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Originally Posted by WingsToDiscovery
Pros:
- More immersion
- Money will most likely go further than somewhere like Tokyo
- A step up from English conversation schools
- More of an actual life (possibly owning a car, having a larger apartment, etc)
Cons:
- Possibly living in the middle of nowhere
- Teaching as a job (unless you actually like to teach)
- Relatively low pay (you could make more back home, but this is really just a means to Japan for most people)
These are just a few I considered.
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Umm.. actually JET really is not all that bad for pay (if you are from the States), coming out of college in the States (unless you are something special) you would probably not be making much more, actually probably less, than what you are paid on JET, consider the what kind of annual income (pre-taxes) it would take to get a net pay check of roughly $3000 dollars a month. And this is only for the time being, but consider the current exchange rate as well. I think that adds up to a pretty decent salary. (of course decent is relevant to where in the States you live).
Sure, purchasing power/cost of living and all is different here, but when I was on JET I always managed to save more than 50% of every paycheck.