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[chaz47]

So, is it OK to teach privates with your school's permission? If you can, I might try to negotiate for that in my third year with my current school.

I'm pretty sure this a big stinking N-O but I read something to the effect on a recent blog post.

I'm particularly interested because I don't think my little hagwon could afford to pay me any more than they already do. I really like the place and they really seem to like me. But I rarely have more than 5 students to a class at roughly $5 an hour from each and I make 2.3 for 30 hours. At 20 billable days per calendar month I think that works out to about 3 million won. So, maybe I could ask for a bit more in my third year?

My main concern really is I'm soon to be 40 and single... and regrettably the most important thing to any Korean woman is money. I look at my married friends and see them busting their humps but they clear triple what I do easily. As it is for me, I just don't make enough to support a family and none of the gals I've dated recently are willing to accept that.

They have a checklist that begins: car, apartment, etc., etc.

It might be time to cash out of Korea I guess. It's unfortunate that they've made the F-5 pretty much impossible for a single guy my age. When I first started teaching here in 2005 it only required 3 years of residency and 45 million in the bank. Now, pfft... I need two doctorates.

Beyond the whole marriage and starting a family issue, I think saving for a decent retirement on an E-2 scale salary is also a tough proposition.

Sorry for the rambling moan.

[ttompatz]

Do them in your hagwon and the answer is yes, it is legal.

Do them outside your hagwon and the answer (assuming you are on an E 1 or E2 visa) is a big no, it is illegal (violation of your visa status) and can get you fined (and a black mark in your immigration file and/or ordered out of the country).

That said, the chances of being caught and prosecuted, providing you are discrete, is close to "0".

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[drcrazy]

I do not think it really makes any difference whose persimmons you use to teach privates. Persimmons in Korea are quite cheep, so just go ahead and buy your own. I like the ones that are 100% ripe and mushy. As far as teaching privates, are you in some type of military school?

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