17 April 2018 @ 10:35 pm
Backup plan #1, which was to become a research student at some Japanese university, has failed. You can't be a research student anywhere in Japan if you don't already have a Bachelor's degree, supposedly. I'm now Emailing random Japanese schools in bilingual Japanese-English asking if it's possible to become a normal student, transfer my credits and graduate from them, but I'm not holding my breath.

Also some (or all?) unis require you as a foreigner to take an entrance exam "proving you have the basic knowledge needed to study at uni". It's unclear whether this is basic Japanese knowledge or basic knowledge like math and science, either way this exam is only held twice a year and if it's anything OTHER than Japanese or English I'm gonna fail it for sure. So I'm asking about if I can possibly bypass this exam since I'm already currently studying at a Japanese uni aaand I also have almost 5 years worth of university credits, including (if needed) credits in math and science and stuff.

Some schools, like a school in Okinawa, actually don't have this test requirement but on the other hand require that you hand in your admissions application IN PERSON to them! So I'd have to pay to take a trip to Okinawa just to hand in an application that might not even get accepted! Also in general none of these schools really have separate info for foreigners who are already in Japan and people who aren't.

Next plan is to quickly translate a bunch of random crap so I have a "translation portfolio" to apply to jobs with and then start applying for jobs; start looking into language schools that my wife can enroll in; quickly write a ton of short books and self-publish them. but i also have school + studying japanese, my part-time job, and my swedish degree preparation class (which as stated, seems nearly 100% certain it's impossible to pass but i still need to keep trying).

also my english lit class was cancelled today, and so i learned the word 休講 "kyuukou", "cancelled lecture". a guy came into the room and said "ah, it's kyuukou after all!" and people sighed, so i understood what was going on but had never heard the word before (normally they use other words for "cancel" etc but this one is specific to "cancelled lecture"...). i also learned that outside on the wall near the school's office is where the teacher will post up papers saying if the lecture is cancelled or not, so i hopefully won't have to waste so much time next time...
 
 
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