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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always do it when asked because I would feel bitchy saying no, but I have to admit. I really resent it. That is my personal time, that I don’t get paid for and takes time away from my family. Plus I have hours and hours of work to do after school just to do the basics of my job. No one would dream of asking their attorney or accountant to stay after work and work with them for free. It’s really unfair for you to put teachers in that awkward place of either having to work for free and feel resentful, or feel bad for saying no. [/quote]

You should not feel at all guilty about saying no. [b]"Sorry, I don't do tutoring in my personal time[/b], but here's a list of tutors in your area that I've heard other students using. You'd have to ask them for their current rates."[/quote]

Ok, so technically they don’t ask me to “tutor”. That’s my word. They will ask if Johnny could stay after school one day and get help. I would feel bad for saying no, but honestly after school I am making copies, emailing parents, doing so many other things. It just seems rather presumptuous that parents would expect it,  yet it seems to be a common expectation. In our society. And I have heard people criticize teachers who “don’t want to stay after and help out kids”. Yes, I care about kids and want them to do well, but to put it bluntly. Not at the expense of my own (very little) personal time. [/quote]

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