Posted on February 19, 2014 Leave a Comment
This is the second article in a series about the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET) and about life in Japan in general. Read Transition Japan: The JET Interview (Part 1) here. I interviewed for JET four years ago, and while my memory of the day becomes less strong every year, I still remember walking […]
Posted on February 16, 2014 Leave a Comment
This is the third article in a series about the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET) and about life in Japan in general. My goal is to “demystify” Japan and encourage anyone with an interest in teaching abroad to consider JET. Read my first post, Transition Japan: Your Apartment, here, and my second post, Transition […]
Posted on March 13, 2013 Leave a Comment
I wrote an article for Japan Today about a new documentary on the two American victims killed in the tsunami two years ago. The film, Live Your Dream: The Taylor Anderson Story, is directed by Regge Life, who was recently in Tokyo premiering the story. Anderson, an American teacher living in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, was the […]
Posted on August 4, 2012 2 Comments
This article is the second in a series of reflections about my time spent in Japan with the JET Program. You can read my first article, about how the JET Program changed me, here. Top 3 Reasons the JET Program is Worthwhile The JET Program occasionally comes under scrutiny – both from officials in Japan worried […]