huge plateau in the last year and I am not motivated to continue to learn it at the moment.

I don’t really have many job prospects in my area of study waiting for me at home, so I would either have to start a new degree or just go back to working in retail

I really love living in Japan and it was a dream of mine as a kid to live here

A lot of my friends are not recontracting and returning to their home countries

From this list, it’s kind of obvious that I probably wont be staying here for the right reasons if do decide to stay. 

Anyone have any advice to making the decision to stay a 3rd year or not?

[maia-abroad]

It’s that time of the year

FOR THE NEOPETS ADVENT CALENDAR and re-contracting papers are being handed out. Even though I’m pretty sure what I want to do, there’s a tiny,little part of me that is considering the opposite. Maybe that’s why I’m waiting until after Christmas/New Years break to pull the trigger and sign the forms - especially since I have more time to out weigh the pros and cons. I have all kinds of things going on behind the scenes that I’m really excited about but I feel a little torn, and just afraid that I might make mistake that ultimately I will later regret.