Lately, I just have not been able to get excited about teaching. It’s not that I don’t love my kids, it’s just that it’s so easy to get by on this job without putting much into it. I hate that feeling that I’m just going along without being proactive about it.
This past weekend was GoldenWeek, a four day weekend. I mostly just hung out; nothing special except for one Kaya and Metronome live which was fun.
But today is the first day of a 3 day work week, it’s 9am, and I already don’t really care. Probably this isn’t helped by the fact that my schedule is never finished when I show up to school, so I can never get excitied or plan anything because, as of yet, I don’t have any classes scheduled.
I really hope I get out of this funk because I hate the feeling that I’m wasting precious time here.
11 weeks till school is out for summer.
Hopefully not too much longer than that before I go home for a visit. I’m really hoping that being in America will help me appreciate what I have here in Japan.
End whining.
May 7, 2008 at 12:49 am
Everyone invariably has moments like yours, where they lack motivation and get a little apathetic. When it happens to me, I just try to find different ways to approach my job, try different things at work, or just do something wacky in my personal life to kind of ‘kick start’ things again.
The only stuff I know about the JET program though is 2nd hand, so I’m not sure how creative you can be with your classes. But you can be creative in your personal life!
Just remember, everyone, EVERYONE goes through stages like this from time to time; you’re no alone!
GANBATTE!
May 14, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Hey Alexis!!!
First off, teaching is extremely hard!!!! especially in a foreign country, so if you weren’t losing a little bit of zeal after almost a year, I would say there was something wrong with you.
Second, I could never do what you’ve done going to another country to teach for a year so homesickness is only expected and it’ll make when you do come home that much greater….going off of that when will you be getting home?
Hope all is well!
Much love
-Kevin
June 19, 2008 at 7:02 am
Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation
Anyway … nice blog to visit.
cheers, Okay.