English teacher who earns $500k - BBC News

[@yasmins1980]

She works hard, good for her.

[@tabularasa9576]

if she did not work hard but yet earning as much, would you still say the same??

[@uhegbu]

Sums up this female empowerment culture we are living in right now. If it was the male equivalent, society will go hell for leather. To me, that is not equalness. Society is just as bad.

[@asdfgh6210]

ooooooooooooookaayy.... how did this become about race and gender when the OP's comment was just a simple praise for hard work? lol

[@terrancex339]

She's a "working girl" if you catch my drift. 😉

[@muddlen7928]

Sakio™ BEATZ yeah well the world is running out of water so do us a favor and stop drinking for the next few months

[@sumaiyaabdi7078]

All i can say is she is a very hard working Woman

[@sumaiyaabdi7078]

intx123 when you try to make ends meet trust me it needs hard work.Now go do your homework Kid

[@AlexGerasimchuk]

intx123 its not in Asia.

[@lusiyuan1]

And jobless?

[@miniena7774]

Steven Lu So typing a comment now warrants speculation of joblessness? Posh.

[@Mr5a5uk]

Steven Lu should post his professional profile or maybe we should find it :-)

[@MasakanSolaris]

she has it right, teaching SHOULD be like a performance.

[@Time2Splitt]

MasakanSolaris I think that gives off a bit of the wrong idea; performance seems a bit one way as though you're just sitting & watching, and ultimately in performance you hope the learner/audience gets what you're trying to express, you can't ask questions to clarify or engage in the content. I like to say teaching is a good conversation, giving off feels of it being 2 way, participatory, involved, concepts are learnt by: - Explaining how the ideas/concepts works with existing associations the human of that age & upbringing can make sense of(otherwise no processing & it is just data like the matrix screen, i.e. as a kid you don't understand the gravitas of a debilitating illness so much, because you don't understand how it fucks up your whole life & how fucking up whole life is bad, harder to find a partner, that is bad because, etc....) & to clearly put the ideas/concepts in context, for what applications & how those applications are relevant to them of their age & upbringing. - Asking questions in a conversation, you create new areas to explore based on the ideas./concepts. I'm a bit tired so this isn't expressed as clear as i'd want it but yeah, teaching should be like a good conversation.

[@essennagerry]

+Time2Splitt I absolutely agree, but, if you're at a low level a *good* performance type teachung will do it for you, at least for many people. (And if you're intelligent enough in that way, which most people are.) It's when you're at a high level that the two way thing becomes more important. Of course, exceptions there too. I'm just trying to say I think that's why she has success. The Koreans who come to her are hardworking students and from what we see they're in the highschool/uni age, I guess. Their problem with English probably isn't with understanding, but simply a need for more education. (From what I gather generally Koreans become good in English in college, not highschool. So I think highschool doesn't provide enough not in the sense of quality as much as in quantity. But idk, that just my guess!)

[@atmark666]

no

[@Potato-db3qw]

+tomato totato yes

[@mmaworld552]

MasakanSolaris well said

[@gregorymasters5805]

She TEACHES 200 000 fukin students guys. Have you even taught 20..?. Its takes some hard work jus sayin.

[@susank.4945]

Yes I have...but children....that's it's own lifeform unto itself...

[@jackwest3282]

I've taught close to 900

[@Petra-gk6gh]

It was hard just with two children

[@refkibouslama7480]

no way she teaches 200000 at the same time. its probably the total number of students she taught in her life or something like that. that auditorium has probably a max capacity of 500 students

[@MrSonicmjc]

classic teacher never saying the full fuck

[@BBCNews]

When it comes to education in South Korea, the demand is so strong it accounts for 12% of all consumer spending. Parents push their children relentlessly, with classes in the evenings and at weekends. It's led to some teachers earning very high salaries, particularly to teach English.

[@marktayla]

500k How far is Korea? I can teach Wenglish 😀

[@abdessalamkitir6564]

Great others fellow Korea footprint particularly our world is strangled on corruption

[@BOBOLAMA]

All work and no play will drain her to the point o not return. Be careful, and take some time to yourself, the 500k wil be useless.

[@damonparker7976]

With 1000 students in class and 200000 overall, she can't possibly know her students, their capabilities or their achievements. That's not teaching, that's providing material.

