Jason Cormier <fjlij@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<BB38C820.539B6%fjlij@hotmail.com>...
> On 7/12/03 8:56, in article 73fde4f0.0307120456.4f33d9bb@posting.google.com,
> "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> >>> Personally I loved the later schedule of eikaiwas. For one thing, you
> >>> can do part time stuff in the morning,
> >> 
> >> The vast majority of part time hours are available at times conflicting with
> >> eikaiwa teaching hours.
> >> 
> > I was thinking of non-teaching stuff, or daycares.
> 
> Non-teaching stuff? What kind of part-time, non-teaching work is your
> average eikaiwa teacher going to find?

I was an associate editor at a magazine. In addition to the things
that Ed mentioned, there's also freelance writing, consulting work
(writing/editing, mostly; knew several people that did this), etc.
Also, tons of people will do lessons in the mornings, particularly
housewives and their kids, in case you want to teach.

I think Eikaiwa teachers get a pretty bad rap a lot of the time.
Certainly the job isn't that great and doesn't require a high degree
of skill, but that really depends on the position in question; most of
my classes were very challenging and I put a great deal of effort into
them (even though I felt sometimes it was wasted). But that doesn't
mean the people doing that job are incapable of doing anything else.

John W.