The other job is also overseas and it is basically going to be whatever job can do the bureaucracy the quickest. If I get the other job offer do I just withdraw my jet application?
There is a bit of an age gap but we both met when we were in High School. I was 17 and she just turned 14. We ended up at first really hitting it off and I slowed down once I realized she was 14 and we were both fine with being friends. The year I graduated High School her mother died. I told her I would be there for her if she needed anything and once I graduated she ghosted me. I was upset for awhile but moved on for the most part because even though I wanted to be there as a friend 1. I feel like if she needed my help she would have reached out and 2. I am 18 and she is 15 and because I am not a youtuber I don't "do" minors so I just let it go.
Fast forward to the spring of 2020 she is graduating High School (now 18) and we both re connect. I literally thought I would never see this girl again in my life but we end up re connecting and throughout when she was in college we would text alot and hang out sometimes when she was home for break. Shortly after she came back I confronted her about the ghosting and she just said she doesn't like conflict when things in her life get really difficult. Anyways we both talk a ton from 2020 up until the middle of 2024 when she graduated college. Shortly after graduating college her father passed away and I felt awful. We talked a little bit after but now she is currently ghosting me again and the whole thing just sucks because I really care about her alot.
What am I walking into and also is it true that kindergartens get 2 hour breaks?
I got fired from my job afew months ago and started to slide back into my neet ways until one of my old co workers turned me onto doordash. I live in an area where i can "couch dash" (get orders from my home) and since I am a war thunder addict I will play 2 games of air arcade, do a doordash order, drive home which isn't far, play 2 games again and do another doordash order. My boomer parents who were at first against it because it is not a "real job" have slowly been coming around when I showed them my earnings.
I am going to be handing in my packet to my recruiter in a week or 2. Between when I went to meps and now I have gotten a pretty neat job offer that if I take it I would move overseas and I am honestly really tempted to take it. If I take the overseas job and do it for a year or 2 and then when I am back home re apply to the air force with improvements to my flexibility do I have a slightly better chance. The recruiter tells me that he was a bit shocked that they nabbed me for this and it is the only real thing preventing me from joining.
I am aware of the sketchy way some of them can do the paperwork and I am able to spot that. I also have 3 family members who are licensed attorney's who have offered to help me look through some of the paperwork if i get a job offer. My main point of confusion is this "location bait and switch thing" that I keep hearing people freak about when they are discussing Chinese dispatch agencies. Is it mostly somebody really wants to teach in a city like Shanghai, Beijing or Chengdu and the agency says something along the lines of we don't really have anything in those cities but we have something in some random smaller city? Also is this even an issue for me if I am comfortable with moving to a smaller Chinese city. I have enough money saved up where if it is really something that I do not like I can just quit and fly back home.
I am in this weird phase where I am probably going to be moving overseas over the next 5-6 months but could really use the extra money for the move. I got fired in December, never got the walk of shame or anything but they told me that after awhile if I wanted to i could re apply. About 2 weeks ago I was somewhat bored and ended up applying for Lot and Freight and got offered a head cashier role. I though that if I was banned from home depot or something the system would flag my ssn and email and give me an auto rejection. Should I go into the interview? I really could use the extra cash before I leave.
Currently in the process of switching careers totally. Was somewhat bored the other day and saw the loader/cart associate role. Did that for a bit at home depot when i worked there afew years ago and I liked it. What are the odds of getting hired. I also applied for lowes in January for something but didn't get the job I am somewhat assuming that was because hiring in January is super slow.
We had Obama from 2008-2016. I really liked Bernie Sanders and was hyped up by his potential and felt jibbed when they Nominated Clinton. She was so sketchy and Mango was new so I was part of the "Bernie Bro to Trump" pipeline. I ended up voting for Joe in 2020. In 2024 I thought the whole way that Kamela got the nomination was a bit sketchy but I voted for her because I didn't want Mango getting a 2nd term. Throughout the whole process I have realized a few things. 1. American is not ready for a woman president 2. I feel like Obama was an anomaly and somewhat a reaction of people being tired of Bush and Clinton types. I also think one of the reasons why Obama could run and win was because this was way before social media algorithms.