[@The1SimLash]

This is what your kids are up against--kids who go to school 6 or 7 days per week

[@michaelgriffith8147]

She enjoys every minute of her work...I can tell. So it almost ceases to be "work" for her. She's found what she absolutely loves to do and is getting paid heavily for it. In this global capitalist society, this is the peace that we all seek. Kudos to her; her life is one long vacation.

[@soulscanner66]

+Michael Griffith She's not offering anything useful, though. Her English isn't really that good, doesn't offer opportunities for practice, and there is plenty of material out there for free. She's the personification of everything that is wrong with capitalism today. She does not add value to the economy.

[@jerrycooper1428]

+Guy Souriandt 100% correct!

[@michaelgriffith8147]

+Guy Souriandt i won't argue too much since i'm not really passionate about the discussion, but her students have the option to get the free material; nobody's forcing them to go to her. i'm learning Japanese, and chose to work with tutors beyond a certain point, although there are plenty of free resources online, as well as free language exchanges and girlfriends (which aren't free, haha). this is everything that's RIGHT with capitalism - people choosing to spend disposable income for what they value. furthermore, her English is VERY good, and non-Americans who even speak halfway decent English have many more opportunities than those who don't...including coming to America to open businesses or take jobs away from less qualified Americans.

[@soulscanner66]

+Michael Griffith For a second year English student, her English is great. But for someone teaching conversational English for A LOT of money, she just doesn't provide value. A good English teacher models impeccable grammar. She, on the other hand, makes horrible grammatical errors.In 30 short seconds, she doesn't finish a sentence, letting them run on and on. She uses "you know" as an interjection 4 times (This makes her look juvenile; it's hard to take her seriously; never do this if you are learning English). Worst of all, she makes 4 obvious grammar mistakes. 1 - 0:30 "Of course, the more numbers of students I have in my classroom, I earn more money ..." 2 - 0:36 " ... but part of my income is coming from online" 3 - 1:49 " ... they make best effort ... " 4 - 1:53 ".... It's coming from their parents generation..." These should be: 1 - The more students I have, the more money I earn. 2 - Part of my income comes from online teaching. 3 - I don't even know what that means; it's not English. 4 - It comes from their parents. This is like learning carpentry online from someone that has the most expensive tools, the fanciest overalls, but can't drive a nail straight. Sure she loves her job. She loves the chauffeur. She loves the make-up. She loves the personal trainers. She loves the make-up. Mostly, she loves being on TV. But don't you want your English teacher to be passionate about the English language first?

[@michaelgriffith8147]

+Guy Souriandt you're really reaching, bro, so i'll just ask a question from a higher level: If somebody who speaks less-than-perfect English is making $500k a year to teach English in a country with a well-functioning Capitalist structure (which means that people would find out if she wasn't very good at what she's selling and thus would not be WILLING pay her for it), what does that say about people like YOU who are on KZbin nitpicking her English for free?

[@yuanxiaoxu9820]

The problem is not the teacher not having perfect English, guys! The problem is BBC not grasping the fact that her students are not in her class to learn English! They are there to get entertained by her performance. She is earning a lot because she put an effort on sharpening her performance and having a good PR/marketing team.

[@jerrycooper1428]

As an English teacher myself, you nailed it! Brilliantly said.

[@Mr5a5uk]

English teacher is an ordinary job on ordinary salary if the teacher cannot extend their communication across boundaries. You may be an English teacher, but even with an excellent PR/marketing team, the reputation and your goals are most likely not on par with this lady. If it was, you'd be spending less time with your children, perhaps. We all know parenting feels like a hangover at times, but her whole schedule is her students. At the end of the day, it is different priorities and interests. I don't see how it can stop other people to do the same, you either got it or not. In the generation of social media, don't be surprised appearance on the internet is ridiculously enough to get people to click on something that is eye catching.

[@ph00ny1]

Yes and No. South korea is a very weird culture. Kids are pushed so hard, it's typical for kids to not get home until very late in the evening after attending these paid classes after they're done with their school classes.

[@zenadmohamed2396]

ph00ny1 that's good i wish every country was like South Korea

[@ph00ny1]

except kids can't do what kids do in other countries as much. Mothers are hyper competitive and same goes for getting into good universities

[@DrewPBalls]

"they make best effort"?? grammar

[@dothedeed]

Drew P. Balls Caught that too.

