Hope all is well...its another confusingly beautiful week here in Atlanta, lol. I think we're supposed to see 70 degrees this afternoon. Wasn't it 30 degrees on Saturday? Lol...Sorry that it has been a few days since the last entry but this weekend was crazy, busy and super informative.
I met so many cool people this weekend! I met a young man who taught in Japan a few years ago. His story was particularly interesting because he signed on to a language school at the precipice of the economic downturn that affected soooo many Japanese language schools. He taught for two months before his school went belly up. He didn't get paid and ended up "hanging out" (that's what he called it) in Japan for another four months. I thought it was cool that he was still teaching, giving it another shot after such a horrifying experience.
I met another young man, recent college graduate, who was pretty set on going to Korea but felt torn between the two opportunities so he decided to research teaching in Japan. He was cute, he had that fresh out of college energy...so carefree, but still quite a sense of accomplishment because he's achieved his greatest goal to date.
I also met ESL teachers who started teaching in the 90's and are still doing it, and still in Japan after all these years. I even met a teacher who was born in Japan, left for school and returned to Japan to teach English after graduating college.
It seems to me like Japan is the place to be! I'm so grateful that I had such an insightful experience and got to meet all these wonderfully interesting people. If I didn't know before, I'm certain that Japan is where I want to be! And soon :)
Love,
The Gypsy
PS...I totally did this from my phone today...I hope the format isn't jacked lol...sorry...the word is that I'll have a repaired laptop in hand by Friday so, until then....
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