Monday, August 20, 2007

An end and a new beginning?

Here's the situation. It's pretty much a safe bet now that my days are numbered at this current job. At both schools, it appears that new, bilingual teachers have been hired. This most likely means that the boss is putting the pieces in place for my dismissal.

However, I just recently got accepted to teach English at a school in the Kinki region of Japan. This is a very good situation for me, since I actually speak Japanese, meaning not only can I actually function in society but unlike in my current job, when someone asks me a question in their native language, I no longer have to answer every question with "I don't understand what you're saying!" (I can speak the Kansai dialect as well, so even that shouldn't be too much of a problem.) I might actually have the chance to be a somewhat effective teacher in a setting that's more suitable for me.

That doesn't mean I hate it in Korea. There are lots of things that I have enjoyed while I've been here. This situation, though, where I've had to magically become fluent in Korean in a ridiculously short amount of time (not to mention having to endure constant insults about the way I look, something that I'm very sensitive about but will take months to change unless I do something drastic and dangerous, which wouldn't be a good idea), has not been a good one. Hopefully this new situation will be a reality -- and one where it's actually possible for me to succeed.

2 comments:

Mei said...

congrats on getting the job in japan!!!! WOOHT *throws sparkles in the air*

Shinta said...

Thank you ^_^ I'm definitely looking forward to it!