Rocket Punching His Way Into Your Heart!
So what happens next?

I know I’ve been spamming quite a bit here! For those curious, let me give you a bit of a low down on what’ll happen next!

April: 

Send in all of the necessary paperwork

May:

Start moving out, throwing out things I don’t need, selling others

Get my placement information in mid May

Graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in History 

Move out 

June:

Get my placement information in early June if it hasn’t come in May

Hopefully get in contact with my predecessor, if applicable (most participants have a predecessor but some don’t, like Tokyo ALTs) 

Attend an optional orientation

July:

Start getting ready for the big move 

Turn in my proof of graduation

Say my final goodbyes to everyone 

Depart for Tokyo on July 23rd and arrive on the 24th for a 3 day orientation

Be taken to my placement by representatives of my prefecture 

Likely introduce myself to the staff I’ll be working with

Probably work, depends on the situation. Even though Japanese summer break starts in July, teachers are still expected to show up for clerical duties at the school and stuff which might also apply to me

August:

Prefecture orientation 

Then in late August, actually start interacting with my students!

When I get to Japan, I can be one of 3 types of ALTs (Assistant Language Teacher) 

Prefecture ALT- An ALT who teaches in various schools around their assigned prefecture

Municipal ALT- An ALT who teaches in 2 or 3 (sometimes more) schools within their town/city

Base ALT- Increasingly rare ALTs who work at one specific school. Most Tokyo ALTs, from my understanding, fall under this category. Even though they’ve been increasing Tokyo ALTsin time for the 2020 Olympics, getting Tokyo is still a crapshoot. I don’t really want any of the major cities as I asked for a rural placement. Of course, I’ll make the best of it and I’d still love a Tokyo placement.

Now, this is just a rough outline. After all, the once official but now unofficial yet De Facto motto of the JET program is ESID- Every Situation Is Different and all.

For those curious where I requested to be placed, I asked for rural placements in Gifu, Aomori and Okinawa. Requests are just that- requests and are not guaranteed. In fact, more often than not you’ll get somewhere completely opposite of where you asked for according to what I read. But hey, I’m up for anything! 

As a side note, yes I will still continue doing art and working on Werewolf Hostclub in Japan. That was the plan from the very start. I kind of want to try debuting it at Kemoket sometime in the future. Now that I’ll have a steady job, once I get into the swing of things, it’ll be easier for me to focus on Werewolf Hostclub knowing I have a good paying job to take care of the bills! 

Anyway if anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask me! 

I still can’t believe that in 4 months I’ll be moving to Japan. It feels so unreal but there it is. All that’s keeping me between this and Japan is a bunch of paperwork I gotta do. Luckily it’s way less paperwork than the initial application! 

the rough version of that renamon doodle actually had bigger boobs but i hated how it broke the flow of the drawing and had to make them smaller

lol artist problems 

OH MY GOSH THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! LITERALLY YOU JUST MADE MY DAY

I’m glad you like it! 

JET results coming soon…

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thefortressofscience:

Welp. I’m here. The last stretch before the JET Program interview results come in. I’ve been a nervous wreck waiting for them. Last year, they started rolling in as early as March 30th, though the general window is April 1st-11th from what I hear. 

Regardless, it’s very nerve wracking waiting for an email that’ll tell me one of three things: Shortlisted (accepted), Alternate listed (wait list), or rejected. If I get short listed, I’ll be on my way to work in and live in Japan. If I get alternate listed, it’ll suck waiting longer, but I won’t lost hope because a lot of alternate listers do get upgraded. And if I get rejected, well, I don’t really wanna think about that right now…

Here’s hoping for the best. 

Good luck! I wish I’d been brave enough to try for it when I was younger. 30′s probably a bit too late to try ..

Thanks, but no, it isn’t too late. The cut off age for JET is 45. You can do it if you’re 40, but points are deducted from your score for that age. Those who are up to the age of 39 will not have points deducted from their score.

All you need is at least a bachelor’s degree and an interest in Japanese culture. The highest point value is assigned to your statement of purpose and letters of recommendation, in that order. Teaching experience or experience taking care of kids is also worth a good amount of points. Japanese language knowledge is bonus points, but not required unless you’re applying to be a CIR, which is a minority of JETs. 

I was interested in trying this when i was younger, I may give it another go.

I don’t know if I’ve been accepted or not yet, but if I do get in feel free to send me your questions and Statement of Purpose essay for feedback when you apply! 

DAMMIT ZENY NOW I SHIP IT

OOPS

Zeny and Lee are so incredibly gay. I typically like to let the audience decide whether or not they’re dating but at minimum they’re at least very close, affectionate friends with benefits. They have no qualms with how gay they are or having casual sex. Ultimately, they still care super deeply about each other which makes them have a very strong bond. 

JET results coming soon…

Welp. I’m here. The last stretch before the JET Program interview results come in. I’ve been a nervous wreck waiting for them. Last year, they started rolling in as early as March 30th, though the general window is April 1st-11th from what I hear. 

Regardless, it’s very nerve wracking waiting for an email that’ll tell me one of three things: Shortlisted (accepted), Alternate listed (wait list), or rejected. If I get short listed, I’ll be on my way to work in and live in Japan. If I get alternate listed, it’ll suck waiting longer, but I won’t lost hope because a lot of alternate listers do get upgraded. And if I get rejected, well, I don’t really wanna think about that right now…

Here’s hoping for the best. 

Zenny what's you motivation

A lot of things, but mostly, a desire to keep improving and make a good living for myself

all i want is to cuddle up with a big round guy