Hey Peeps,
I really wanted to continue this blog while I was in school, but that did not happen. Sorry to all you have read this blog or stumbled upon it.
Welp, as the title suggests, I am back and ready to go. Literally! I am hanging out in the airport waiting to catch my flight to Japan. This time I ain't livin' there for nearly 11 months. In fact, I have no solid return time. No, no, no. This time is real. I am truly moving to Japan for an indefinite amount of time. I will be teaching English to munchkins (kindergarten/elementary for now) through the Mito AET Program. Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken (-shi indicates 'City of-' or 'Town of-', while '-ken' means 'Prefecture of-')....as I was saying, Mito-shi is the sister city to Anaheim, so the program hires people connected to Anaheim and.....Oklahomans....WHY OKLAHOMANS!?!?!? Well, that's an easy wuestion to answer. Oklahoma Christian University is the sister university of Ibaraki-ken's Ibaraki Christian University. In fact, it was the relationship between these two universities that started the AET program in Mito-shi!
So...what's a AET? AET stands for 'Assisted English Teacher'. From what I understand, we are placed at schools where we will be a single-subject teacher. In the middle schools, our teachers are truly assistants to the main teacher, whereas in the kindergartens and elementary schools (they are separate schools in Japan), we are the main teachers of English. I will give more info once I fully understand the program myself.
Anyhoo, the gates are opening at my terminal! I will blog later, after my flight!
Until then, Later Peeps!
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