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[ChuckECheese]

I've heard several rumor that some people are charging/paying average of 100,000 per hour for private lesson. Is there any truth to this?

If not, what is the rumored average?

[JAWINSEOUL]

There is a rumor that you want toeach privates,which is not legal and are trying to find out how much to charge.

[ChuckECheese]

[djsmnc]

There is truth to that rumor. It comes from a sacrifice of time, anooying parents who want ownership of you, phone calls at the wrong time, book shopping, constant excuses to your hagwon if they want you to come in, and a real pushover to fork out that much money per hour.

That said, of course I have only heard that from umm...other teachers. Bad teachers. Very bad.

[noguri]

Yeah, I keep hearing how the folks in Gangnam and Mokdong slap down all the big bucks for SAT tutoring, TOEFL, etc.

But don't they pay that much for tutoring only if they think you can guarantee them a hot score on the exam? Personally, I can't guarantee that any student is going to ace an exam. It depends on the student, right?

Seems like I would be a liar to guarantee a particular score to anyone.

At the school where I work, I teach people how to write in English and how to speak English. I can guarantee each student will improve, according to her or his ability. I don't feel that I am a sham.

But then I always hear about that lucrative SAT prep market...I do have to put food in my kid's mouth, after all!

[ChuckECheese]

[JZer]

[JZer]

[JZer]

[robot]

teaching privates is legal if you're on an f-type or gyopo visa, which most people who teach SAT and other test prep are.

i know of some people who have made 90,000-100,000 won/hr, but even for test prep tutoring these cases are quite rare. i would personally feel bad taking that much money from a student, no matter what the quality of my lesson or the student's wealth.

50,000-60,000/hr is a fair and common price for a high-quality tutoring lesson. test prep and corporate work can get you 10,000 won/hour more. if i were a newbie, though, i'd start at 40,000 and go up to 50,000 as i gained confidence. simple conversation without any materials should be considerably less, but some students will pay these prices just for a chat.

ROBT.

[Natebomb]

[chronicpride]

[flotsam]

It's true.

But the way forward is charging set tuition for a period of time and a number of services. You can really make a lot of money teaching several subjects to a student who trusts you and all with minimum time commitment.

Protip: You need to be worth the money.

[Cohiba]

[Milwaukiedave]