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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]

I don't really understand what your goal is. Your child is struggling with third grade math, so you are going to hire a college student who doesn't have prior teaching or tutoring experience to teach her the basics. I'm assuming you know basic calculation yourself. Why would a college student be better at the basics than you? If you are looking for someone to get at her underlying problem, assess her deficits, and work with her strengths, then you need to pay for that sort of specialized work which would involve paying a good, experienced tutor or teacher more than $30.

If you are looking to check the box and say you hired a tutor this summer, then $30 plus travel time is on the more expensive end. I've tutored basic reading for a first grader and I charged $40 (mostly because this is a poor neighborhood). High school chemistry, physics, or advanced math were closer to $75 an hour in other parts of DC (seven years ago). [/quote]

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