Did you get an offer through DDESS? If so, where and what subject?

On 9/22/09, beentryin4years wrote:
> did anyone break a contract to get a position stateside? Been offered
> a position and not sure if I should break a contract to get it. Need
> to know ASAP because I have to let them know in a few hours.
>
> On 9/22/09, pollock wrote:
>> Was the pay worth the move? My salary is 42,000 a year.
>>
>> On 9/21/09, Mainland Curious wrote:
>>> Hey Alaskan - glad to hear you are enjoying Japan so far. I'm
>>> down in Okinawa, but am thinking about requesting a transfer to
>>> a mainland school in the future. I'm curious as to what your
>>> impressions are about off base housing. Okinawa gets close to
>>> $20K more per year in LQA than Misawa, and we are able to rent
>>> sparkling new - spacious by American standards - houses with
>>> yards and often ocean views. What kind of place would you be
>>> able to rent with your LQA up there? I expect I'd lose the
>>> ocean views and a little bit of the spaciousness, but can you
>>> afford a new house with room for a king-sized bed, oversized
>>> Levitz sofa, and a couple kids with their toys?
>>>
>>> As far as maxing out your 90 days in billeting, there could be
>>> worse things. I look back fondly on my 5 weeks in a hotel,
>>> eating out every night on my TQSA. You won't get that again
>>> unless you transfer somewhere - and in my case it was worth the
>>> wait to get my dream home. I understand it's rough living out
>>> of suitcases though. Hang in there - once you do get into a
>>> place you will incur some pretty massive expenses (at least
>>> that's the case in Okinawa - about 3 months rent up front), and
>>> the reimbursement can be slow. Sometime in the 2nd year you'll
>>> finally catch up with all your debt and life will start to feel
>>> better.
>>>
>>> On 9/21/09, Alaskan wrote:
>>>> On 9/20/09, Sugasmile wrote:
>>>>> New Hires...How's it going?
>>>> So far it's been a dream job. Small class sizes, nice
>>>> students, all the equipment I would want to teach with, a kind
>>>> principal, hardworking and helpful faculty that do care about
>>>> their classes, WONDERFUL tech support for computer stuff I
>>>> want to do...my only criticism would probably be that a good
>>>> chunk of the staff is more cynical about professional
>>>> development than I am. I have plenty to learn. Expect to
>>>> take extra duty contracts as a noob.
>>>>
>>>> I haven't ridden a bike in many years but I am loving my new
>>>> $100 Japanese mommy style bike with a basket and built in
>>>> lock. Wonderful weather and now my son and I can get to most
>>>> offbase restaurants for dinner and it's quick to tool around
>>>> the base now. I am supposed to pick up the used car I bought
>>>> this Friday. Japan has the best used cars I have ever seen.
>>>> No luck finding the offbase Japanese style house of my dreams
>>>> yet. Pickings are VERY scarce. I think I'm going to be in
>>>> billeting for close to my full 90 days if I hold out for the
>>>> dream.
>>>>
>>>> I bought an unknown bright purple figlike fruit and an unknown
>>>> warty zucchini with huge seeds to eat and a pepper plant that
>>>> has tiny multicolored spicy peppers yellow and orange and red
>>>> and purple called Namba...it looks like a miniature gumdrop
>>>> tree from a Candyland game.
>>>>
>>>> I got to go to a local festival a couple weekends ago and see
>>>> men hoist and balance a huge sail of lanterns into the air
>>>> weighing 100 lbs and balance it in the breeze and switch
>>>> positions and lifters...brightly dressed well-rehearsed
>>>> musicians and dancers...
>>>>
>>>> Life is good
>>>>
>>>> Alaskan

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