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homersimpson · Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 569 Location: Kagoshima

Or does it make claims like this,

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

Where did you see this? Sounds ridiculous.

Nagoyaguy · Joined: 15 May 2003 Posts: 425 Location: Aichi, Japan

It may be Japan, although your mileage may vary. Glenski has a print up of costs here. I am not sure where the 3000 dollars a month for rent comes from. Maybe an ex-pat on the corporate plan ,but not regular folks.

I live in a 2 bedroom apartment about 20 minutes by train from Central Nagoya. The rent is 85,000 yen a month including parking. In US dollars, about 750 bucks or so. In Canadian, .........well, maybe THIS is the 3000 dollars he meant.

50 dollars an hour teaching is not rare. If you have the skills and the contacts, it is easily doable.

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

Language schools would never pay this in Japan (5,000 yen/hr) unless it was corporate classes or you had a long way to travel. You can make this private teaching very easily or in a university.

Nagoyaguy · Joined: 15 May 2003 Posts: 425 Location: Aichi, Japan

Gordon is right. For part time work at a language school, or being outsourced to companies and factories for business classes, 4000 yen per hour is a common wage (36$ US). Many pay less, especially for teaching kids or housewifes.

Private classes are the way to go for serious coin.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

That looks like an older post of mine...made before you guys gave me better info. I made it based on scant evidence provided by someone else.

I had forgotten about that post...consider it retracted.

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Damn...got a spot now on my suit of armor.

distiller · Joined: 31 May 2004 Posts: 249

In Hong Kong the going rate for decent private tutorials is $300 HK or $38 US an hour. You get less at a center but $350 an hour is also common as is $400 HK or $51 US and sometimes even $500 HK or $64 US. I did a bit of that when I first came to Hong Kong and you can do pretty well just tutoring. And as for housing you can do well with well under $1000 US a month.

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

I get anywhere from $50-$100 US/hour for teaching privates. The highest paying one is about a 20-25 minute car ride away.

Don't worry about it Guy. I'll try and forget you're not omnipotent.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Thanks Gordon...you're as sweet as your avatar. Looks like Lake Louise to me.

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Both beautiful...but a real cold swim baby!

See I knew it was a Canadian lake of course, by blowing up the pic to spot the beavers building a dam in the lower right corner. Yep, them's Canuck beavers alright.