Originally Posted by
mac man4444
You mentioned that teaching through JET was temporary? What are the people who got in from your university going to do after it is over? Can you renew your contract/time (not exactly sure how it works)? And do you need a degree in education to apply for the JET program?
I'll talk to my counselor about how studying abroad would go once the new year kicks off. I might end up waiting until I go to college if it should prove too difficult.
I should have specified i meant jr./senior year of college. Senior year is probably even better because as long as your credits are all lined up you can take the semester to relax a bit.
Unfortunately to all of your other questions i'm not 100% sure. I did not go through JET to teach there. My friend who was in the program had a 2 year contract although i'm not sure in the least if that's standard.
When you get out you go about your life and find a job that satisfies you. If you still have your heart set on teaching over there you'd need to take some more standardized tests and get a certi for teaching english as a second language. Then you'd need to be hired by a company in Japan.