[@dothedeed]

***** Just stop. If she's earning 500k she shouldn't have to try to "maintain perfect English" it should be innate. If someone wakes me up at 3 am from a deep sleep I still wouldn't make that mistake.

[@therealestmc85]

+dothedeed do you speak perfect English?

[@santapresentsjapan8945]

+dumb guy yep noticed that Phuc dat bich would not be impressed

[@simplyhumanff2931]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with that since spoken English is entirely different from written English.

[@language-n-learning]

This is not education. It's entertainment. She is not a teacher. She is an actress. This is not learning. It's fraud.

[@islandsunset]

she has no time left. even at lunch they work. what is she going to do with all that money? when would she use it? after she is old? who is she working for?

[@carlywang3136]

exactly. what will she do with the money if she's got no free time. she seems like she's single as well which is incredibly sad considering how beautiful she is.

[@katherineyang8935]

You should stop judging people based on your own beliefs. People have different priorities and goals. You do not even know whether she is single or not. Besides what's wrong with being single? There are plenty of beautiful women out there who chose career over relationship. I am sure they do not think that they are miserable or pathetic loser. You just sound like a jealous person who puts other people down in order to feel good about yourself.

[@islandsunset]

Katherine Yang the last thing I would be is jealous of someone's personal choice. Stop suggesting things when they aren't there. If I see someone working 24X7 then next obvious questions would be WHY? and WHAT FOR? the reporter should've asked these questions. Questioning someone for curiosity is not a bad thing. That doesn't mean i am jealous or don't appreciate her dedication.I would kindly ask you to stop reading in between lines.

[@xsnowy01]

Maybe she just enjoys the work and its not about the money?

[@UltimateChocoWy1]

xsnowy01 but why for 500k i rather her quit the job get a small tution class size and teach only a few student who really want to learn english

[@beanies3412]

"Other teachers hate her"

[@hontoniarigato7956]

It's because she is Thin, looks good, and is in Korea. If not for those 3 things she would only make like 25K a year ;T

[@walkinwisdom4568]

She's actually not that thin by Korean standards.

[@crislolz]

So she's basically T H I C C in "Korean standards"?

[@SkynetTeamDREADWING]

my fellow keyboard warrior

[@burningitch]

Welcome to the real world

[@cookiesandcream2828]

No. You need to stop being insecure. She worked very hard for it and she truly deserves that high amount of income. Her appearance has nothing to do with it, besides she also WORKS HARD to stay and keep fit. If you want to become fit/thin, you have to work hard for it and not judge other people because that's just being rude.

[@marcellocapone4925]

Impressive. Even more so considering the amount of ESL material available free online.

[@yuanxiaoxu9820]

These students don't want to learn English. Like you said, if they wanted to, they could easily teach themselves. The students are there because the parents wish that by paying for an expensive class their kids would automatically become fluent.

[@marcellocapone4925]

Yuanxiao Xu Absolutely. Hours of hard work and dedication is all you need to learn. I'm currently on my 4th language. All self taught.

[@Kuralai95]

wow, that's truly impressive. What languages do you speak?

[@ridan6155]

Impressive in terms of exploiting people out of their money, sure.

[@Frozenriflez]

You might wanna do a documentary on the super physics tutor in Singapore that earns more than a million a year lol

[@Mimi-rd8nz]

I am an English teacher since 2007..how I can teach online and attain high profits with excellent performance..any recommendations!

[@ThanhNguyen-hu4zo]

@@Mimi-rd8nz Me too, Ma'am. Waiting for some best responds!

[@hasen1957]

This is what Jordan Peterson talked about in terms of "High Income Career Women". Most people would envy her for her high income but they would never want to trade their comfortable lives for this kind of crazy fast paced life.

[@nohandlegoldk]

I taught English when I was 18/19 overseas. I worked for myself and made close to 20k US a month. I approached it the same way this lady did and looked at it from a business perspective instead of a career perspective. Good for her.

[@FangsOfKomodo]

Kinda cute, makes lots of money, works out, speaks english. When can I marry her?

[@alansamso]

FangsOfKomodo Line up please.

