I suspect there's a more precise term for this phenomenon. But a willingness to go further and research it would hardly be a symptom of Middle of our Term Syndrome(MOOT).
Notes: juvenile patients show a generally reduced receptivity to the demonstrations and directions of their teachers. Mature patients seem to display hardened sensbility, generally delivering lessons with a reduced awareness of their benefits or purpose.
So far I've been writing exclusing about the need to line up another job after JET. It's pressing (151 days left, chaps) and somewhat dramatic. As I've planned and revised plenty of lesson plans now, I do feel settled. All in all, my daily work here at X in becoming second nature, certainly compared to a year and half ago when I arrived.
MOOT's a good jolt to the immune system. Not every lesson can be a show-stopping masterclass -- PERHAPS -- but there are tangible goals for my pupils to reach and surpass. There's still that opportunity to excel in work here on JET, daily chances to pick something up as a teacher and a colleague.
Shake off the MOOTs. Join the JET programme.