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Anonymous
I just got accepted to the JET Program! Any other current/future JETs here?

Also, it's a pleasant surprise that the JET handbook (http://www.jetprogramme.org/e/current/pubs/gih.html) seems to tell it like it is. For example, telling male JETs to watch out for English-leeches and female JETs that Japanese men will probably find think of them as domineering and they may feel less attractive in Japan due to dating failure.
>> Anonymous
The JET of African Descent: "Most people will assume you have a deep interest in rap and hip-hop. Many will wonder why you're not wearing 'bling-bling'."

I LOLed.
>> Anonymous
Nice. Where are you going to be "stationed"?
>> Anonymous
Placements come out in May. In any case I'll be visiting Kyoto (studied abroad there) and Tokyo a good bit to see friends. Luckily that won't be a problem on the JET salary.
>> Anonymous
>>20030
Dude, I studied abroad in Kyoto, too. What program did you go on?
>> Anonymous
>>20033
I did KCJS, you?
>> Anonymous
>>20034
Oh, ok. I did a program through UC Davis.
>> Anonymous
>>20037
Good deal. After being all over Japan I still like Kyoto best. Of course Tokyo/Osaka has it beat for nightlife.
>> Anonymous
>>20038
Yeah, I've gotta agree with you. I went to Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo (to be honest, I didn't really like Tokyo too much - too dirty, too many people, too many foreigners)and none of them really compare to Kyoto. It's such a gorgeous city.

Everyone was all complaining about hot and humid it was (we went in the summer) but coming from a city with absolutely shittastic weather, I loved it.
>> Anonymous
>>20040
You consider Tokyo dirty? Not quite as clean as Kyoto but it blows away any large city I've seen North America.

I that population percentage wise Kyoto has just as many foreigners at Tokyo. The difference is that most in Kyoto have a real interest in Japan and can speak some Japanese were as many in Tokyo are real shit heads.

Gotta agree with that summer in Japan is pretty mushiastsui but I'm glad it's a place with 4 real seasons, occasional snow in the winter, etc.
>> Anonymous
>>20041
Yeah, well, we stayed in some ghetto part of Ikebukuro and I just remember one place, Shinjuku or Shibuya (the one that has this Condomania shop) that stank like shit. I mean, it's still relatively clean comparing to other places like you said, but yeah... there were hookers and stuff on street corners right by our hotel...

The thing is, I actually stayed in a suburb of Kyoto where there were maybe like a half dozen other foreigners in the whole town not including us, so that was something you can't experience in a big city, which was pretty neat. People were hella nice and everything, too.

Hey, you mind telling me about your JET interview? I could use the info if I do decide to apply in the future.
>> Anonymous
>>20044
Yeah, Ikebukuro is a shithole so I can imagine that would give you a bad impression.

If you think the suburbs of Kyoto are something, I've been to a festival in Shikoku where I was the only foreigner out of several thousand people; quite interesting and friendly people down there.

With going to a good school and study abroad experience you've got a good chance with JET. More important then individual answers is that you remain cool (they try to make you uncomfortable to test you) and enthusiastic. Think of good answers for "why Japan" and "why JET". Also when applying make sure your statement of purpose is top notch.
>> Anonymous
It's funny; you'd be hardpressed to find two groups with more animosity than the Chinese and the Japanese, but lots of the advice in the 'essays' section would have been good advice for anybody doing a program in China, my study-abroad of choice. Thanks for the link, OP, interesting read.
>> Anonymous
>>20022

Current JET in Miyagi, going on my third year. The handbook doesn't really 'tell it like it is', so much as give to an extremely broad survey of stuff you may see.

Want to know anything?
>> Anonymous
>>20050
I know "every situation is different" but how does paid vacation work out for you? How many days/when can you take them etc. The official info on that is quite sparse. Thanks.
>> Anonymous
>>20051
There is no official info on that because it depends on your contracting organization (CO). I first got 20 days (140 hours), and you take it by filling out/stamping the nenkyu (??) book. They bumped it up to about 180 hours my second year because they liked me and said worked hard enough to earn it. Additionally, the unused time carried forwerd You're generally free to take it whenever, but buggering out during exams/PTA/BoE visit days is pretty weak and can hurt your image

I have to work through the Spring/Winter/Summer holidays (as in, come to my school/BoE office daily), but there are some ALTs who get that time off, paid.

