Which is the worst hokwan in Korea?

Answer 1

There are so many, my friend. I've worked at one and I was treated like sh*t! But many of my friends had the same experiences. Directors and teachers fighting all the time...you hear that all over Korea. I left the hakwon to go and work at an elementary school. My boss asked immigration to get me out of the country. He didn't think I'd leave him and when I did he didn't have anybody to replace me.

The Elementary Schools are better, but they don't listen or worry about you at all. I mean these guys gave me a book to teach and I asked them what should the kids listen to? Because the book says "listen" and they gave me a cassette. Didn't do me much good, b/c I didn't have a cassette player. Still waiting for one. I sit in my office all day from 2 till 5 and do nothing. I have no classes, but have to stay.

Yeah, it's all the same everywhere. I've got a buddy working at a university. He's teaching hakwon kids, cause there are no classes. Kids from the hakwon come to the university to study. What's up with that? And he gets less money!

About my old hakwon: I lived in a space a cockroach may have difficulty getting into. I had to start at 5 in the morn and keep it up till 8 at night. Had some breaks in between, but not long enough to go home. Didn't get paid om time and didn't get any increase or severance pay or bonus. Had to teach from kindergarten to adults. Was screamed at and pointed at a couple of times a day.

What the hell! If you posted this then you already know!

Cheers buddy...

Answer 2

The worst hagwon in Korea was Kid's Club in Mullae dong. It's bankrupt now....thank god! From beginning to end it was a horrible experience. Upon arrival I was put in a tiny two room apartment with two other teachers. A few weeks later and the lodging was worked out, but bigger problems arose. We were absolutly never paid on time and near the end of the contract we had to fight for every penny. They took our passports and didn't give them back until we refused to work. We taught from kindie to adults from 8:30am - 9pm. Long breaks and couldn't leave. The parents ruled and the owners were absolute boneheads when it came to finance, especially spending on students. At the end they wouldn't cough up our severence and we left. They hired new teachers and went belly up a few months later stranding the teachers they had just hired. Good riddence!!! Down with Kid's Club, hagwon owners Samuel and Scarlet, and their weaselly recruiter David!