Courtesy of Brianna Stultz
- Brianna Stultz got an offer to teach on a military base in Okinawa, Japan, and moved in December.
- She struggled to work with her coteacher and was ultimately fired.
- Despite making a friend and loving Japan, she regrets taking the job and has moved back to Arizona.
This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Brianna Stultz, a teacher based in Phoenix, Arizona. It has been edited for length and clarity.
I got an initial offer for a teaching job on a military base in Okinawa, Japan, in July 2022 — and I returned home to Arizona almost exactly one year later.