Honestly, is this really a place you would mind getting deported from?

• If you get caught teaching privates, you will be fined around 1,000 dollars, kicked out of the country at your own expense, and banned from visiting or working in Korea for a year.

• Most people don’t get caught, though.

• Based purely on anecdotal evidence, we conclude that the majority of people caught teaching illegally were doing so at hagwons, rather than as tutors.

• For most teachers, it’s worth the risk. Most of the people we know who are dead-set against teaching privates are married or in a serious relationship, and have cushy jobs at Universities. Getting banned from Korea would be catastrophic for them. If you’re only going to work here for a year, then you don’t really have much to lose, do you?

• However, if you are planning on staying for more than a year, have close personal ties in the country, or have invested serious time into learning the language, then the risk might be greater than the reward.

• Getting caught and temporarily banned will make it harder to get a good job (in Korea) later.

• It is easier to get privates if you are a white female than if you are male or a non-Caucasian.

Yeah, we're to teach the kindergarten... It's cool, Paul sent us.