[etni] Fame, fortune for Web tutors in education-crazy S.Korea
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Fame, fortune for Web tutors in education-crazy S.Korea
asiaone.com - July 5, 2009
SEOUL, S.KOREA - For a teacher who never sees his students and instructs
only online, South Korean Woo Hyeong-cheol makes a lot of money, US$4
million (S$5.8 million) a year to be exact.
Woo is not affiliated with any institution that is part of the official
school system, but the 46-year-old math instructor is considered one of the
best cram school tutors in education-obsessed South Korea, with his
Web-based classes as well-known among test-taking teens as top-rated TV
dramas.
"School teachers are concerned about creating moral people. We focus more on
getting the students better grades in a short amount of time. That's why we
are needed and popular," said Woo, who commands a salary higher than almost
all of the top baseball players in the country's professional league.
Woo is among a group of about a dozen instructors raking it in because they
are thought to be the best at raising scores.
The bulk of their income comes from online classes that are easily
accessible in the world's most-wired country, where more than 90 percent of
households can receive high-speed Internet.
(To read the whole article, go to -
http://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20090703-152565.html )
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