I moved to Japan to teach on a US military base. The whole experience cost me thousands when the job didn't work out.
This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Brianna Stultz, a teacher based in Phoenix, Arizona. It has been edited for length and clarity.
But after enduring what I felt was a toxic work environment and spending thousands of dollars to move there and back, part of me regrets ever accepting the job. However, I also loved living in Japan and made a great friend.It takes a long time to get placed in a role like this. I initially applied in 2018, but the process kept getting delayed, even though I'd turned in all the paperwork.
He and I met up over break, but the conversation was mostly him explaining to me how he runs his classroom. When school started up again, we continued to have problems. Dividing tasks in the classroom was difficult, and I reached out to a sponsor I had through the program's teacher group to help me work through some of the responsibilities he gave me.
I also felt like I had no support from administration. I wish I had recorded conversations because sometimes it felt like people would say something to my face and then I'd get an email saying something completely different. I was constantly asking them to observe me in the classroom to see what my coteaching situation was like firsthand, but they either wouldn't show up or they showed up late.
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