Because I generally work hard and don't screw around, and have good people, I also get get flexibility (IE: I called to take an hour in the morning so I could go to an appointment last week, and was told not to worry about it because it was the vacation period).

tl;dr: Talk to your predecessor and find out, but realize you might change it, for better or worse (I had a fat fujoshi predecessor, lol).
>> Anonymous
>>20054
Thanks for the info. Hopefully I can get a nice situation like yours.
>> Anonymous
>>20055

I hope you do, if I could offer any advice, it'd be to be really out going and accepting of hospitality right from the start, because it's a good way to get to know people and get settled into your town. Good luck!
>> Anonymous
>>20058
Will do. Thanks!
>> Anonymous
you guys are way too nice and helpfull.... get out of my 4chan!
>> Anonymous
>>20022
>http://www.jetprogramme.org/e/aspiring/index.html
>Participants are placed with local government organisations throughout Japan in every imaginable locality, including large cities, small and medium-sized towns, and rural farming and fishing villages.

And if you end up in some fishing village on the extreme northern tip of Hokkaido, what'll you do, Anon? I mean, it sounds interesting, but you won't be able to choose where to be stationed.
>> Anonymous
>>20090
I'll be fine wherever I am because:
1) I speak near fluent Japanese (one of my majors)
2) Regardless of where I'm placed my Japanese girlfriend (met her when I was studying abroad) will move nearby.

But this is why JET isn't for everyone. The pay/working conditions/social status are all better than eikaiwa but if you must be in the city eikaiwa is the way to go.
>> Anonymous
>>20090
Another thing to note is that with vacation days and JETs generous salary 3day weekend trips to various places in Japan shouldn't be a problem.
>> Anonymous
>>20092
not sure its worth it. A friend of mine works for NOVA and is getting royally screwed by them.
>> Anonymous
>>20090
If you want to do JET and get near a big city the best way to be to choose three places that are 40 mins out by train and you'll likely get one of them.
>> Anonymous
>>20100
Personally I'd also take JET in the country over eikaiwa in the city. Still, NOVA is about the worst, places like AEON are a bit closer to JET level.
>> Anonymous
What's this? 4chan actually useful? I've been wondering about programs like this but am too lazy to browse around the internets myself.
>> Anonymous
>>20022
This little bit from the guide automatically rules out 99.9% of 4chan...

"If you do endeavor to date in Japan, there are some general things to take into account. First, drop the anime-fueled Japanese obsession. Right now."

pg 120 2'nd paragraph
>> Anonymous
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im in my own jet program, if you know what i mean....
>> Anonymous
>>20119

Heh, my dad went there
>> Anonymous
DOES HE FLY PLANES
>> Anonymous
>>20133

no, EW officer
>> Anonymous
>>20117
OP here, this is true. With few exceptions there's not a lot of tolerance shown to adults that like anime (manga is generally fine).

Personally I was quite into anime about 3 years ago but had already grown tired of it before I ever left to study abroad in fall '06.

Starting out with anime and outgrowing it and finding other interesting aspects of Japanese culture (onsens, temples/shrines, kendo, history, etc) seemed to be a common trend with my study abroad group. Of course some kids were still quite into it.

If you're into otaku culture a trip to Japan would be great but I wouldn't recommend living there as most Japanese your age just won't relate.
>> Anonymous
what are the hours like? is it generally standard whichever programme you enroll, JET AEON etc?
>> Anonymous
>>20308
JET is about 35 hours a week M-F normal school hours. Eikaiwa (AEON etc) are usually more nighttime hours and likely working one weekend day with a day in the middle of the week off instead (shit sucks).
>> Anonymous
What are the odds of making it into the JET program with little or no written/spoken Japanese skills? Can a JET participate remain sane surrounded by moonspeak and little kids if you don't understand or are people good about holding your hand until you get things figured out?

Also can your proficiency impact where you'll be stationed?
>> Anonymous
>>20425
Historically having no Japanese skills isn't a problem if you can show them you'd be serious about learning the language while there. They don't necessarily need/want people with Japanese skills but people that have them often have experience in Japan and a real interest in Japan which they do look for. It's hard to say with things becoming more competitive.

Sanity depends on the person and proficiency probably won't effect where you're placed. If you apply for the CIR (translating) job which 1 out of 20 people do (for the same pay as teaching) you will likely be placed in a city, however.
>> Anonymous
>>20425
Heisig is your best friend; Purchase all three volumes, fourth edition, and some grammar books. Watch some Japanese media, preferably something other than anime. Write, speak, read, et cetera.
>> Anonymous
>>20425

No Japanese is no problem, but of course whatever you have will help. My theory is if you keep speaking, eventually someone will break down and reveal they're near fluent. It's spooky.