[@hahahaha-oi2jm]

FangsOfKomodo after i divorce her :)

[@Lvlaple4Ever]

Little gold digger boy that lives in his parents' basement spotted.

[@MongiNTS3YT]

When in a foreign country, speaks english is always the first big turn on for me lol

[@mrnobody-cf6il]

Think again

[@MMRtuber]

She has a convincing American accent but she isn't very eloquent. That must mean her teaching skills are outstanding and she clearly is a hard worker. Good for her.

[@ностромов]

That, or whoever she teaches comes out defective.

[@MargaretPing]

I speak 6 languages and earn much less 🤣🤣 but I'm happy with my current life and have no regret.

[@killagamez4619]

Thats amazing 👍. My native language is English and I’ve learned Thai. I struggle with speaking Thai though 🤣

[@revaholic]

That is Korean plastic surgery if I've ever seen it.

[@IhasDag]

its called having a lot of make up. she goes to a studio with make up artists painting her like a picture.

[@jxsilicon9]

tgoh1 It's both

[@novodanieldolor1710]

Oh come on😕Like wtf are you basing your judgement on?! That she lives in the capital of plastic surgery?! She's not even that cute, WHY TF WOULD YOU THINK ITS PLASTIC SURGERY!!?!?!?

[@novodanieldolor1710]

Enlighten me on which part is plastic😦

[@byundasom7908]

That's not your business whether she did plastic surgery or not. Just take care of your face right?😀

[@heidimatsumoto9657]

I admire her for being so hardworking and enjoying the job that she does. She deserves that amount of money she earns. Some might think "what about her private life?", "doesn't she want to have her own family?", "is it really worth it?" but... that's the life she chose and she's even contributing to her own country apart from just looking attractive. Most of all, she's happy and that's the most important.

[@afhcxx]

"they make best effort, because I don't know why but..." great English there

[@전치선-c1l]

All the people who are jealous of this woman and boast better english than hers come to Korea. Once you pick up some koreans and start to gibberish some you will be a huge star here. However, Be humble enough to learn Korean first.

[@MariaClara-fh4nx]

Right! These bitter native English speakers who just teach "yo-yo hey!" are shitty enough to ridicule a hard-working woman.

[@ichigobj]

네 맞아요 . That's right. Así es. 한국 언어 아름다운 이에요.

[@carlywang3136]

But is 500k worth all the stress and lack of family time and lack of 'yourself time'? I feel like... this job would be incredibly exhausting. She seems like she's single too.

[@rayhanes1347]

Wolfcchi lol ppl earning minimum wage at Walmart work just as many hours for shit pay

[@carlywang3136]

ray hanes The difference between Walmart workers and her is that her life is consumed by her teaching. Our of class she has to mark papers, she has to organise when her next class is, she's a business woman who has to actively get her shit together. At Walmart, you step in, you scan items and then you're done. There's no out of work extra hours that you need to put in.

[@carlywang3136]

***** can't do that sorry :/ unfortunately I live on an island which doesn't have walmart

[@JB-kg3js]

Wolfcchi it's what she wants and she's thriving. Her goals and aspirations are completely different from yours and mine. If in the end she regrets her accomplishments, that's none of our business. I myself wouldn't survive this kind of business. I'd leave if a heart attack doesn't catch me first lol. But She's the one doing the hard work not us, so our input is completely unnecessary if not solicited.

[@georgistoev3817]

shut up you poor girl!

[@Chewy427]

"Part of my money is coming from online" - 500k English teacher

[@thienhuynh5706]

Does it sound better with "Most of my income is teaching English online" doesn't it?

[@abefinance109]

95% marketing 4% fun 1% engrish

[@thrb41]

I have no problem with her salary, because she's teaching 2K+ kids and seems to be respected by her students.

[@unitedstates4912]

it said 200,000+ students

[@sreemukhkovuri4789]

Bottom line, she's good at something and shes even better at marketing her skills to potential students. If you're good at something, never do it for cheap!

