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Meggiebea · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Location: Uijeongbu, South Korea

A keep reading about private lessons, people who do them, people who are looking for them...but how much extra a month can you really make? 200 000 won? is that worth deportation?

Also I would imagine that it would take a few months to line up any private lessons, or at least enough to make it worth it, so lets assume it would take 7 or 8 months to line up enough privates to make it worth it. With only a few months to go on your contract, pension, severance and airfare home on the line, why would you risk it?

I guess I just don't understand or perhaps I am totally naive about how easy privates are to find and how much money you can really make per month.

semphoon · Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Location: Where Nowon is

Meggiebea · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Location: Uijeongbu, South Korea

Ok so after two months you get one or two students, then a few more, then a couple months later, a few more. I meant it would take 7 or 8 months to find enough students to possibly make it worth it.
For example if for the first 3 months you only have 2 students for two hours each per week and you charge 35 000 per hour, we are talking only 140 000 won per week, or 560 000 per month....huh? is that right? About $700 CAD per month....hmmm

Demophobe · Joined: 17 May 2004

Don't charge by the hour.

Meggiebea · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Location: Uijeongbu, South Korea

lol how else could you charge?

Demophobe · Joined: 17 May 2004

I charge by the month. A flat rate per student (one student alone is a bit pricey, but as more join, it becomes cheaper for all) and a 6 month contract minimum. Maximum of 5 students.

Meggiebea · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Location: Uijeongbu, South Korea

so you teach 5 students at once? where? how much do you charge per student?

thebum · Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Location: North Korea

Juregen · Joined: 30 May 2006

a decent month for me would be 3.7M won per month

That is about 20 hours of teraching per week

due to me following an MBA, i dropped the hours to 10, so i am making a little less then 2M per month.

Meggiebea · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Location: Uijeongbu, South Korea

could you explain where this 3.7 million comes from?

HapKi · Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Location: TALL BUILDING-SEOUL

You don't go out and find privates, privates find you. In other words, have a steady job, and build a base of privates slowly (or quickly), however they might come. This is normally through word of mouth.

Privates as a supplement to your total income, rather than your sole income, keep you much more sane.

JeJuJitsu · Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Location: McDonald's

antoniothegreat · Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Location: Yangpyeong

JeJuJitsu · Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Location: McDonald's

Meggiebea · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Location: Uijeongbu, South Korea

But how do you not get caught?
I mean, aren't you afraid a new client might turn you in for a reward? Where would you teach them so it would not be obvious?
How do you find clients? OR how do you know which clients to accept?
I have had some pm's saying they can make beyond 2 million a month, just on privates, but I am thinking this is just a minority of people. How much does the average person make? I can't imagine that it can be that much. I guess I just don't understand how this 'illegal' activity can be so easily sent up and can pay you more than your school salary.