- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
... who is an English teacher in Japan (I have a great many friends in a great many places who do a great many things) who pointed me out to something called the JET program.
The requirements are a bachelor's degree, some ability to speak Japanese, and a residency in one of the participating countries. The program is designed to help introduce Japanese kids to English culture. You spend one year there.
He teaches 1st graders, and in his opinion 1st grade Japanese kids are much, much cuter than American ones. They do things like numbers, letters, really simple stuff in english. Four days of the week he travels around the town he's located in (about an hour's drive from Hiroshima), visiting different schools and teaching the kids a bit of English. The 5th day of the week he has to the office and does, quote, "nothing." (in other words, he spends the time talking to me on AIM)
The pay is pretty good. He is making an excess of $3,000 American a month. That is pure spending money.
Talk about a kickass job. Once I get my bachelor's degree I am signing up for this. I've always been interested in Japan, and the ability to spend a year teaching 1st grade Japanese students English is awesome. If this at all sounds appealing to you, I highly suggest you check it out.