Korean Job Discussion Forums

[marlow]

Korea wants to allow people from any country with English as an official language to teach English here.

This is supposed to 1) Be Feasible and 2) Lower Wages of Current Teachers.

Considering hagwon tuitions, though, how much of an impact would paying half as much in teacher salary really make? I mean, at best 25% of tuition reaches the teacher in salary and benefits. So, maybe a hagwon could reduce their tuition from 200,000 to 150,000 per month. Will 50,000 won move Koreans to other countries' English teachers?

And if the teachers from other countries happen to be too "undesirable" for hagwons, how would they improve public schools? Korean parents already think public schools suck, so why would (if the undesirability is assumed to be too much for a hagwon) putting a Filipino or an Indian on the payroll improve things?

[GreenlightmeansGO]

My first thought is that Korea can currently hire native English speakers of any racial descent, but it is a lot harder for certain races to get jobs here... the 'desirable' teacher is white, good looking, blonde, female and big-boobed:)

When given the option, I think a chools want to look good rather than teach English. They look better - and have a better chance of teaching pronunciation - with native, first-language speakers.

I think I'm missing something, but I have too much of a headache to be sure.

[Otherside]

[marlow]