Most of the complaints on reddit that I see about English 1 is the somewhat long working hours, the fact that you have to work evenings sometimes and working on weekends. None of that really matters to me since I have worked retail (Home Depot) in the United States for the past 8 years. I also have a suspicion that some of these people might have been walking into the whole thing like a paid "vacation" to china and not a real job. Is it not really that bad if you 1. Don't mind working with children 2. Don't mind the working hours and 3. Treat it like a job. Also is there a chance if I get a smaller city that if I don't really travel or go out alot I can actually end up saving a bit of money?
Most of the complaints on reddit that I see about English 1 is the somewhat long working hours, the fact that you have to work evenings sometimes and working on weekends. None of that really matters to me since I have worked retail in the United States for the past 8 years. I also have a suspicion that some of these people might have been walking into the whole thing like a paid "vacation" to china and not a real job. Is it not really that bad if you 1. Don't mind working with children 2. Don't mind the working hours and 3. Treat it like a job?
Is something like this doable? I have always wanted to do a Mexico road trip and I figured that if I get the TEFL job I might as well. Also is the thing about people being sketched out by suburbans legit? One of the cars that I could end up driving down there is a 2015 white chevy suburban and the other one is a 2016 Honda Civic. Also how common is the road trip for people who are moving to Mexico to work?
I have applied to borderlink and have read some good and bad stuff however I really think I might be overthinking it a bit. When I was 16 and started working my dad made me open up a vanguard account and I have been working ever since and shove all of the money I make into that. I did the math and the interest that I make is enough to cover rent for an apartment. I am thinking that could really come in handy in August when they don't work. I loved Japan (and rural japan) when I went for a few weeks in 2024 and have always wanted to go back. Are alot of the complaints about esl teaching in Japan coming from 20 somethings who just graduated college, might have a decent amount of student debt and are broke?
When I started working when I was 17 my dad made me open a vanguard account. Fast forward to now I am 28 and am getting my 120 hour tefl certificate to teach kids English in China or Japan. I have looked at cities like Chongqing, Chengdu and Tokyo and Osaka as well as smaller cities, towns and the rural parts of those countries and I have enough saved up in the vanguard account that the interest will pay my rent for a decent sized apartment.
Currently switching careers and getting my 120 hour tefl certificate to teach English to kids overseas. I am looking at cities like Chongqing, Chengdu or some smaller cities and towns in rural japan or China. My father made me open up a vanguard account when I started working part time when I was 17 and I am 28 and I have stuffed enough money in that thing that if/when I move to China or Japan the thing will basically pay my rent in a decent sized apartment.
With how bad he is dealing with it I am struggling to find any other logical reason for it other than he is manipulating the oil market for personal gain.
So I am in decent shape but for whatever reason meps flagged me for stiffness in the hips. They did not like the range of motion test from my primary care doctor who said i was fine. I went to a orthopedist for clinical notes, a hip xray and measurements however somehow in the clinical notes he said I had pain in the hips. Cue the massive eye roll. The people at the front desk gave me their main branch that I could call. Should I call the main orthopedists office and tell them about the error in wording on the clinical notes? This stiffness in the hips at meps thing has been very frustrating to deal with because literally other than that I am fine and good to go. Even the recruiter was a bit shocked when he got my rejection and is helping me through the process. I am going to keep trying a few more things but honestly might switch over to Army OTS or Navy if they keep getting annoying about this hip non issue.
I am about half way through a TEFL course and have really been bouncing back and fourth between Kindergarten in China or the JET program in Japan. What is the day to day like in China?
I am currently in the middle of getting a tefl, have a 4 year degree and have 6 years full time work experience at the same large retail company (6 years in the same store). I am also gunning for a spot in rural japan because I visited Japan for 3 and a half weeks in October 2024 and the rural areas were my favorite parts. I can also and am totally fine with driving.
Currently thinking about applying for JET when applications open up again. I spent 3 and a half weeks in Japan and Korea in 2024 and my favorite thing about Japan was the rural country. I wouldn't mind driving to work since I already do that. I am also currently working on a 120 hour tefl certificate and have 6 years of full time retail experience working at the same company. I am just nervous about the application process, likelihood of getting hired and the housing conditions.