I'm currently very tired of getting rejection letters for librarian positions, or worse not hearing anything. So I decided back in June that if I didn't have anything by the time JET and Aeon rolled around I would apply for them, since I really would like to go back to Japan and those seem like good ways to do so. Plus there are a lot of positions available on military bases around there for librarians, and I might try for one of those after a year there since some of them require that you be in the are and I might be at more of an advantage that way.
The thing I now have to decide is JET or Aeon. There are others around and I'm applying to both, but I'm not sure which one to really hope for more. They both have their pros and cons.
Aeon: work from 1-9, not a normal schedule, but more what I'm used to since I work evenings right now. Plus that way you have the option to stay up late or get up early. Pay is not quite as good as JET. May have to pay for more on health care, not quite sure on that. Have to try to sell materials to students, that part might be hard for me since I'm not good at retail. On the other hand it's not on commission or anything. They do subsidize apartments if they cost over a certain amount a month. You are also more likely to get your placement choice.
JET: You work for the government. They pay your flight over. Work day is 8:30 to 4 something. Pretty much the best pay of any ESL thing in Japan that I've seen. You go to schools and get to participate in more things. Students are in school versus adults in Aeon. Don't have to sell anything. Might get placed in the middle of nowhere, although I do want to get better at Japanese and that might be more helpful.
Probably at this point it's best to just do my applications and see what happens.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Oops, I did it again.
Sorry, I love Glee and Britney Spears episode is still a little stuck in my head. Anyways, at some point I'll probably get better about updating, but I do tend to get randomly busy. Plus job hunting stress, and general lack of anything really appealing to me lately. Not a good combination.
However, I am a little interested in politics (enough to make a post, not enough to try and figure at what the NASDAQ means to the political climate). I live in a very conservative state, I am extremely not conservative. This makes for a volatile combination at times. Even the people (usually democrats) who I end up voting for as the more liberal option are pretty far right of say most east coast republicans. This can be frustrating. Especially when there are ads on tv all the time. This just in, according to someone who wants to be our state governor I am not a "Real American". This is apparently based on the fact that yeah I think healthcare is a fundamental right (heh didn't notice the pun till after I'd typed that), that yeah we should probably be stricter in business regulations, and that being able to speak two languages wouldn't be the worst thing ever.
A lot of the "State Questions" we get to vote on this November in my state (Oklahoma for those of you who really must know) are ridiculous. For example the one that says that judges cannot use international law as a bases for their decisions, and specifically Sharia "Islamic" law. Call me crazy, but I don't know that I consider this such a big problem in Oklahoma that I want my representatives using time they could spend fixing the budget for things like education drafting this instead.
There's also the lovely SQ 751 which amends the State Constitution requiring that official State actions be in English. Note that it leaves "official state actions" to be defined later, which basically makes this unconstitutional at the outset. Thank you 3 years of debate mock trial.
Speaking of education, which state is behind almost every other state in school funding? Yep, us then Utah and Idaho, but seriously. We have a fun little SQ about raising the spending in our schools to the regional average, although how they're going to get the money when it doesn't allow for tax increases, and how they are going to oversee the money or even spend it is not mentioned. Maybe something the representatives could have been doing while they where busy writing those other SQs.
And yay, while they're busy doing this they might be taking away my health insurance for next year. You see, apparently lack of education about things like history lead to the belief that a state can decide to opt out of the new health care bill. Unfortunately thanks to a little something I like to call the Civil War, Federal law supercedes state. This time around it is probably going to be hashed out in the courts taking a long time and resulting in me not being covered under my mom's health insurance next year because the one nice thing I got out of that health care bill was coverage until I turn 26 starting in January. Bah. Not quite as good as a public option, but enough to keep me from moving to Canada for at least another year.
So where were we? Ah yes, I am apparently not a real American because I'm okay with Obama and I'd rather stand up to corporations than Washington (apparently our lovely Republican Governor candidate would like to stand up to Washington as our state Governor rather than the Congress Representative she's been for the last forever, because as you know Governor's have the real power to affect change in Washington).
Both sides are saying things about how important education is, and how important it is to promote the growth of industry in the state so that children will grow up and choose to stay here, but considering the lack of importance put on education funding, access to healthcare, and the fear associated with anything deemed foreign or liberal I intend to get out before I have a family.
However, I am a little interested in politics (enough to make a post, not enough to try and figure at what the NASDAQ means to the political climate). I live in a very conservative state, I am extremely not conservative. This makes for a volatile combination at times. Even the people (usually democrats) who I end up voting for as the more liberal option are pretty far right of say most east coast republicans. This can be frustrating. Especially when there are ads on tv all the time. This just in, according to someone who wants to be our state governor I am not a "Real American". This is apparently based on the fact that yeah I think healthcare is a fundamental right (heh didn't notice the pun till after I'd typed that), that yeah we should probably be stricter in business regulations, and that being able to speak two languages wouldn't be the worst thing ever.
A lot of the "State Questions" we get to vote on this November in my state (Oklahoma for those of you who really must know) are ridiculous. For example the one that says that judges cannot use international law as a bases for their decisions, and specifically Sharia "Islamic" law. Call me crazy, but I don't know that I consider this such a big problem in Oklahoma that I want my representatives using time they could spend fixing the budget for things like education drafting this instead.
There's also the lovely SQ 751 which amends the State Constitution requiring that official State actions be in English. Note that it leaves "official state actions" to be defined later, which basically makes this unconstitutional at the outset. Thank you 3 years of debate mock trial.
Speaking of education, which state is behind almost every other state in school funding? Yep, us then Utah and Idaho, but seriously. We have a fun little SQ about raising the spending in our schools to the regional average, although how they're going to get the money when it doesn't allow for tax increases, and how they are going to oversee the money or even spend it is not mentioned. Maybe something the representatives could have been doing while they where busy writing those other SQs.
And yay, while they're busy doing this they might be taking away my health insurance for next year. You see, apparently lack of education about things like history lead to the belief that a state can decide to opt out of the new health care bill. Unfortunately thanks to a little something I like to call the Civil War, Federal law supercedes state. This time around it is probably going to be hashed out in the courts taking a long time and resulting in me not being covered under my mom's health insurance next year because the one nice thing I got out of that health care bill was coverage until I turn 26 starting in January. Bah. Not quite as good as a public option, but enough to keep me from moving to Canada for at least another year.
So where were we? Ah yes, I am apparently not a real American because I'm okay with Obama and I'd rather stand up to corporations than Washington (apparently our lovely Republican Governor candidate would like to stand up to Washington as our state Governor rather than the Congress Representative she's been for the last forever, because as you know Governor's have the real power to affect change in Washington).
Both sides are saying things about how important education is, and how important it is to promote the growth of industry in the state so that children will grow up and choose to stay here, but considering the lack of importance put on education funding, access to healthcare, and the fear associated with anything deemed foreign or liberal I intend to get out before I have a family.
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