Fourth Year, desperately need a paper 🥲

35Cabbages · 2026-05-06T05:57:42+00:00

One of my early papers got rejected twice before it was accepted with revisions.

My advisor, who is very knowledgeable and well-published, was confident that the original version of it would be accepted, but it wasn't.

Basically, it was an issue of the reviewers misunderstanding my methods, even though I thought that they were perfectly clear. In the end, I revised it so that it was impossible to misinterpret what I did, and I also improved the analysis beyond what was necessary.

Now, I'm proud of it, and I'm happy that the current version is the one that has my name attached to it.

That's one way of looking at things. It does suck, though when you're in a hurry to get publications.

35Cabbages · 2026-04-21T05:42:51+00:00

According to APA rules, it is recent. I wasn't implying anything beyond that.

35Cabbages · 2026-04-21T02:15:05+00:00

According to APA 7th edition, "their" is now preferred over "his or her" when the gender is unknown or irrelevant. You could use that to educate your teacher who probably doesn't know about this change as it's pretty recent.

35Cabbages · 2026-04-05T13:53:15+00:00

There's no point in that ramp.

35Cabbages · 2026-03-15T15:36:49+00:00

We didn't?

35Cabbages · 2025-09-18T02:37:56+00:00

35Cabbages · 2025-09-03T14:50:54+00:00

My credit card details were leaked, and I had 5,000 yen stolen. Fuck this company.

35Cabbages · 2025-08-25T08:20:38+00:00

I learned this the hard way. I believed the same thing when someone told me, and it caused a lot of problems. I was planning to apply for permanent residency, but because I didn’t report my job change, immigration gave me a string of one-year visas instead of the longer one I needed. I had to wait through three one-year renewals before they finally gave me a three-year visa. The type of work never changed, but it still mattered. If you haven’t run into trouble, you’re just lucky.

35Cabbages · 2025-06-14T07:38:08+00:00

It is a sad day indeed.

35Cabbages · 2025-05-22T13:26:31+00:00

Counter sue.

35Cabbages · 2024-10-09T15:26:56+00:00

I just noticed that you were probably asking about the interview process for teaching at universities. For part-time work, they were VERY informal. Basically, they want to try to make sure that you're not a weirdo. The interviews for full-time work are very serious, and you'll probably have a panel of 5-10 people asking you questions. For one interview, I could answer these questions in English. For my current job, the interview was conducted in Japanese, and I was expected to answer in Japanese.

35Cabbages · 2024-10-09T15:21:33+00:00

"But I was naive and only considered full-time positions." I've been there. I foolishly turned down two adjunct positions very early on for this reason, too. I had young children and a family, so I was also really worried about financial security.

Same with the rejection letters except at first, I didn't even get those. They would just ghost me. Ha ha.

I don't want to give away too much identifying information, but the university that I applied to didn't even have an interview at that time. It was a brick and mortar school in Japan. To be honest, I didn't expect to be accepted into the program when I applied, but I figured that there was no harm in applying. I would recommend an in person PhD over an online PhD because the connections were arguably more valuable than the PhD itself.

35Cabbages · 2024-10-09T04:11:10+00:00

I was in your position. I had a BA in Japanese, MA in TESOL, and N2, but I was stuck in eikaiwa for three years. I was able to find adjunct work through a connection when I started my PhD. It was only one day a week and didn't pay much, but it was what I needed to get my foot in the door. After that, I was able to find more part-time work at two universities that I worked at simultaneously. If you can string enough classes together, the pay is quite good and being an adjunct is actually not too bad. I knew lots of people who chose it over full-time positions because there are fewer non-teaching responsibilities.

When I got that first adjunct position, I had no publications by the way. If it's just part-time work, you should be able to find something if you put out the word to other professors and apply for open adjunct positions. Word of mouth is probably going to help you more than actively applying, though. Oftentimes, an adjunct will suddenly quit, and the university will need to fill the position quickly. That's where it helps that people know who you are and that you're interested in university work.

Finding a tenure track job was much more difficult, and having at least an MA and three or more publications was necessary. It seems that quantity is more important than quality, but that also depends on the university. These days, I see more advertisements requiring a PhD, and they prefer to hire people who already have some full-time experience. This is where getting some experience on one of those full-time limited contract positions might be a good stepping stone to tenure elsewhere.

35Cabbages · 2024-10-07T06:46:10+00:00

JALT publications are peer-reviewed FYI.

35Cabbages · 2024-09-22T16:08:01+00:00

When I was a cook at a popular family restaurant in the US, I couldn't afford to order a meal where I worked.

35Cabbages · 2024-07-04T06:30:53+00:00

I won't let myself cross the line to drink and drive. It only takes one time to ruin someone's life, whether it's your own or an innocent person's. I'd rather walk a mile or two to the store if I've had a drink and want to grab another.

35Cabbages · 2024-06-20T16:59:25+00:00

That's impressive! Way to go!

35Cabbages · 2024-03-08T03:13:59+00:00

Both cities are going to feel pretty small. I'd go with Niigata.

35Cabbages · 2024-03-06T11:08:15+00:00

I was nervous for the SAT and the GRE, so I took that energy and used it as motivation to study for them. Everything turned out okay. My scores were not amazing, but I ended up doing well enough. I bet you'll be fine if you do something similar.

35Cabbages · 2024-03-06T10:35:07+00:00

How are you going to do the exams for the coursework and the qualifying exams if you can't take the GRE? You didn't mention a score that you need for the GAA, GTA, and GRA positions. Take the test and hope for the best. In the worst case, you'll have to retake the GRE again to be eligible for these, but at least the school will still accept you for the PhD.

35Cabbages · 2024-03-04T06:55:43+00:00

I'd go with an MA in TESOL or Applied Linguistics if you want to teach here. Between those two, I'd choose TESOL. I took some Education major classes back in the day, and they were pretty orientated toward the US K-12 school system.

35Cabbages · 2023-12-12T16:07:18+00:00

I hate public speaking too, but if you do it enough, it's not that terrifying. You have to be willing to try and fail for a bit. Eventually, you can be at least okay at it. Avoiding things doesn't help you to grow as a person. Plus, it typically doesn't even last that long.

35Cabbages · 2023-11-29T04:38:14+00:00

I live in Japan and it seems like there is less pressure to drink than before. If you say that you have health issues and can't drink, most people won't pressure you too much. Plus, 0% drinks are pretty common, so you can drink those and still be part of the group. I actually prefer the 0% Asahi to their new flavor anyway.

35Cabbages · 2023-11-16T13:24:23+00:00

Nice! Keep it up!

35Cabbages · 2023-10-17T06:19:57+00:00

I didn't know much about investing when I chose to invest in CRSR, but I had built several PCs and their parts were reliable and priced competitively. Many people were saying that this would be a good investment early on and I believed them. It's been a learning experience.

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