 To yeah comparing hagwons, which are the private schools and public schools So because I get this asked a lot, you know, what's better working for private school for a public school in Korea So my experience I worked at a private school at a hagwon before So I can speak about that. I know a lot of people who work for public schools and I you know know their opinions and experience So basically a hagwon you will usually find or more more more more foreign teachers Yeah, more foreign teachers work at hagwons So compared to a public school where you might be the only foreign teacher working in the entire school So that can be kind of hard if you're new to Korea. You don't really know anybody And then you're the only for tonight there Usually you're in your own like foreign office So I might get a little bit lonely, you know, there might not be that many other foreigners around. So that's just one of the things Then the other one is that hagwons do pay a slightly higher salary So you but you will be making a little bit more money working for hagwon But you also have more working hours typically and for a lot of hagwons depending on You know, what kind it is a lot of the working hours start after lunch. So at like 1 p.m Lot of hagwon teachers are working 1 p.m. To 9 p.m So a lot of people enjoy that they have like their mornings off and then you know, they work until 9 Can work But some people prefer, you know, they're usually like 9 to 5 At public school, I think it's also 9 to 5 or like 8 8 to 4 depends on what school it is So yeah, that's the thing and then at public schools you have Typically more vacation days, which is really nice But yeah, so compared to the hagwon at my hagwon I had I had 10 paid vacation days per year Five in the winter and five in the summer and you can't you couldn't choose like When you want them like that's the school vacation and all the teachers get that time off. That's it You can't like it's not a flexible date typically With public schools, it's more it's a bit more flexible. Obviously, you'll also have vacation when the kids have vacation So it's also not, you know, you can choose your own dates But like I have a friend and she is able to take a few off days when she needs them for public school But in hagwon, that's typically not the case Yeah, and also for public schools one thing especially if you work for epic the epic program and I'm gonna talk about that Soon You might end up working at more than one school So I have a friend and she's in the epic program here in my city in cheongju and because it's sort of a smaller city She actually works at I Think now it's two schools, but she worked last semester. She worked at Three different schools. So she had one main school and then she went to two other schools I think Thursday and Friday or something like that. So That can be the case. Obviously doesn't have to be a negative thing But yeah, you're gonna have a lot more, you know, students You know different school systems to deal with, you know, different co-workers might be a little bit overwhelming and also she so her main school was pretty close to her paid house to her paid apartment, but The other two schools were kind of like rural schools So she had to take a bus out into the countryside and it was like took like 45 minutes or so Yeah, which is also not too bad, but she really loved the experience It's you know part of the Korea experience. I think is gives you a very good authentic Insight into Korean life. So yeah So those are pretty much the differences between hagwon and public schools All right, let me take a look at the comment section real quick We have a question here from loose. I am an accounting major, but definitely good in English Is it possible for me to teach English in Korea? No teaching experience ouch, okay Yeah, so like I said, it doesn't matter which major you have your degree in for teaching English in Korea But it sounds like if you say it's I'm really good in English What what country are you from so that always depends You know, like I said for the teaching visa you need to be from an English-speaking country There are some loopholes and I'm gonna talk about that in a minute, but um, typically that's one of the hurdles Depends on your it depends on your nationality But yeah, the qualifications are definitely there Okay Thanks so much for watching. We are ITTT the leading provider for TEFL and TSOL training courses If you like this video, please subscribe by clicking the button down here and click on any of the videos here on the left For more interesting teaching tips for getting certified to teach English abroad and online