As for the kids, it's awesome. Some days my job is to play with kids, and language hardly matters (Protip: if you're assigned to elementary/nursery schools, have a native Japanese speaker you know (if any) teach you how to talk like kids. They don't do so well with polite textbook speech).

But serious, when you draw a day of pay for digging tunnels and being an Ultraman villain (because you're tall and nigh invincible to them), it's awesome.
>> Anonymous
I think the think that I'm most apprehensive about when considering the JET Programme is the fact that I may be placed in a very rural setting with very few (if any) other ALTs around.

I've been watching videos on youtube and it seems like the most fun is to be had when you're in close proximity with other ALTs. My Japanese is no existent so having around some other English speakers would be extremely nice at least until I get a better command on the language.

Is there anyway to see where JETs are stationed at? Or are there any suggestions to areas that if I chose for my top three I would have a realistic chance of getting and still have some other ALTs within walking/biking distance.

I'd just hate to leave my small town here in the states only to be stuck in another small town and feel like I'd be missing out on some great opportunities to meet other ALTs and make some great friends.
>> Anonymous
>>20552
Look, the only way you're going to be stuck NO WHERE NEAR ANY other JETs is if you're on an island with ferry service once a week. Even in rural areas, yeah, it may be a half hour drive/train ride to the biggest concentration of jets in your area, but that's really not that big of a deal. The bulk of the positions are in the "suburban" classification (that you can choose on your application). You'll never be too far away from others.

Of course, whether those JETs are worth hanging out with is another matter all together. They're mostly snooty uppity trust fund hippie fags who think they're better than other people, because they're in JET and other people aren't. But, you know, whatever.
>> Anonymous
>>20552
It looks like you're seriously getting interested in JET so I recommend you go ask such questions at a large forum dedicated to JET like http://www.ithinkimlost.com/ where they will likely be answered.

Briefly, if you're smart with selections you can PROBABLY get somewhere ~40 mins by train to a large city with lots of foreigners. You can of course also decline the program if you get a placement you don't want.

It's pretty much universally agreed that eikaiwa offers worse pay, hours, work environment, status in Japan, benefits etc than JET. However, it's not all that horrible; you're still taking ~35 hours a week for ~$30,000 so if being in a city/around other foreigners is the most important to you it's worth consideration. It's also much easier to get a job with an eikaiwa in the first place.
>> Fedora !ukTrpcIZ5Y
I'm considering this as something to do in the next five years. I'm eighteen now - I don't want to attempt it until I'm at least 20. (not a weeaboo, dislike anime, don't have any stupid reasons for wanting to do this before anyone asks)

I have no Japanese aside from some basic character recognition (took it for a few weeks when I was 14, teacher disappeared shortly afterwards). Will the fact that I'm good with languages be a bonus on my application? I've studied (and taken exams for) French, German and Latin in the past.

Are people stationed together on this program, or are you totally fucked if you wind up isolated? If I get into a situation I really dislike (I can't actually think of anything that would throw me off actually, but...), can I opt out?
>> Anonymous
>>20556
>>I'm eighteen now
You need a BA for JET so you've got plenty of time to plan/study Japanese, whatever.

You won't live with other JETs but in all but the extreme cases you'll be quite near a few.

If you get in and see you got a super rural placement on some island or something you can drop out then. You can of course drop out while in Japan but obviously that's highly looked down upon.
>> Fedora !ukTrpcIZ5Y
>>20558
Ah, OK. I didn't give the site my undivided attention; must have missed that.

Definitely sounds like an interesting prospect post-uni though.
>> Anonymous
>>20556

>not a weeaboo
>dislike anime

Haha oh anon.
>> Anonymous
JET programme is MOSTLY for people with shitty degrees who cant compete in a competitive marketplace and like to brag that they know so much about Japan because they got pissed in Roppongi every weekend they were there. Most JETfags are generally quite assholeish and give a bad name to foreigners there, they're assumed to be quite arrogant, mixing amongst themselves and quite disruptive (getting drunk all the time).
>> Anonymous
>>20596
This is edited copypasta from a JET bashing thread in /jp/, right down to the Roppongi thing. You also mixed in some of what I had to say about the way the cluster among themselves.

Anyway.

