Why do people join the JET program?
The three reasons I hear the most frequently as: • To develop proficiency in the Japanese language. • Because they have no idea what they want to do, but they want to be paid while they figure it out. • To gain experience in education. There are other, worse, reasons why people join the JET program. In particular some elements of the JET program are transfixed with elements of Japanese pop culture to the extent of making it hard for them to conduct conversations on any other topic. Please don’t come to Japan because you love anime. Thats like going to America because you loved Seinfeld. Its setting yourself up for failure, and you’ll probably take some other people with you.
