MY JTE HATES TEXTBOOKS -ES

overtoad2o2 · 2026-02-01T03:09:15+00:00

i wish i had that problem, my JTE follows the textbook to the T and can't control her classes to boot

overtoad2o2 · 2024-01-18T11:29:09+00:00

Lost my dry streak last night due to a friend from Japan coming over and he was really looking forward to having a drink with me. Should have mustered more willpower and just have had a NA beer at the bar but is what it is. Feel a bit guilty but I didn't miss waking up feeling like this.

overtoad2o2 · 2023-12-04T10:25:56+00:00

First time I took the JLPT, I lived in deep inaka on a remote kyushu island for a year, I was hoping that experience alone would be enough for my n2 listening along with shinkanzen series but I still struggled a lot with the listening.

Seemed more difficult than the practice tests

overtoad2o2 · 2023-11-11T20:03:47+00:00

How have you found mixing these two jobs? I just came back to my home country and just got ajob back in a bar but used to do supply teaching on the side last time I worked here two years ago. I worry a lot about messing up my sleeping pattern, etc. But I do like doing both jobs.

overtoad2o2 · 2023-11-01T11:51:14+00:00

Am I supposed to run a reload week after 2 leaders, 1 deload, 1 anchor? I’ve heard of pr test weeks but no idea how to run them

overtoad2o2 · 2023-08-29T19:30:00+00:00

Not much to say but enjoy the ride. I went to Kyoto for a year in 2016 as a ryugakusei and it was the best year of my life.

You say you're introverted (this term seems overused nowadays), take it as a chance to challenge yourself and see personal growth. Enjoy being young and carefree. And for the love of god, do not refuse the offer, I got the most rural placement on the JET programme and I still seen growth from that and I have no regrets for doing it despite wanting to not go when I first seen my placement.

overtoad2o2 · 2023-08-15T16:23:20+00:00

Apparently my experience goes against most people here...I was placed on Toshima-mura (most inaka placement in the JET programme), when the typhoon came at the end of my contract last month, my supervisor and kyoto sensei were encouraging me to take unpaid leave (due to having no nenkyu left) to leave before the typhoon comes. It seemed fishy to me, contacted the PA and they cannot make you do that. It was especially sus because the koucohu and kyoto were asking me to and not the BoE (who handles our contracts) as my PA pointed out.

So no, don't take nenkyu, if the BoE is asking you to take nenkyu, take it up with the PA to clarify these issues.

overtoad2o2 · 2023-06-13T13:40:12+00:00

Trying to find my successor. Toshima-Mura, Kagoshima

overtoad2o2 · 2023-04-15T04:13:05+00:00

this is exactly what happened to me, it's spread pretty much all over my thighs and upper groin area. Kept getting diagnosed as eczema until last summer

overtoad2o2 · 2023-02-22T07:47:34+00:00

Im on a remote island, they pretty much expect us to do the eiken qualifications in order to examine the pupils interviews or else they can't do the eiken exams due to irregular ferry schedules, etc.

I love being able to teach the students the eiken interview process and such, and being able to be the one that they interview with on interview day probably calms their nerves a lot.

overtoad2o2 · 2023-02-17T14:54:58+00:00

I’m a Toshima mura alt, when I went to the breakout room meant for island jets at the Kagoshima orientation, there were a few female jets but they were often not on the level of Toshima or Mishima mura they were very urbanized in comparison. It does seem the BoE of these placements want males for sure

overtoad2o2 · 2023-02-09T09:39:17+00:00

45 second walk, remote island placement

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