Its my dream to live in Japan

[LoganVirusX]

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[JayT]

Originally Posted by LoganVirusX

but i really dont know where to start..

im 18 years old and i graduate highschool on the the 6th of june..
im going to attend a community college to take my basics because my family and i cannot afford to go to a university yet..

but i dont wanna go into a lot of detail.. but everything about japan facinates me..

i listen to L'Arc~en~Ciel and AKG almost all of my time everyday...
i only have like 2 friends and i really hate my life here -__-

i just want to leave what i have here behind and start a new life and maybe a family in japan.. but if anything i just wanna be a teacher there..

i just dont even know where to start

Hello nice to meet you ^_^/
We both share the same dream it seems,
do you speak any Japanese ?
I'm going to Tokyo for a few months to brush up on my Japanese.
They have a lot of courses out there, have you been there before? :O

[alanX]

You're well on the right track so far.

Basically...a condensed version of what you're trying to do:

Graduate high school.
Get a bachelor's degree at an accredited college.
(yes, you basically HAVE to have a bachelors to teach English)
Apply for English teaching jobs in Japan online.
They will provide all the visa mumbo-jumbo, and tell you where to live, where to teach, how much you'll make...etc.

[spicytuna]

Where to start?

It's very simple.

Step #1: Skip the community college diploma and get yourself a university degree.

Come back to us for Step #2 in ~4 years.

[alanX]

Originally Posted by spicytuna

Where to start?

It's very simple.

Step #1: Skip the community college diploma and get yourself a university degree.

Come back to us for Step #2 in ~4 years.

Good idea...
but he specifically said "my family can not pay for a university."

So.......

[Nyororin]

Community colleges are also often accredited. And if the one he is planning on attending is not, it is definitely a strong start in the right direction - you an almost always change over to an accredited university somewhere along the line and get a degree there... And for a much lower total cost than attending a larger university from the start. This actually sounds like what the OP wants to do. Take your basics at a cheap community college to get them out of the way for as little money as possible.

What matters is that you receive a bachelor`s at an accredited institution. It doesn`t matter what the size or prestigiousness is... Which is often the only difference between a community college and a full-fledged university. It all comes down to the 4-year degree.

I say good luck to you - finish school and apply to a school in Japan. You sound like you have a much better plan than a lot of users who want to just get to Japan ASAP without bothering with schooling.