I'm in Texas so it may be hard to attend but thank you for mentioning it. I'll have to keep it in mind. And I knew about the JLPT but not about the different grades. When would you recommend taking the JLPT? I'm currently in high school and am learning Japanese on my own because my school doesn't offer it. I plan on taking it in college though and I've put serious thought into making it my major or minor. I don't necessarily need to major in something related to aviation to get a job with an airline, right?

I've also looked into JET before. I heard that they are quite limited in the amount of teachers they take in. And I don't really want to get a degree in education if it would be temporary.

I have been looking into studying abroad. I would like to some time during my high school career (and during college) but I don't know how that effects graduation and school work. I'm taking several AP classes but I don't know how being gone for a semester would effect them. Do you know? I know you went during college but I'm sure there are some similarities.