Paul got his official placement, and we're officially going to Kyoto, Japan! He leaves July 23, and I will be arriving December 1st. I'm spending all of November with family in St. Louis, Springfield, and Santa Cruz, and then I'm off! I'm hugely excited (albeit a little sad that I'll have to say goodbye to my baby for 4 months), and cannot wait to adventurize Japan.
We're going to be in the city of Kyoto (we're guessing), and Paul might be teaching throughout the prefecture-which means he might be teaching different classes at different schools. He will hear from his predecessor after June 20th and find out more about what his position entails. Once he knows for sure where he will be living and teaching, I can start getting serious about my job search. The great news about Kyoto is that the whole area is full of positions for English native teachers. ALSO, Kyoto is beautiful!! The whole prefecture (county) is full of amazing architecture and landscapes. Here's the city:
Click this here link!
And here's a country scape:
Now click THIS here link!
Just google search "Kyoto" and look at the images-I'm going to be up to my eyeballs in Japanese culture and beauty!
Here I come!
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Placement Coming Tomorrow!
Paul just heard from his JET coordinator who informed all of the Colorado JETS that she has just received their placement information, and she will send them all emails by close of business tomorrow! I'm extremely anxious now and I know that tomorrow will be a very long day.
After we know his placement, we will look at the location and see if it's acceptable to us. The best case scenario would be if Paul were placed on Kyushu, which is the south island, for many reasons. One-there's no ambiguity as to whether we feel Kyushu is safe, Two-Uncle Brian was born on Kyushu (Okinawa) and it would give us more leverage to get him as a visitor, and Three-it's so nice and warm there! The ONLY drawback is that it might be buggy...well and it's kind of far away from Tokyo. However, Kyushu has a lot of great cities and beautiful buildings and spiritual sites, so my fingers are crossed.
You will be seeing another post from me very, very soon!
After we know his placement, we will look at the location and see if it's acceptable to us. The best case scenario would be if Paul were placed on Kyushu, which is the south island, for many reasons. One-there's no ambiguity as to whether we feel Kyushu is safe, Two-Uncle Brian was born on Kyushu (Okinawa) and it would give us more leverage to get him as a visitor, and Three-it's so nice and warm there! The ONLY drawback is that it might be buggy...well and it's kind of far away from Tokyo. However, Kyushu has a lot of great cities and beautiful buildings and spiritual sites, so my fingers are crossed.
You will be seeing another post from me very, very soon!
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