[@samsmythe6600]

Sreemukh Kovuri I believe Joker said, "If you're good at something, never do it for free!" 😂

[@theusama1780]

Hi

[@alexshi8583]

She works hard and teaches english, makes a decent 500k. A cardiovascular surgeon can also make around $500k. There is no problem with how much they make. There is a problem, however, when you make tremendous amounts of money while damaging society. If you have merit you deserve compensation, but if your a lowlife you really dont deserve anything

[@DE51B0Y]

I rate her highly for this, tough job, the half a mil is definitely deserving

[@mbear1639]

Wow, when i was a teacher of French, Latin and Ancient Greek i made $18,000 a year. No joke. If i had been male or taught upper level maths or science I would have made more like $80K. This woman's got it made

[@robinsmall2870]

I hope she's humble ... because she is easily replaceable ...

[@PastaMasta123]

Roasted

[@TheIndogamer]

She's just a phase Just a phaaasee Boy yeah she's Easy to replace **guitar strums** (Puma Blue - Just A Phase)

[@star.light.ls.]

Robin Small I think she's an amazing woman Like one in 100,000 atleast. She's not replaceable, not even by a long shot.

[@star.light.ls.]

Nina Khagi True Why are you so serious?

[@star.light.ls.]

Nina Khagi Well? Let's see what you look like then?

[@awesomevideo5525]

It's depends upon society, Korean is very pressurized society. Even students studying around the clock and to get admission in college so the teacher is working around clock.

[@Denofu]

Hell yea sign me up.

[@shadism1714]

Denofu you don't need it your English is okay

[@ShootingdetectingTV]

Fair play to her! She's working! & she's helping people!!

[@kesla15]

I'd love to see the native English speakers criticising her speak fluent Korean.

[@cptpugsy]

wow props to her!!! i could never dedicate my life to a job like this even if i loved it. thought she was actually an english native at first as well she's clearly good at her work heh.

[@seungilpark2575]

Im a korean and i talk about it just little bit. Well almost korean high schooler are in school from 8 a.m. to at least 9 or 10 p.m. And 12nd grades go to school at saturday and public holiday. And we have extracurriculum lessons at weekend and sometime, someone go to listen to it after school at night. All of these is for preparing to College Scholastic Assessment Test. And add more, nowdays elementary school students cant hang up with friends cuz everyone go to listen to extracurriculms after school. Some children study all of day by parents. So korea is first in suicide ranking in OECD and it is first in suicide rate to suicide for stress of study. So it means many students decide to suicude by study and its fact. I just wrote it because i dont want you to misunderstand about korean education way. I heard someone said korean education way is awesome

[@herculespoirot343]

S.I. Park That is because Korean education is fucking idiotic, and impractical. And it was a good decision to outlaw private schools being open after 10pm

[@jlee3100]

When I was a middle school student in Korea. I went to math, Englishx2(2 academies teach in different way) , sience, Korean classes after school and came back home at 11pm. And now I'm a truck driver in Australia hahaha.

[@firenationfiles2063]

I can teach you English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and Dutch. That will be 2,500,000, thank you very much :)

[@MattSezer]

How about she give you a lesson on how to de-interlace footage before you upload it.

[@고유진-o7c]

Though I am Korean and study English, I don't know who she is..

[@ashleyshim2078]

lol

[@고유진-o7c]

Ashley shim what?

[@ashleyshim2078]

고유진 she's not as famous as the doc makes her .

[@고유진-o7c]

that's exactly what i said one year ago.

[@ashleyshim2078]

+고유진 no u just said that u don't know her u never heard of her u didn't say she wasn't famous

[@etangy4251]

What's the point of getting 500k if you use every bit of your day and don't do anything with the 500k?

[@latinvibe8985]

Work "more hard"?!!

[@yen5019]

wow she teaches 3000 students in just one month that's hard work right there she deserves every penny every good teacher public service workers etc should get this type of pay

[@TheHalo4News]

"They make best effort" nice i totally want her as a teacher if I couldn't speak English, ahha

[@datcat0000]

In other words, she;s really hard working, smart, talented & excellent at utilising it all to maximum profit

[@pati7132]

Ok that makes a lot more sense. Teaching 1000 students at once, streaming to 200k, writing textbooks etc, half a mil is pretty low. A lot of twitch streamers make more than that.

[@backtomimsey]

wow I was gonna comment that too. there was another comment saying that a brain surgeon goes to school longer and makes less, yet I saw no mention about twitch streamers lol

[@ridan6155]

Capitalism is about exploiting people out of their money. Wow! What a surprise.

