The waiting game

I think a key to enjoying Japan is patience. There are ways things must be done, and you have to wait for that way to work it's course. I guess all us JETs were exposed to that early on during the application process, and I'm reminded of it everyday. The current major examples are the changes to my job now, and the changes to my job in August.

Next week I will have my first lessons at Tsunan Chuto, but I'm still waiting on a lot of crucial information, namely when are my lessons? and what will we cover in the first lesson? The schedule was messed up last week when both schools realised they'd double-booked me. I'm hoping that's been changed for this week, but I haven't been told yet. We didn;t talk about teh lessons last week because of the schedule problem, so I don't know what to prepare. I'm guessing an introduction lesson will be my first lesson, but will the stuff I've prepared be too high a level for the students? How much do JHS know? I'm sure the answers will come to me in due course.

The other issue is, what will happen to my job in August? The prefecture's education budget has been drastically reduced this year meaning the prefecture is restructuring it's employment of ALTs. It's pretty complicated, but the upshot for me is that I will be still be employed by the prefecture from August BUT my base school will change. My new base school could be one of nine schools around the prefecture, but I won't find out until mid-May. The base schools are also responsible for JET accomodation, so a change in base school could also mean a change in apartment. Where will I teach? Where will I live? I don't know, but I'll find out eventually.

So many unknowns, and so much time until I find the answers. I could stress and worry until all my questions are answered, but that's be a waste of two months. Best to keep myself busy and enjoy the current state until it changes.