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[i]Oh, dear $25/hour?  Are you sure you're buying the very best for your DC?[/i]  In the modest spirit of your post and with all due respect and candor, I ask because [i]my DC, a college student who was never tutored himself, but somehow managed to gain acceptance to a top 5 university, gets paid $40-$50/hour to tutor[/i].  He likes the kids he works with and enjoys spending time with them, even though they're under terrrible stress due to parental pressure to get straight A's.  The bennie for us is that it makes him appreciate the fact that we let him have a happy childhood free of the pressure to be perfect.                   [/quote]

In the spirit of one-upmanship and sarcasm so winningly demonstrated by your post, I counter with this response.  The college student set the rate, and we accepted their offer.  Are they a good enough tutor?  The proof of the pudding is in the eating -- so yes.  (As an aside, make a list for yourself of what you would consider to be the top 5 U.S. universities for mathematics. engineering, technology, science, and research in those areas.  The tutor is a student at one of those.)

This last bit is actually not sarcastic.  Congratulations to you on raising a DC who is intelligent (top 5 university), industrious (they tutor), gifted and hard-working (he never needed a tutor).  As a parent I recognize that is a great accomplishment which had a lot to do with the love, support, education, and example your provided for him.

I do hope that you will not harshly judge those of us who support our children with the help of tutoring, though.  DC requested the help so that they could better understand their work, and [i]it has actually made their life much less stressful[/i], not more so.  DC is very proud of what they have been able to learn and accomplish.[/quote]

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