Calling all native English teachers in Medellin...

bufalo says on Oct 1, 2007, 17:58:

I'm currently at a private school, but just to pass the time while I work on other projects. I get 10.000 cop an hour. I tried private classes here in Armenia, people don't show up, don't pay, etc. I wouldn't come to Colombia to teach English unless maybe it was a really big city.

Cancelling classes wouldn't be such a big deal, they just don't show up and no phone call saying so. I've known several here that have tried it with same results.

"If you don't like it - lump it, take it down the road and dump it." - Archie Bunker played by Carroll O'Connor

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vicshere says on Oct 1, 2007, 19:09:

bufalo its national problem i see....i had the same problem here in B/manga....your better off working at a school ..at least the money comes in every month

listo

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vicshere says on Oct 1, 2007, 20:10:

a hole

listo

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usher127 says on Oct 2, 2007, 21:11:

I teach private classes... has anyone tried to get clients to sign contracts in order to deal with the cancellation issue? What's the going rate for private classes? Personally, i'm struggling to get more than 25,000 per hour...

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curramberochris says on Oct 3, 2007, 15:26:

25,000 an hour is a very good rate for informal classes. Unless you find some wealthy families in need of classes you won´t find many people prepared to pay more than that for English classes. Doesn´t matter if they are foreigners or not......

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bufalo says on Oct 4, 2007, 20:27:

No offense, but really what is a contract good for? You can't sue them or anything, and how much would it cost you to do so? 25,000 and hour is good (I mean it should be more than that, but you're lucky if you get 20.000).

"If you don't like it - lump it, take it down the road and dump it." - Archie Bunker played by Carroll O'Connor

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usher127 says on Oct 5, 2007, 12:08:

Yup... ok, so a contract is an extreme measure... but even though its ultimately useless, i know if I was asked to sign one, I would be less tempted to steal clients from someone. Every little helps.

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robi666 says on Oct 5, 2007, 18:23:

Sue them? Who was talking about suing... you can get a contact with the paracos to send an hitman if they do not respect the contract! :-)

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