Moved back to the states a few days ago. It has felt like a Twilight Zone episode. - Feed Post by Kakka_rotSRL
Moved back to the states a few days ago. It has felt like a Twilight Zone episode.
When you move to Japan, you expect culture shock, so everything new or weird is like "Oh okay, whatever". Then, after living there two years, and coming back to Seattle, I expected to know what was going on here, and it was so much stranger readjusting to what I once knew.
I got my weird ass Japanese Bachelors of Social Science, my plan from now on is to earn money for a year here, and move back and do JET or something so I can learn more, as I don't feel my abilities are adequate for translating yet.
Anyway, I'm taking JLPT N3 in December. Who has taken that before? If anyone has any kind knowledge to offer.
Also, If you're either looking to start college, or have an AA, Ritusmeikan Asia Pacific University was the most amazing experience of my life. Easy to get into, and cheaper than most American schools (＄１４ for two years). Classes in English and Japanese.
When you move to Japan, you expect culture shock, so everything new or weird is like "Oh okay, whatever". Then, after living there two years, and coming back to Seattle, I expected to know what was going on here, and it was so much stranger readjusting to what I once knew.
I got my weird ass Japanese Bachelors of Social Science, my plan from now on is to earn money for a year here, and move back and do JET or something so I can learn more, as I don't feel my abilities are adequate for translating yet.
Anyway, I'm taking JLPT N3 in December. Who has taken that before? If anyone has any kind knowledge to offer.
Also, If you're either looking to start college, or have an AA, Ritusmeikan Asia Pacific University was the most amazing experience of my life. Easy to get into, and cheaper than most American schools (＄１４ for two years). Classes in English and Japanese.
posted by Kakka_rotSRL
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Wow, it's great that you enjoyed uni there so much! Did you speak in Japanese often and have a lot of Japanese friends, or did you experience a foreign "bubble" that is common sometimes?- Also: I'm studying for the JLPT N3 too! What tools are you using so far? Most of mine are on my blog, and I tweet about them too.
The "bubble" is only really there if you let it be there. Realize that of course a lot of culture is there, so you won't fit in as someone "gets" the culture 100%, but just do your best and you'll have more than enough friends, even in the inaka.- I meant the foreign bubble that sometimes happens when your school is in Japan (or another foreign country) but has a large population of other foreign students as well. A lot of people I know ended up falling into this if they weren't involved in much outside of school or didn't interact a lot with the Japanese students.
I went to APU for two years. It was really clique-y because the students where from so many different countries of the world (3000日本人２０００外人). I did a bit of both. Towards the end I had lots of dates with my then girlfriend's father, so I got used to spending all day with no english (plus a cranky old Japanese man.)
