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Got an email from the Jet Program saying they were not giving me an interview. I figured third time would be the charm, but I guess not. 
I could be any number of reasons. It could be my age (35 was the hard cut-off until not that long ago), it could be lack of recent teaching experience, it could be that I've already lived in Japan. Hell, it could be that they're worried I wouldn't stay three years and I'd take advantage of the all-expenses-paid trip to do a year contract and take advantage of being there to secure a job with one of those "Japan residents only" listings, which I won't lie and say that I wasn't strongly considering. Assistant language teaching isn't that great.
But, I was honestly not sure I would have accepted if I was offered a position. When I applied a decade ago I was one hundred percent sure it was what I wanted to do, but not this time. I'm much more established now, with a city I love living in and a job I like, and I didn't know if I'd want to uproot all of that to move halfway around the world again. And now I don't have to make that choice, and that's okay.
So, I'm not really upset about it. My use of that tag below is really just because this is the first chance I've had to use it in years. I was devastated when I didn't get an interview a decade ago, but now? I'll be fine.
I'll be back to Japan, one way, or another.
I could be any number of reasons. It could be my age (35 was the hard cut-off until not that long ago), it could be lack of recent teaching experience, it could be that I've already lived in Japan. Hell, it could be that they're worried I wouldn't stay three years and I'd take advantage of the all-expenses-paid trip to do a year contract and take advantage of being there to secure a job with one of those "Japan residents only" listings, which I won't lie and say that I wasn't strongly considering. Assistant language teaching isn't that great.
But, I was honestly not sure I would have accepted if I was offered a position. When I applied a decade ago I was one hundred percent sure it was what I wanted to do, but not this time. I'm much more established now, with a city I love living in and a job I like, and I didn't know if I'd want to uproot all of that to move halfway around the world again. And now I don't have to make that choice, and that's okay.
So, I'm not really upset about it. My use of that tag below is really just because this is the first chance I've had to use it in years. I was devastated when I didn't get an interview a decade ago, but now? I'll be fine.
I'll be back to Japan, one way, or another.