[@turkanveliyeva8737]

Amazing, feel proud of u as a teacher)

[@taloz1121]

Great story,you can find success in any field if you work hard enough

[@yuanxiaoxu9820]

if you market yourself well that is.

[@bigwhite8049]

200,000+ students? and she only makes $500,000 off of that? It's only about $2.5 for each student for only 1 class...

[@jeffersonjadon]

BBC, that's the funny name,

[@zodd1790]

LMAO

[@mraffi3387]

kids reacts to BBC

[@thsu8]

"BBC inside a tight Korean pussy" oh that didn't make sense

[@imogencarney3421]

Why does the thumbnail look like she was caught raiding the fridge?

[@mrnarason]

South koreans really take all the advantages they can get when it comes to education.

[@JOE-ee8yj]

Some teachers teaching IELTS in China, it is for students who wanna study abroad and need to prepare for an university entrance examination. Teaches usually can earn 400,000£ per year.

[@marz2657]

"They expect her to look smart" 😂😂😂

[@samia7183]

🤣🤣🤣

[@thienhuynh5706]

Korean people are obsessed with their appearance.

[@marz2657]

@@thienhuynh5706 I know but I don't walk in and say "I WANT MY TEACHER LOOK SMART"

[@robinson6776]

she is dedicated to her work enjoys the work and earns a lot. Teaching is like a passion and students eagerly wait to learn something from her.

[@boshirmh007]

they might be getting well trained, but not well educated.

[@UnstoppableEmpire]

I was surprised she could speak english since i forgot the title said english teacher.

[@yunloy]

12k + 200k = 212k/year She charges $2.50 per student?¡?=)=¡??

[@101thecasey]

She charges much more, but has a staff and operatibg costs to cover also. I'm sure its much higher than $50 per course.

[@Karadjordje2]

He said ,"or their parents are paying money" , like it was a conclusion only a skilled detective could come to hahaha ,:)))

[@juanjots]

Anyone needing spanish?

[@ностромов]

!Yo no comprendo!

[@DipakBose-bq1vv]

I know one Russian lady in Moscow who prepares student for the English and Mathematics for both GRE and GMAT examinations, in verbal and quantitative aptitudes. she is very rich.

[@TheNatasha66]

What's her name?

[@ConstantineJoseph]

It's because her business model is more than just teaching. If it were she would earn a tenth of what she is doing now

[@mr.animemystery60]

humans work to live but not live to work😋

[@keemgola6304]

People aren't wired the same way. There are people who don't enjoy the social aspect of life at all, and work will definitely help them with that especially if they can gain spectacular income. It will help them tremendously.

[@kakasawant9064]

Respect for the hard work as well as taking time out for Exercising

[@treviniaturner3881]

she is very fluent in english

[@treviniaturner3881]

panchito1993eljc ok that doesnt change the fact that this is not her first language.Even though she is an English teacher doesnt change the fact that it is difficult to be bilingual...Sherlock

[@treviniaturner3881]

That still doesnt change the fact that she is fluent in English.

[@panchito1993eljc]

don't you know how to read? thats just what I said

[@treviniaturner3881]

Lol im done arguing with ignorance over the internet

[@carlywang3136]

I wouldn't say she's fluent. There are a lot of mistakes in her speech such as 'of course the more numbers of students in my classroom..' She can speak it well that is for sure, but she's not fluent. And being bilingual is not difficult. My boyfriend from India learnt Japanese for 2 years and can speak, read and write. He actually knows more Chinese (Japanese Kanji) characters than I do even though I did 12 years of Chinese school. If you were brought up in different circumstances it's not hard at all.

[@swaystar1235]

1:50 Me:This teacher earns $500k each year Teacher:They do *best* effort Me:Why

[@RickDeckardMemories]

The math doesn't add up. The narrator stresses that she has 200,000 students. Those are online students. Eather she gives online access for free, which would be stupid, or they are paying about $2 each for a year's worth of online lectures. Someone needs an accountant here, and I suspect it's the BBC correspondent. )))

[@yasashii89]

+dmitriy40 Yea but they're probably talking about net income

[@RickDeckardMemories]

yasashii89 Are you suggesting that her NET income is $2 per student for A YEAR WORTH OF CLASSES?