If you want to mix with other English speakers, don't go to Japan. It's simple. Giving yourself that fall back pretty much means you will use it as an insulator/hugbox when things are less than rosy after 2-3 months have passed, and you'll stop trying to get out an experience Japan.

I'd say this is the case with any country: whey would you want move to a foreign country and then live in an enclave of your own kind?
>> Anonymous
I just found out I got accepted to JET today! Now I just need to find out where my placement is...
>> Anonymous
You fucker.

I got accepted as an Alternate last year, but had to pass because I got offered a job and I couldn't just sit around hoping to get hired by JET for months.

The job later laid me off. After I told JET I couldn't work for them.

I hate everything.
>> Anonymous
>>20615

Um...I know we're all seasoned travelers, but it can be fucking nice to have some friends from your culture around when you're in a totally different part of the world.

Note this doesn't mean I want to avoid Japanese people when in Japan; I want a mix of natives and foreigners.
>> Anonymous
The problem is programs like JET make it hard to associate with Japanese people.

Lemme put it this way, if you go over there and you don't know Japanese you will not come back fluent.
>> Anonymous
2nd year JET checking in.

>>I'd say this is the case with any country: whey would you want move to a foreign country and then live in an enclave of your own kind?

Why are tens of millions of people all over the world doing this right now? I'd say that going to Japan with the hopes of becoming a Japanese person and severing all ties with your own culture just screams "crippling identity issues" to me.

And I swear to god I'm going to glass the next smarmy fucker who says the words "experience Japan" or (heaven forbid) "The Real Japan" to my face. It doesn't fucking MEAN anything. Japan is a bunch of islands with people on them, anything beyond that is an image you've created for yourself, and everyone's image is going to be different, you know? I hate when people shit on each other for enjoying a place in a different way from themselves.
>> Anonymous
>>20637
no, it IS good to have people that you share a language and a culture with sometimes -- culture shock hits EVERYONE eventually, so it's helpful. The problem is, a lot of JETs don't bother trying to integrate. They're always hanging out in loud pompous twit drunken groups instead of trying to integrate, make japanese friends, etc etc. This is why people hate them.

FULL DISCLOSURE: I am a JET.
>> Anonymous
>>20678
My favourite is "The True Heart of Japan", but that one comes in handy when work is unwilling to let you use your holiday days.

"Mmmm, maybe we cannot take a holiday day."
"But I can. I am more free, and have free days. It is unfortunate, and I feel bad for you, but that's how it is."
"But maybe it is difficult."
"Not for me. Besides, I'm going to use my time off to search out THE TRUE HEART OF JAPAN."
"Oh! Well that's okay! Please take the time off! Bring us back some sweets from the TRUE HEART OF JAPAN when you find it. ^_^"
>> Anonymous
>>20686

See, I just don't understand this. Where exactly in your contract does it detail your professional obligation to "integrate" and "make Japanese friends"? Not everyone does JET for the same reasons, and just because some people are here to earn some cash, have fun and do an easy job for a couple of years that doesn't make them bad people. You talk shit about people hanging around with other foreigners in your pristene little cultural playground, and THEY'RE the ones who are "pompous"? Fuck you.
>> Anonymous
>>20694
No fuck you. Let's go to a foreign country but not mingle with the locals at all. Ooooooooh.That's a great fucking idea. The money's not even that good -- stay home and stop annoying me with your tales of bwning sluts in Roppongi, thanks.
>> Anonymous
>>20694
Additionally, it does say in the contract that part of our job is to 'internationalize the locals'. You can't internationalize the locals by not mingling with them.
>> Anonymous
>>20694
>Not everyone does JET for the same reasons

Yep, some do it for a good experience and to meet new people, others do it for the reasons>>20696stated.
>> Anonymous
The funniest thing about the JET programme members who keep to themselves and generally behave badly is that they are probably the same people who moaned, whined and seetheed about Chinese, Korean and Japanese students 'keeping to themselves' in American/British colleges.
>> Anonymous
>>20696

The fuck? Now you're mad at people for somehow fucking loads of Japanese girls without even meeting Japanese people in the first place? You don't even know who you're angry at, you just want an excuse to talk yourself up as being more JAPAN than other people. It's elitism, pure and simple, and THAT'S what gives JETs the pompous reputation.

