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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hmm. Interesting. I'm really surprised people pay this much! I figured $20/hr maxx, since that was more than this kid is going to make doing any other job this summer. I obviously would expect to pay more if I were using a teacher or a professional tutoring company. And I still disagree with the PP about whether it's relevant that this is very basic stuff. I would, and probably will, pay more for someone to help with skills that I cannot effectively cultivate myself, like AP calculus. That is more specialized work and therefore should demand a higher price. But for addition, subtraction, multiplication tables...?

Anyway, I'd be interested to hear from other parents who use NONprofessional tutors - older kids rather than teachers or Kumon stuff. Is $30 plus gas and travel time a fair rate?[/quote]

You're missing the point. You're not looking for, or paying for, someone with special content knowledge, like physics or what have you. What you need is someone with specialized skills in teaching basic concepts to young children.  Pretty much all content taught in elementary schools is common knowledge to adults, but if it was that easy to teach it your daughter wouldn't be having any problem. If this college student has no training or experience in teaching, I agree $30 is high-- and frankly I don't know why you'd hire someone for this job if he is not qualified. If you're looking for someone with teaching experience, which I would be if I were in your position, I would expect to pay $50-60/hr. [/quote]

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