[@soxnation1000]

dmitriy40 That's often how it works with online stuff...you can give a huge number of people online access, and each person pays very little but it all adds up.

[@daeuna4966]

She takes home 500k, but the business itself will earn more. You forget that she needs to pay the people she works with (the accountant, the camera man, ), the rent fee for her classroom and office, the costs of running and maintaining a website, the makeup etc.

[@zeeweirdeye]

Also, those numbers may include many inactive students - students who take a few months' of class.

[@Mateo-et3wl]

500k is incredibly low for someone with 200,000 online students!

[@whatblank4157]

I am so glad of fact that I don't live in S.Korea

[@whatblank4157]

Well pardon me, I'll have you know that I used to live in South Korea so I know exactly what I'm talking about.

[@rippedreaper7279]

1000 in class plus 200k online, now divide 500k by 201k and you get $2.5 per student ... a year, that's nothing she should be making more.

[@OMMCOMHD]

South Korean Mr Bruff

[@leonbrindley]

I thought I wouldn't be the only one thinking that! ;)

[@fernbush4590]

What. An astronaut earns 60K.

[@beanbags21]

Is this the "please give me coke" teacher?

[@naturecure9900]

She works for what she have.Good for her.

[@GrumpyOldMan9]

Bet she offers some other on-line services on the side to get to that $500K figure.

[@Basuko_Smoker]

;)

[@3forte]

She's like one of those celebrity, superstar teachers. An interesting phenomenon made possible by our amazing modern day information technology. Hong Kong also has celebrity teachers. They hang massive banners and buy TV commercial spots.

[@sdghhf]

WOW, BEAUTY AND BRAINS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! U CAN'T FIND THAT COMBO IN THE WEST.

[@miniena7774]

deshu k And you're living proof.

[@tabularasa9576]

You are totally wrong! Her beauty cannot be considered with blondes, blue-eyed girls from the west. Considering the amount of inventions, creativity and technological advancement that white people have brought to this planet, you surely need to reinstate your thought.

[@olivergarsideconeron]

And i bet all that money really makes her happy.

[@kkp4297]

She found her niche, and she is milking it. But she still has a korean accent when she speaks english, and that isn't good for the students.

[@AlishaNic]

+kk P I disagree, her English is Impeccable for a native Korean. She almost sounds American but with a faint accent. Her pronunciation is nearly perfect. Many teachers that teach English whether it be in Europe, Asia or Latin countries that are native there have heavy accents which in turn becomes difficult for students to learn English the right way, but she surprised me with her clarity in English.

[@muskeepaps7689]

+kk P Why not? She has a neutral accent and you can understand her right? That's the goal of learning English. To be conversational in English, to be able to write and speak English. Everybody has an accent be it American, British or Australian accent. Not all native English speakers sound the same anyway.

[@soulscanner66]

+kk P Accents are fine. English is adaptable to that. Grammar and syntax are important, though, and she massacres these.

[@AlqGo]

Accent is the hardest thing to master. It's practically almost impossible to master a proper accent if you're a non-native speaker.

[@MS-uo3vx]

Lol Asian people are always so simple minded. Naive, dumb and...sad. Anyone want to learn Chinese? Why does BBC love to report on people learning English?

[@wendyalexander5342]

A 1000 students? Wow, she does work hard

[@jeromesharpe1]

And women still complain about equal pay...

[@MelodyLiuJade]

Sure. Because Korea has someone earning tons of money and is a woman, America's wage gap must be a myth! Man are you a genius.

[@nou6798]

Melody Liu I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.

[@TheSaltyAdmiral]

+Jerome Sharpe So you base your conclusion on a statistical foundation of... *one person.* Sir, are you well?

[@Annabelleannabel]

One woman’s high income doesn’t cancel out the millions on unfair or low wages!

[@TheWaffledPancake]

"No employer having employees subject to any provisions of this section shall discriminate, within any establishment in which such employees are employed, between employees on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees in such establishment at a rate less than the rate at which he pays wages to employees of the opposite sex in such establishment for equal work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility..." Equal Pay Act of 1963, USA

[@briankelly1817]

Probably because I was an academy English teacher in South Korea, I saw the long hours of work as a lot of time, not "best effort".

