{"id":35793,"date":"2014-08-03T12:59:20","date_gmt":"2014-08-03T16:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=35793"},"modified":"2014-08-03T12:59:20","modified_gmt":"2014-08-03T16:59:20","slug":"life-after-jet-a-teachers-edge-now-known","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/08\/03\/life-after-jet-a-teachers-edge-now-known\/","title":{"rendered":"Life After JET: A Teacher&#8217;s Edge Now Known"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The transition back home after Japan&#8230; isn&#8217;t the easiest. Several of us have had our share of reverse culture shock, and the\u00a0career adjustment is some of the nastiest frosting to top off some &#8220;What Am I Doing With Me Life?&#8221; cake.<\/p>\n<p>Recently on JETwit, we&#8217;ve started the <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/31\/jetwit-job-hunter-support-project\/\">Job Hunter Project<\/a>\u00a0series. And we hope with the expansive JET Alum networks, someone just might know someone who might know someone.<\/p>\n<p>Frequent job poster <strong>Jon Dao (Toyama-ken 2009-12)<\/strong> decided to address this issue head on in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1471783166398351\/?ref=22\">KCRW&#8217;s 2nd Annual 24-Hour Radio Race<\/a>. In this contest, entrants are tasked to create, edit, and promote a short 4 minute audio piece within a day.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s topic was &#8220;You Should Know&#8221;.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F161528402&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=ff5500\"><\/iframe>\n<p>In the aftermath, here&#8217;s what Jon had to say:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Usually I&#8217;m pretty keen in interpreting things to my advantage, but I really struggled with this topic. It turns out the only thing I found myself able to draw from was this job switch. With the time constraint, I didn&#8217;t really do it justice. I think the clincher should ring true with a lot of people though&#8230; and who knows? 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