For the past few years, I have grown complacent with my work as an ALT (and recently an English teacher in an international school). I know I shouldn't be comparing but seeing my friends graduating with PhDs at 30 years old, becoming university professors back home, etc., gave me a somewhat newfound drive to get my life back into running because I used to dream of going up the ladder and growing myself professionally. But I think teaching in Japan in some ways have slowly sucked the passion out of me.
The rough idea of my career plan is this:
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get a Master's degree;
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get certified for my English proficiency by taking TOEIC and IELTS (because I am not a native speaker of English) and acquire a TESOL certificate (I already have a teaching license back home);
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work on my JLPT certification;
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work on mypublish a research paper 1-2 times every 2 years; and
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get a PhD if I could right after I finish my masters.
I know it sounds ambitious, but I know I can do this if I wanted to (based on experience).
My other question is, given that I have this career plan drawn for myself, is it worth it to stay in Japan after I've reached my professional goals for myself? Or should I pursue a career in English teaching elsewhere?
by AdNo6111