Tag: ALT
Japanese Work Culture: The Enkai
With the end of my second fiscal year working in Japan, I’ve just ended my second year of enkais, and luckily, for both of my schools. What’s an Enkai? Glad you asked. In a Japanese work setting or even a restaurant setting, you might hear the word Enkai thrown around. An Enkai is basically a…
(My) School Life as an Elementary School ALT on the JET Program
The JET Program’s motto is “Every Situation is Different”, or ESID for short. Basically, no one is ever going to have the same experience, so it’s hard to generalize the whole experience to someone. Some of my friends are T1s (Teacher 1, aka primary teacher, doing lesson planning, despite having “Assistant” in our working title),…