[@ssaa9213]

I'm Japanese. To tell my impression, Korean's education system has to much meaningless curriculum and loss. How many Koreans awarded novel prize while Japanese consectively awarded this?? They can well handle paper exam but do not educate as volunterily thinking the theory of things. This exessively education fieber must contribute the higher unemployment rate of current adolescents. Whether they graduate famouse University or not, majority of new recruits are being unemployee simultaneously graduate Univ.

[@herculespoirot343]

玉川皓炳 You are absolutely right.

[@ssaa9213]

I think Netherland's and Finland's education also flexible.I've watched the TV program which is broadcasted about the education system of north europe. Kids are prepared the curriculum that they can freely choose the subject by their own willingness. Selecting subject isn't the deed which brings by someone else. They do it as their willingness .So this style encourage to absorb the knowledge and evolved it as their own.

[@dancinforkenji63]

+玉川皓炳 Thinking of how Japanese speak English so "fluently" after learning 9 or more years in school, the same thing goes to Japanese education systems, too.

[@herculespoirot343]

dancinforkenji63 Its rote rather than reason. As for all Asians. Obey.

[@yasashii89]

+玉川皓炳 You're right about Korea's education system but it's not as though Japan is much better anyway. I graduated from one of the top universities in Japan and the students there couldn't do critical thinking to save their own life, all they know is how to remember and repeat.

[@NDK0]

Say what you want, I like her attitude! I can so something, many can't, and I will make money off of it.

[@dennisgil7947]

Go to the philippines you can find a lot teacher like her. Nothing special about it

[@nahi7824]

BBC news ,you did it well again! It is great to know that in other places around the world ,Being a teacher is a well respected and a profitable carrer.Sadly, I cant say the same about my country(Argentina) where teachers are low paid and undervalued by people. Im not complaining , I am just telling you a real situation.they keep on trying in order to be better in their jobs. great video! congratulations!!

[@steveellwood6267]

Filipino accent too.

[@kmusic160]

now that is a teacher that deserves more pay.. not those so called teachers that complain about their pay but take no pride In their work. before any of you blast me.. my cousin is a teacher so with that being said not all teachers are unless. with everything else... there are good and bad

[@ItsDrxq]

lol. unsocial asians wasting their youth.

[@quleughy]

Yeah, how pathetic that they invest in their future so they don't end up working at McDonalds as an adult.

[@ItsDrxq]

i Rather make 50.000 a year. Than making more and knowing i wasted my youth with my books.)

[@MRayner59]

***** As opposed to being an illiterate fuckwit like you?

[@Arangggg]

***** These people are working hard academically to ensure they have a secure financial lifestyle. The two points that you just raised in order to gloat about your own accomplishments.

[@herculespoirot343]

A tsang No, these people are fucking wasting their lifes, with rote memorization education system, and Gulag-like cramming camps. All have no fucking idea about creativity, and their ''secure financial lifestyle'' will likely won't be much different. Working 8-21 in a fucking Chebol company, until they drop dead from exhaustion.

[@SEEZEE]

Around the clock with no time off. The emotional and physical strain is brutal in that culture.

[@prodigyx1089]

Seriously? Teachers here only earn about 500$ a month, and they are honestly really good teachers. Some even tell us that they would rather work abroad, and earn twice that much, however they choose to work here, in the Philippines. They say it is their duty to work here, for the welfare of our country. They're all inspirations to me.

[@AlexGerasimchuk]

in the country where average annual income is 23000$ thats insane........

[@nelsonbarrios1718]

200.000+ students and making around 500K $ a year? Doesn't make sense...

[@bendelbianco8971]

"the more numbers of students"... I could be making $5 million a year...

[@thienhuynh5706]

How about "The number of students attending my English classes are equal to how much money I can earn" ? I'm learning English by myself. Thank you!

[@susank.4945]

And there I was in Korea during this time making 2,100,000KRW / mo (Under 2KUSD) plus a 1room (Studio apt).

[@DHShin-wn4wr]

only $500k? more than $10m it's possible in Korea

[@Jejak_Pengangguran]

Pretending to be smart? No, she already Smart and genius

[@44thstusedtiresrims10]

She would be a great mom.