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[quote=SomeJello]I disagree with this. My mom has an associate's in nursing, and she's now the DON making $100k+ a year. It's not even a matter of luck either considering she got an offer to be the DON at another place about 30 minutes away from where she lives, and they were willing to pay her $115,000 a year. Saying you'll never be promoted is kind of ridiculous, basil is too obsessed with worthless degrees.[/quote]

And how long ago did she get her Associate's degree? Any experience she would have gained after hiring would have contributed towards her promotion. Back then, having an Associate's degree in nursing was sufficient, but the case is not true today. Hospitals are trying to increase the number of nurses with nursing degrees, and they are willing to hire registered nurses that are committed towards finishing their BS under contract. However, if the OP only intends on completing an Associate's in nursing in this time, then his chances of hire are slim.

Where's the part where you take Japanese classes and pass the JLPT 1 or 2 so the Japanese government will consider giving you a visa to work? Also, no one wants to hire someone with only an associate's degree unless if you back yourself up with more certifications than you can count on your fingers.

You're better off going into nursing at a decent university and earning an actual income in the United States/Canada. If you're not teaching English at a Japanese university or well-known school, your salary is going to be half that of what you would make as a nurse in North America.

@pkjei: I see, we all say I go to college at my university (UW Seattle). I speak Vietnamese and Japanese btw.

[quote=scorpio989]5. Lose everything in an Earthquake.[/quote]

That's true anyways for everyone living where I'm at (Seattle)
Earthquake insurance is too expensive and nobody buys it, even though within my lifetime, it's realistically possible for a magnitude 9.x to hit.

That's why I don't plan on buying a house when I grow up, but maybe rent an apartment or something after graduation, even if I land a good job that pays 6 digits.

OT: Don't plan on living there for long. I think the best time for you is during school, apply for study abroad for a couple of months. Do it while your interest is still fresh, because long term plans tend to fail. This gives you experience to make a decision about life later on.

@pkjei: Americans follow the standards followed by the rest of the world of intermixing the use of word 'college' to refer to both colleges and universities.
Asians too, as in Oriental Asia, it goes with something along the line of "daigaku" or 'big study'. I know a few Asian languages btw.

[quote=Rejigigas]I've been told that nursing is a demanded job and a pretty reliable source of employment. My sister works as a nurse.
It seems that I'm evidently going to make more money nursing than I am teaching.
When you're an English teacher in Japan, you're provided with a dorm with an allowance for food, paid electricity, wifi, etc.[/quote]

nursing is competitive, and a competitive applicant should have a BS in nursing or be working towards one. an applicant with an associate's degree is less competitive, especially if you don't plan on getting a BS, and there is very little job mobility even if you manage to get accepted to the lowest ranks. you'll make some money, but you'll never be promoted. and by the time you finish saving up, finishing another degree, and applying for jobs, you might not even like japan that much. regardless, this is really some long term planning.

[quote=BabysAreFood]1. associate's degree in nursing won't land you anything, you'll be wasting both time and money. skip that and go for an english degree and learn japanese or another oriental language
2. if you have an opportunity to study abroad in japan, do it. teaching in japan means that you have to live a normal daily life there rather than a life as a tourist. experience local customs before you truly decide that you want to teach in japan. just because it sounds cool on the internet doesn't mean anything.
3. have a backup plan[/quote]

I've been told that nursing is a demanded job and a pretty reliable source of employment. My sister works as a nurse.
It seems that I'm evidently going to make more money nursing than I am teaching.
When you're an English teacher in Japan, you're provided with a dorm with an allowance for food, paid electricity, wifi, etc.

[quote=pkjei]so u would call harvard a college?[/quote]

I mean more like, "I'm going off to college in the fall," even if you're going to a university. You're thinking too concretely for conversation

@pkjei: I'm from America -- the land where college and university are interchangeable.

[quote=pkjei]I dunno what u mean by a real college

a better plan

1. GO to a UNIVERSITY.[/quote]

In the US we pretty much just say "college" in conversation

I think you weeaboos are a disease

[quote=BoredAF]Lol who the hell is able to retire rich after working only 15 years?[/quote]
Bill gates? o.o

im scared livin in japan somehow... but u go on and explore and make you adventure a good one.

Life is much more complicated than you think, my friend.

Marry Japanese wife that look like anime girl.

I think you should just settle with visiting japan first. THEN see if you like it there.

1. associate's degree in nursing won't land you anything, you'll be wasting both time and money. skip that and go for an english degree and learn japanese or another oriental language
2. if you have an opportunity to study abroad in japan, do it. teaching in japan means that you have to live a normal daily life there rather than a life as a tourist. experience local customs before you truly decide that you want to teach in japan. just because it sounds cool on the internet doesn't mean anything.
3. have a backup plan

In all honesty, if you haven't actually lived in Japan for a good deal or base your love of Japanese culture on whatever finds its way into American networks and forums, I wouldn't suggest revolving your life plan around it.

Think its time for you to put the anime down and come back to reality my friend.

yeah why not but you won't earn a lot of money and i'm not sure how you'll absorb their culture when you're always teaching kids and stuff like i think you'll be busy and yes keep in mind of your foreign status you will be feared and everyone will avoid talking to you and they might act weird around you because of the language barrier but idk man by the time you get to teach in japan you'll probably have to wear a gas mask

5. Lose everything in an Earthquake.

If you teach at a high school, you can end up with a 16 year old wife when you're 30.
Teacher banzai

Too bad native Japanese people are extremely racist, intolerant, and hate foreigners in their country.
and I'm pretty sure they'd rather hire a Japanese man who speaks English and fluent Japanese rather than a non-Japanese man who speaks English.

I'll give you a better plan:

1. Go to a real college.
2. Get a job
3. Work for 15 years.
4. Retire rich
5. Go to Japan
6. Sleep with all the Japanese girls with whom you've wanted to sleep without the annoying kids and struggles of living in Japan.