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Originally Posted by blackswan321
 I am a senior in high school planning on going into teaching English in japan i was wondering once i finish with my teaching degree and such do you think it would be a wise idea to apply for the jet program for the experience before going onto another program because while i would like to choose where i will be teaching ( preferably Tokyo) i am not as sure how things would work and jet seems to be a more coddled group so the experience might be helpful before i join a program i can choose where i would work ? any advice would be helpful ^_^
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The thing with JET is that you'll be a teaching assistant, not an actual teacher. You'll just do whatever you ELT tells you to do. I've heard stories that some don't use their ALTs much at all, but as
MMM and others would say, "ESID".
I can't think of any other groups right off to suggest, aside from NOVA, but that's bankrupt now.
IMO, I think it'd be a good idea to apply for teaching jobs in your own country after getting your degree, and after that, then apply to an actual school in Japan and hope you get it,
but, if you really want to try something like JET, where you will get exposure to their education system, then go for it.
