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Are they the lemmings · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:09 am Post subject: Would you use this service

Many people teach privates at their homes, their students' homes, or a cafe or some other public place.

If you taught privates and were perhaps trying to expand your business into something more serious or put a more professional face on your operation, would you consider renting a small teaching space in an office-type place especially designed for people teaching privates?

Imagine a floor of an office building - in a suitably convenient location, of course - divided into discrete teaching spaces. It's probably a booth-type set up, perhaps with different sizes and configurations to cover different kinds of lessons. Each space is rented on a monthly basis so there's no need to share or reserve teaching time in your booth. Each space has a lock on the door so you can keep your teaching materials in there. Inside the booths there are desks, chairs, power outlets, etc. Why not have a common teachers' area with tea/coffee, etc., too?

Anyway, for a monthly rental of about 100,000 (perhaps more for larger spaces), would you use a service like this?

What else would you like to see in this kind of set up? (Remember that this is aimed at people teaching privates - maybe only a lesson or two a week - so it can't cost too much. Also, although it is a collection of teaching spaces, it is not a school with an integrated policy, so please make suggestions that everyone would want.)

The Hammer · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:11 am Post subject:

Suggestion #1: Comply with the law.

tzechuk · Joined: 20 Dec 2004

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

No.

The only way I would use something like that is if it was walking distance to my home and had excellent multimedia facilities and free starbucks coffee.

Milwaukiedave · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Location: Goseong

The Hammer · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:14 am Post subject:

OiGirl · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun

Ok, so what if this place also had a concierge-type person who helped people register with the tax office?

jeffkim1972 · Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Location: Mokpo

Can someone quickly give the low down on how to register with the tax office?

Thanks.

And by the way, for 100,000 month, i would definitely use a place like this.

Question:

If a hagwon allowed an E-2 to teach privates at the facility, is it allowed?

plokiju · Joined: 15 Mar 2005

I think one of the benefits of privates is that you could be taught in your home or somewhere comfortable, not some cramped little office space. Privates are also usually to supplement your income. Why would you want to invest money if you were only doing it for an extra 100,000 a week to begin with?

I think only people with a large amount of income from privates would be interested... or someone who wanted to get more business from privates.

jay-shi · Joined: 09 May 2004 Location: On tour

jeffkim1972 · Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Location: Mokpo

Are there any Hagwons that allow the foreigners to teach privates but just takes a cut of their earnings? An amount that still makes it worthwhile for the foreigner to teach them and the hagwon to also benefit. The rule being that the student must also be a member of the hagwon.

But is it rare for a student to attend hagwon and also be taking privates?

Or does this make absolutely no business sense for the the hagwon owner?

Because privates take away from the hagwon business.

heeckan · Joined: 10 Sep 2006 Location: Seoul

jay-shi · Joined: 09 May 2004 Location: On tour

Are they the lemmings · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:34 pm Post subject: