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⌈ Secret Post #282 ⌋

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Fuck Japan. It's xenophobic and hard to get into. COME TO CANADA! YOU ALREADY SPEAK HALF OUR LANGUAGES AND WE HAVE MAPLE SYRUP AND MOOSE! =DDDD

No, really, for serious, if you REALLY want to get away, look for an easier country to get into, one where you speak the language and know the alphabet is a great start.

The people at

canadabound can give you tons of information and support for immigration laws and processes if you're interested in working or studying in my homeland.

Think about it. Japan might seem like the land of milk and honey for you but it is NOT your only way out and if you narrow your options down to 'omg just Japan' you may be setting yourself to take a VERY HARD road into a place when you may not find yourself to be welcome in the end.

If you're still a high school student, applying to universities in other countries when you're done high school is a great option. If you're IN university now, look at your options for transfer.

If anything is better than where you are, you have the whole wide world to explore, not just Japan.

...................Canada, eh?

I think I might have to look at this, cause I'm looking to keep moving and live all sorts of places.

PS--Japan is not all that hard to get into. At least it hasn't been, in my experiance. XD Though I am sure it's easier to get into Canada

Well, not so much hard in terms of legality and work, but difficult in the sense of trying to settle in to that culture and being surrounded by people who don't speak your language and the isolation of that experience.

Yeah, pretty much.

It was significantly easier for me to adapt to living in CHINA than it was Japan. Japan was... eh.

Ahh, yeah, that I know (I live in Japan), but the way I read that was "hard to get work here."

Although sometimes it's more difficult to get GOOD work here.

Haha, if she's still in high school maybe she should GROW UP a little before making any decisions. =\

You don't have to grow up to know that you're unhappy. Not to mention that making decisions and either succeeding or failing in your intentions is a huge part of gaining maturity.

Being young doesn't automatically mean a person is immature or stupid or that they need to 'grow up' before making a decision that you wouldn't.

Honestly. EVERY high school student planning on postsecondary education has to make decisions regarding where they want to go and what sort of career they want to train for. It's not exactly unusual to think about where you want to go for university.

I'm not looking at the fact that she's in high school as the sole variable, here. Judging by her other responses, she's well aware of the problems she will face in Japan and how it will doubtful be better than it is here---and she doesn't care. It's blind admiration in a situation that calls for utmost discretion.

No, you don't have to grow up to know that you're unhappy, but you do have to grow up to know how to successfully and wisely solve your problems.

Let me put it this way: my roommate, freshly out of high school herself, up and relocated (with years of planning) without her parents' knowledge until we were already down here. We have been dealing with the emotional repercussions ever since. The decision to leave everything she knows, even though she doesn't think she'll miss any of it, is far huger than she imagines. She thinks she's ready, but from first-hand experience? I doubt it.

She can't know the enormity until she experiences it... but she can at least consider the advice of people who've been through it.

True enough, but if you had tried to sway your roommate from her decision back then it probably would have been impossible to convince her not to do what she did. =/ For certain the idea of the experience is very different than the reality, but I tend to be of the opinion that big mistakes can be the biggest teachers. (Which is not to say that they can't also ruin your life if you're not really careful, but they have value.)

If the OP is young she's got alot of time to plan and decide, she may change her mind entirely (like I did when I took a trip out to the other side of the country and decided that moving that far was not for me).

Again, She can't know the enormity until she experiences it... but she can at least consider the advice of people who've been through it. Judging by her responses, though, she doesn't seem mature enough to do so.

Just because it's an enormous change doesn't mean it will necessarily be a bad one for this individual. Clearly you think it's a bad idea that she will regret. Your opinion. I disagree, that's all.

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