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kowlooner · Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 230 Location: HK, BCC (former)

If you're working in one of the eikawa, I was just wondering on average how many kids / high school classes you have compared to adult classes. I'm figuring the adult figures are going down, but perhaps I'm wrong.

So, how many kids classes on average do you have each day? How many kids on average each day? Same for high school students (how many classes, and how many students?). And same for adults (how many classes, and how many students?).

Just curious! Thanks!

vancouver_syndicate · Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 46 Location: Canada

i taught 2:1 adult to kids

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

Unless you count college students as kids, all of my students were adults, average age 55. Range = 20 to 90.

Quibby84 · Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 643 Location: Japan

About 95% of my students are kids (aged 2 to 13), My school (and the one before) doesnt have many adult classes.
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ripslyme · Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 481 Location: Japan

While at Nova, I taught 2 kids classes (ages 2-12, with 4-8 kids at a time) and 6 adult classes (jr. high and up, with 1-4 people at a time) a day on average.

saloc · Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 102

I would say that most eikaiwa schools these days have far more kids' classes than adult classes. Personally, from 150 students or so that I teach, about 20 are adults, 5 are high schoolers, about fifteen are junior high and the rest are all elementary school or kindergarten kids. Certainly most of the smaller eikaiwa schools seem to have more kids - not sure about the situation with the big chains.

kowlooner · Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 230 Location: HK, BCC (former)

Hi guys,

Thanks for your replies - and sorry for the late thank you! I kind of figured more folks would add their two cents. No biggie. I was expecting the answers to be heavily weighted towards elementary / jr. high students so was a bit surprised to hear adult classes in some cases being the norm. I guess location has something to do with it though perhaps, as Saloc suggested, it's mainly a function of school size (larger chains versus smaller chains and independent operators). Thanks again!

iverin · Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 111 Location: Ontario

I'm heading over in November to work with one of the big eikawa schools. And if the situation doesn't change, I'll be working at an "adult only" school. I've been told that it is 30% businessmen, 40% businesswomen, 10% housewives, 8% college students and 12% high school students. I've been told that this is subject to change and could very well include some children by the time I get there. But for now it's adult classes only.