For what it's worth, I didn't come here for beer-fuelled fun either, I work hard for my school, I study Japanese hard, I hang out with Japanese. But that doesn't give me the right to hate on other people for sticking with their foreign friends. They're having a good time. That's not hurting you. It's not stopping them doing their job. And if you want to indulge in some fantasy of a being the Lone Gaijin in Japan, learning the ways of the locals to be accepted as one of their own, then they aren't getting in the way of that either. So what's the big deal?
>> Anonymous
>>20678
This is
>>20615
here.

I think it's a bit different when you're uneducated or poorly educated immigrants who have fled grinding poverty and live (key idea) in an ethnic enclave to support one another, as compared to university educated adults who are transient residents making decent money.

Non-urban JETs often (IMO, also a 2nd year ALT here) often travel to a nearby city to associate with other foreigners, a phenomena that still makes me wtf. That's actually going out of your way to avoid spending time in your area and hang with people in your town. Not to mention I have never gone out for a meal, drinks, etc with a group of JETs that doesn't end in bitching and whining that Japan isn't America/Britain/(insert home country).

I'm not saying any BS about 'experiencing Japan' or 'the real Japan', nor am I saying all ALTs except me are terrible. I am saying that I don't understand people who come to Japan and than make efforts to avoid living (in every sense except geographic location) in Japan. Also, I do spend time with other foreigners, it just took a year to find some who weren't booze-fueled
bitch-bags looking to talk about how awesome they are.

Part of why I (subjective what?) came was to shake up my comfort zone and try a different society. And yeah, it'd hard and I do miss things from home, but I think I've grown as a person Iand become a lot more social for it.
>> Anonymous
>>20721
>nor am I saying all ALTs except me are terrible

You may not be, but I am. :}
>> Anonymous
>>20723
I thought so too until I met exceptions. They do exist.
>> Anonymous
>>20721
a question:

how did you manage to find other ALTs who weren't boozing assholes and arrogant faggots?
>> Anonymous
>>20726
Yeah, I mean, I will give you that. There ARE unsucky ones, just as there are unsucky people in every group, but JETs tend towards the sucky end of the spectrum.

... but so does the general population, so I'm really not saying anything useful.
>> Anonymous
>>20727
Met people with half a spine at orientation, beat work ethic and how much respect it earns you/how much better it makes your life into them, watched as they tried it and realized I was right.

Then we had cake.
>> Anonymous
>>20730
Half a moral spine, that is.

Also, avoid rich kids and look for the poor ones that jumped the wall to get an interview.
>> Anonymous
>>20721

I just don't think you can rag on someone for "avoiding Japan" for a few hours a week when they LIVE there the rest of the time, you know? And they DO live there. You may think that simply spending every day there, working there, being surrounded by it from the moment they step out your front door to the moment they come home at night doesn't count as "living" in Japan because they don't match up to your standards of integration, but for some people that's plenty, and it's no less than they signed up for. You think they could get more out of life in Japan, and I happen to agree, but I'm not going to hold it against them.

>>...doesn't end in bitching and whining that Japan isn't America/Britain/(insert home country).

Fair enough, but there's a difference between whining and venting. One is what ungrateful thin-skinned motherfuckers do, the other is an absolute necessity for staying sane when you have to put up with (what we're all conditioned to see as) total bullshit every day. I remember being told that by a psychiatrist at my JET orientation, and it's true. When I'm with the other foreign folks in my town, we vent about the stupid stuff we put up with so that we can keep putting up with it, that's all.
>> Anonymous
Well it seems like none of you have anth or soc degrees. All this stuff are very common occurrences
in human migration.
>> Anonymous
remember kids, not all people in JET are weeaboos or are rich. One of my best friends is a Soc/Film/Japanese
major who wants to do research in the field of japanese cinema and its relation to the society. For him JET is a way to familiarize himself with
japan with his feet on the ground, learning the language and making connections. I plan on doing the same thing, though a bit different. (Im an ANTH/Japanese major) For me its the same thing, but my research is going to be in the japanese teen subcultures, especially those that revolve around music. Japanese pop culture is very new on the Soc/Anth scene and is fairly virgin ground.

But if you saw two ALT's of african descent walking around tokyo, what would you think?

Oh and people sticking their countrymen in a foreign country is not at all unusual or "wrong" in fact it is the usual phenomena in human migration.
>> Anonymous
>>20744
You sound like you'd make a good JET. Good luck getting in; it's not easy.
>> Anonymous
>>20744
>>Oh and people sticking their countrymen in a foreign country is not at all unusual or "wrong" in fact it is the usual phenomena in human migration.

