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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 9:44 pm Post subject: teach ONE family----for Two Million??? |
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| I just saw a job on the job board. It was a family offering a salary of two million, plus the other benefits that your typical school would offer to an English teacher. It wasn't a school, but an ordinary family. Thoughts anyone? |
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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| That is interesting. But weird. Do they actually expect for you to sit down with them and teach five structured hours a day, class-style? I'm assuming so, for that kind of pay you wouldn't just be chatting and going to movies and for walks together. But that's way too much time. I can't personally imagine spending more than an hour of structured teaching time with each person. And even that would be pushing it. That's just me though. |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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There would be no escape. they would own you, and all your spare time to...You would become like a butler, a housemaid, to some stuck-up family with brats for kids. Put one foot wrong and it'd end in tears.
At least in a hagwon you wave goodbye to the little monsters after half an hour.
I suppose there would be advantages too though.... |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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| rapier wrote: |
There would be no escape. they would own you, and all your spare time to...You would become like a butler, a housemaid, to some stuck-up family with brats for kids. Put one foot wrong and it'd end in tears.
At least in a hagwon you wave goodbye to the little monsters after half an hour.
I suppose there would be advantages too though.... |
You might want to consider actually reading the job description first..........
They are talking about a 25 hour work week. Five hours a day, doesn't seem like slavery or "no escape". |
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J.B. Clamence
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 12:51 am Post subject: |
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| Would that be legal? How would they get you a visa? Wouldn't it legally be considered a "private"? |
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rok_the-boat
Joined: 24 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 2:33 am Post subject: |
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1 Probably illegal
2 Definitely a nightmare scenario |
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FUBAR
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: The Y.C.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 2:44 am Post subject: |
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| rapier wrote: |
There would be no escape. they would own you, and all your spare time to...You would become like a butler, a housemaid, to some stuck-up family with brats for kids. Put one foot wrong and it'd end in tears.
At least in a hagwon you wave goodbye to the little monsters after half an hour.
I suppose there would be advantages too though.... |
One of the teachers at my middle school asked me the same thing. She was thinking aloud, as she tried to put it. Her oldest son just left for uni, her other sonis gone to a hogwon until midnight and the husband is away alot on business. She said I could live there rent free, but .... nothing is free in this world. I wonder what the catch would have been. I just told her that I value my privacy too much.
But for the OP. I guess that you would have to find out what the age of the children are. If they are HS it wouldn't be that bad... actually, no. Nothing would be worth it. The housing is too cramped for you to get any kind of privacy. Your weekends would be busy since that is the time most students have free time. |
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J.B. Clamence
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 2:54 am Post subject: |
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| Nothing would be worth it. The housing is too cramped for you to get any kind of privacy. Your weekends would be busy since that is the time most students have free time. |
The ad says that they are offering a single studio apartment or 500,000W housing allowance. They're not looking for a live-in. |
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Mr. Pink
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 3:01 am Post subject: |
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Too bad I didn't see that ad when I lived in Seoul, I could have gone there after work  |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 3:16 am Post subject: |
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| J.B. Clamence wrote: |
| Would that be legal? How would they get you a visa? Wouldn't it legally be considered a "private"? |
That's what I am wondering. And no, I am not considering the job, just curious. |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 4:55 am Post subject: |
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i would feel a little bit owned i suppose.
You would have to put your foot down at the get go and structure the hours and say outside of these times are my time.
If you didn't I would think it would feel like you are on call most of the time as those 25 hours could be any time that suited them i suppose |
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Snatch
Joined: 01 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 5:53 am Post subject: |
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One of the teachers at my middle school asked me the same thing. She was thinking aloud, as she tried to put it. Her oldest son just left for uni, her other sonis gone to a hogwon until midnight and the husband is away alot on business. She said I could live there rent free, but .... nothing is free in this world. I wonder what the catch would have been. I just told her that I value my privacy too much. |
You're there, she's there, nobody else's there? |
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FUBAR
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: The Y.C.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 7:56 am Post subject: |
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| FUBAR wrote: |
One of the teachers at my middle school asked me the same thing. She was thinking aloud, as she tried to put it. Her oldest son just left for uni, her other sonis gone to a hogwon until midnight and the husband is away alot on business. She said I could live there rent free, but .... nothing is free in this world. I wonder what the catch would have been. I just told her that I value my privacy too much. |
You're there, she's there, nobody else's there? |
That's what it sounded like. |
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J.B. Clamence
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 8:05 am Post subject: |
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| FUBAR wrote: |
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| FUBAR wrote: |
One of the teachers at my middle school asked me the same thing. She was thinking aloud, as she tried to put it. Her oldest son just left for uni, her other sonis gone to a hogwon until midnight and the husband is away alot on business. She said I could live there rent free, but .... nothing is free in this world. I wonder what the catch would have been. I just told her that I value my privacy too much. |
You're there, she's there, nobody else's there? |
That's what it sounded like. |
Maybe she's looking for a different kind of lesson altogether. |
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sadsac
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: Gwangwang
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 8:36 am Post subject: |
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Personally, I think it has merit. Not a live in position. Set the teaching parameters, as far as times and lessons go and then just enjoy a different form of teaching. The legality aspect, again that would be a discussion point with the family. The ad reads as if they are doing it by the numbers. An interesting employment scenario.  |
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