JET alumni and current JETS:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n <\/strong><\/a>Please click here to sign the petition<\/a> <\/strong><\/h2>\nhttp:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/view\/save_the_jet_program<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n(Make sure to list your prefecture and years on JET in the “Last Name” field.)<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/leesean.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/jetprogram_logo.jpg\" "\\"jetprogram_logo\\"")
<\/a><\/h2>\nFrom the petition:<\/em><\/p>\n“As part of Japan\u2019s efforts to grapple with its massive public debt, the JET (Japan Exchange & Teaching) Program may be cut. Soon after coming into power, the new government launched a high profile effort to expose and cut wasteful spending. In May 2010, the JET Program and CLAIR came up for review, and during the course of an hourlong hearing, the 11-member panel criticized the JET scheme, ruling unanimously that a comprehensive examination should be undertaken to see if it should be pared back or eliminated altogether. The number of JET participants has already been cut back by almost 30 percent from the peak in 2002, but this is the most direct threat that the program has faced in its 23-year history.<\/p>\n
“We are asking JET Program participants past and present, as well as other friends of the program to speak out and petition<\/a> the Japanese government to reconsider the cuts and explain to them what the return on investment of the JET Program is in the form of individual experiences and stories. Please sign this petition<\/a> in support of the grassroots cultural exchange the JET Program has fostered and write directly to the Japanese government<\/a> explaining the positive impact the Program has made in your life and that of your adopted Japanese community.<\/p>\n“For more background on this issue, please refer to “JET Program on the Chopping Block” by Jim Gannon on jetwit.com<\/a>.”<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/view\/save_the_jet_program<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n(Make sure to list your prefecture and years on JET in the “Last Name” field.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/h2>\nFrom the petition:<\/em><\/p>\n“As part of Japan\u2019s efforts to grapple with its massive public debt, the JET (Japan Exchange & Teaching) Program may be cut. Soon after coming into power, the new government launched a high profile effort to expose and cut wasteful spending. In May 2010, the JET Program and CLAIR came up for review, and during the course of an hourlong hearing, the 11-member panel criticized the JET scheme, ruling unanimously that a comprehensive examination should be undertaken to see if it should be pared back or eliminated altogether. The number of JET participants has already been cut back by almost 30 percent from the peak in 2002, but this is the most direct threat that the program has faced in its 23-year history.<\/p>\n
“We are asking JET Program participants past and present, as well as other friends of the program to speak out and petition<\/a> the Japanese government to reconsider the cuts and explain to them what the return on investment of the JET Program is in the form of individual experiences and stories. Please sign this petition<\/a> in support of the grassroots cultural exchange the JET Program has fostered and write directly to the Japanese government<\/a> explaining the positive impact the Program has made in your life and that of your adopted Japanese community.<\/p>\n“For more background on this issue, please refer to “JET Program on the Chopping Block” by Jim Gannon on jetwit.com<\/a>.”<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/h2>\nFrom the petition:<\/em><\/p>\n“As part of Japan\u2019s efforts to grapple with its massive public debt, the JET (Japan Exchange & Teaching) Program may be cut. Soon after coming into power, the new government launched a high profile effort to expose and cut wasteful spending. In May 2010, the JET Program and CLAIR came up for review, and during the course of an hourlong hearing, the 11-member panel criticized the JET scheme, ruling unanimously that a comprehensive examination should be undertaken to see if it should be pared back or eliminated altogether. The number of JET participants has already been cut back by almost 30 percent from the peak in 2002, but this is the most direct threat that the program has faced in its 23-year history.<\/p>\n
“We are asking JET Program participants past and present, as well as other friends of the program to speak out and petition<\/a> the Japanese government to reconsider the cuts and explain to them what the return on investment of the JET Program is in the form of individual experiences and stories. Please sign this petition<\/a> in support of the grassroots cultural exchange the JET Program has fostered and write directly to the Japanese government<\/a> explaining the positive impact the Program has made in your life and that of your adopted Japanese community.<\/p>\n“For more background on this issue, please refer to “JET Program on the Chopping Block” by Jim Gannon on jetwit.com<\/a>.”<\/p>\n
“As part of Japan\u2019s efforts to grapple with its massive public debt, the JET (Japan Exchange & Teaching) Program may be cut. Soon after coming into power, the new government launched a high profile effort to expose and cut wasteful spending. In May 2010, the JET Program and CLAIR came up for review, and during the course of an hourlong hearing, the 11-member panel criticized the JET scheme, ruling unanimously that a comprehensive examination should be undertaken to see if it should be pared back or eliminated altogether. The number of JET participants has already been cut back by almost 30 percent from the peak in 2002, but this is the most direct threat that the program has faced in its 23-year history.<\/p>\n
“We are asking JET Program participants past and present, as well as other friends of the program to speak out and petition<\/a> the Japanese government to reconsider the cuts and explain to them what the return on investment of the JET Program is in the form of individual experiences and stories. Please sign this petition<\/a> in support of the grassroots cultural exchange the JET Program has fostered and write directly to the Japanese government<\/a> explaining the positive impact the Program has made in your life and that of your adopted Japanese community.<\/p>\n “For more background on this issue, please refer to “JET Program on the Chopping Block” by Jim Gannon on jetwit.com<\/a>.”<\/p>\n