Wal Mart has taken over language academies

Well, not really. But the idea is the same. There are large franchised English language institutes in Korea and they are dominating the smaller, mom-n-pop hagwans (private academies/schools). There are ups and downs to working for both, it's just a bit sad to see the smaller ones losing so many students. Mine is family-owned and operated. The woman who owns it also teaches every day. We're losing students on a weekly basis to the larger, more commercialized ones... it's not a pretty picture :(