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[cacheSurfer]

Is it normal for hagwons to always be losing and gaining students?
Or is this a bad sign of things to come?

[kangnamdragon]

both...It is normal, but I think bad times are ahead for many hagwons.....too much competition in Seoul

[VanIslander]

My co-workers don't react to losing one or two a month on average but I'm not yet used to it. When you've had them for over a year it's still a loss. Even the class terrorist. At first anyways.

I value the relationships I have with my students, bonds I wouldn't make teaching college classes that're short term and huge.

I suspect that public school might provide a longer-term rapport, but I don't know.

Do public school teachers get the same kids for more than just a year?

(I'll have to ask my students about that.)

[kangnamdragon]

[fidel]

Vanislander
At my high school, there are first grade teachers, second grade teachers and third grade teachers. They don't teach each others grades except for the relatively specialised courses, such as Computer Studies, Languages, art and music. Otherwise they just stick to their own grades and don't really build close relationships with their students.

[osangrl]

January and February are suppose to be the biggest change over times, because of the new school year and all..... thats what my boss said. Parent want to change hogwans to fit their kids needs or new schedules.

[osangrl]

January and February are suppose to be the biggest change over times, because of the new school year and all..... thats what my boss said. Parent want to change hogwans to fit their kids needs or new schedules.

[Eazy_E]

Turnover has been huge at my hagwon. Some classes have been turned over entirely since 1-2 months ago. A lot of families are moving away from my area to Seoul or Bucheon because of the bad economy here, but we're the only English hagwon in our area which I think will eventually save our hides in the end.

[prairieboy]

My school has had a really low turn over rate over the past few months. We've lost maybe 10 students total and gained about 80.

I was totally blown away.

[blah]

A lot of students will drop as they enter middle school because the parents want them to concentrate their efforts on preparing for college admissions. Sometimes the kids will transfer to a hogwan that crams other subjects, like math and science, as well as English.