Hell its a usual phenomenon in school lunches. White kids usually stick to themselves in majorty black schools and the same holds true for blacks in majority white schools
>> Anonymous
>>20732

There's a vast gap between 'hanging with other foreigners for a few hours once a week' and "Coming to work late, cutting out early, making no attempt to speak to the staff at your school, driving 30 minutes to a supermarket so you don't have to be engaged in conversation with employees at the small store in your town and hanging with other foreigners except when you absolutely have to'. Most of the people who do this seem to go home and rave about how they loved their small town, how charming it was, and how they really think they fit in and made a difference.

And 'venting' doesn't take multiple hours, booze, and a group every weekend. Whining does. You call someone at home and bitch about an idiot at work? Venting. You get sloshed with 6 other people and walk around a city yelling, acting like idiots, and making racial stereotype jokes, then strike a cold, arrogant tone the next day when talking about how the 'racist police' were hassling you? You're a whiner. Go the fuck home, I'll take my chances with your replacement.

And yes, both of those are based in ALTs I know.

>>20744
Please don't be an ALT who ignores his actual job for his own pursuits. That is so hella lame.
>> Anonymous
>>20765
Oh, and I'm not saying people who are friends with other foreigners outside of their home country are bad/wrong, I'm just saying I don't understand, as I said before, coming to Japan and then trying to avoid living there in every sense except geography.

If you really want to work in a place where everyone at work speaks English and wants to spend all their time talking about Heroes and American Idol, than go the fuck home. Simple.
>> Anonymous
I'd like to do JET someday, maybe in my late 20's/early 30's. Does anyone know if they make any allowances for husbands/wives? I know they do for children but I don't think my husband would appreciate me disappearing for a year without him.
>> Anonymous
Yes, you can bring your spouse. If you're the only one working you'll have enough to get by on the JET salary but you won't be able to live it up like most JETs.
>> Anonymous
>>21394
if your spouse joins JET as well, they'll place you in the same city, so you can live together
>> Anonymous
>>21386
I too am seriously considering joining the program after graduation from uni but I wonder what my girlfriend might say and if there would be any way to get her to come along.

She will be a physical therapist when she graduates next year. How much of a challenge do you think it would be for her to be a PT in Japan? I imagine good language skills would be a must and sadly she has no Japanese.
>> Anonymous
>>21659
Unless she speaks Japanese, she isn't going to be able to do anything but teach English. Just being honest. Also you must be married for Jet to give her a visa to even stay in the country with you.

Jet can be good with some couples, but it really isn't ideal for many. My wife went through jet, and while I found it interesting to be living in Japan, not having much speaking ability got to be a drag at times. Not being able to really have a job is also a drag. Still it was worthwhile.
>> Anonymous
>>21665
Yeah Japan isn't Europe where a lot of people speak passible English. If you're going to be there for over a year you're seriously going to want passable Japanese (2 kyuu JLPT or above).

I've seen people with no Japanese skills snap after a year because "why the fuck isn't everyone speaking English?!" Even worse though was this guy I met who lived in Roppongi (lol) for over 7 years and knew about 50 Japanese words total. It was the most pathetic thing I've ever seen.
>> Anonymous
>>22190
fuck your 2kyuu. 2kyuu is only necessary if want a job not teaching english. if you're teaching english and just want to socialize, your dodgy 3kyuu will serve you just fine.
>> Anonymous
>>22190
Ugh, Roppongi. I wouldn't be sad to see that area wiped from the Earth.

It's actually much harder than one'd think to pick up the moonspeak just from being surrounded by it.
>> Anonymous
I'm not interested in the program in any way, but there is one thing about JET, that buggers me somehow.

I had already read quite some things on the Internet about like the selection is done purposely in a way, that mostly really dumb fuckwits go there. Didn't believe it entirely at the time. Then I met a JET on a Japan trip - he almost entirely fit what I had heard before.

So is that (partially) true?
>> Anonymous
I'm not interested in the program in any way, but there is one thing about JET, that buggers me somehow.

I had already read quite some things on the Internet about like the selection is done purposely in a way, that mostly really dumb fuckwits go there. Didn't believe it entirely at the time. Then I met a JET paticipient on a Japan trip - he almost entirely fit what I had heard before.

So is that (partially) true?
>> Anonymous
>>22190
>It was the most pathetic thing I've ever seen.
I'll say. He must have cut himself off from everyone or something because living in the country that speaks the langauge you are learning is the easiest way known the man.