I Am Applying For The JET Programme - Page 4

kenmei · (#31 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by biginjapan

Holy shit! Kaihim Makuhari!! I went to school at 神田外語大学 so I know that area very well.

oh wow, i know a few people that go there now.. small world

Nyororin · (#32 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by kenmei

just defending my turf

No problem there. I do the same with this area.

kenmei · (#33 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Nyororin

No problem there. I do the same with this area.

my english comprehention is going down the toilet, as i got that you both were talking about chiba from your posts...

MMM · (#34 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by kenmei

my english comprehention is going down the toilet, as i got that you both were talking about chiba from your posts...

It was because I said "Like cities in Chiba" (when I should have said "like SOME cities in Chiba")...but the main subject was Saitama.

No love lost!

Amora · (#35 (**permalink**))

Just curious, but how much money would you make?
I've heard JETS have great pay.

MMM · (#36 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Amora

Just curious, but how much money would you make?
I've heard JETS have great pay.

It's 300,000 yen a month for 35 hours a week of work. Nothing wrong with that at all.

samurai007 · (#37 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by MMM

It's 300,000 yen a month for 35 hours a week of work. Nothing wrong with that at all.

Also, that pay is tax free in both the US and Japan (not sure about Canadian tax laws though), and you also get airfare there and back, training, all visa and paperwork taken care of for you, help finding (and sometimes paying for) housing, a great support system, etc.

SSJup81 · (#38 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by samurai007

Also, that pay is tax free in both the US and Japan (not sure about Canadian tax laws though), and you also get airfare there and back, training, all visa and paperwork taken care of for you, help finding (and sometimes paying for) housing, a great support system, etc.

This is why I'm not all that keen on trying Interac or AEON or GEOS or stuff like that since it doesn't have as nice a "support system" as JET seems to.

samurai007 · (#39 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by SSJup81

This is why I'm not all that keen on trying Interac or AEON or GEOS or stuff like that since it doesn't have as nice a "support system" as JET seems to.

They have little to no support systems. In fact, some of the private school teachers hung around us JETs and attended some JET events (those that were open to non-JETs) because we always had so many things going on. There was an event about 2/3 or 3/4 of the weekends in our ken, from hiking to kayaking to homestays, attending festivals to potluck dinner get-togethers to taking presents to an orphanage and playing with the kids at Christmas time. There were so many events that no one tried to attend every single one of them, but 15-20 people was typical, more for the bigger events (up to 35-40 or so sometimes)

SSJup81 · (#40 (**permalink**))

I know this is a bit off-topic, but what about an actual direct hire by an actual school for a foreigner. Let's say I had the credentials to officially teach (not assist) and I saw an ad for a teaching position and applied and got the job. Would something like that be on the same level as eikawa stuff, or would one expect more than how Interact and the other private eikawa programs are?

I rarely hear much about people working as teachers outside of eikawa related stuff. I don't think I've come across anyone who is literally working as someone who was directly hired by a school.