Anonymous
07/05/2025 22:23
Subject: How much would you pay a high school junior to tutor your kid?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ispukdnt use a young high school student who wasn’t past calc bc. We pay $18 for an online tutor with college math degree.
Like I said - she already took calculus.
$18 for online for what time period? 30 mins? Is it group or individual?
Individual online for 50 minutes with someone with a math college degree. No way would I pay for a high school student.
I’m shocked that someone with a math degree would only charge $18/50 minutes. Are you sure they are doing a good job? Have you seen improvement?
I think a smart high school student is fine. I would charge $15/30 minutes.
They aren’t in the us. Yes, they are fantastic and great improvement as the teacher wasn’t great. Yes, I see everything as it’s online. Better than a teen.
Anonymous
07/05/2025 22:22
Subject: How much would you pay a high school junior to tutor your kid?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:$30 per hour cash
I would pay this IF:
She reads up on peer tutoring and prepares.
She is extremely prompt and reliable. Text confirmation on day of appointment, etc.
She has the maturity to guide the student, so that the student does the work with their own hand. She shouldn’t just hold the pencil and show them. The learning needs to be done and internalized by the student.
She stays on task and demonstrates professionalism.
As a parent, I would encourage a young adult to bring their A game, know their worth, and begin to set their professional standards. If she plays her cards right, there is some learning for her as well in this process.
And never accept a lowball offer. Neither party will be happy.
What’s their worth as a tutor? This is hard to gauge now, in my view $20 is a reasonable price. Someone with more experience knows the common pitfalls, connections with other parts of mathematics, and can gauge if the student is really understanding the material etc.
A good tutor with a degree in Math for something like Calculus is about $80-100 an hour. I know it’s not 5 times better than a good student, but I’d rather pay the hundred and save me and my kid time.
For algebra start with $20 and if she has more kids than she can handle, increase the rate.
We pay $18 an hour for a college math degree.
Anonymous
07/05/2025 22:21
Subject: How much would you pay a high school junior to tutor your kid?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ispukdnt use a young high school student who wasn’t past calc bc. We pay $18 for an online tutor with college math degree.
Like I said - she already took calculus.
$18 for online for what time period? 30 mins? Is it group or individual?
Individual online for 50 minutes with someone with a math college degree. No way would I pay for a high school student.
So you wouldn’t pay for a high school student who wasn’t past calc. OP confirmed she’s past calc and you then move the bench post. Ok
No, but my sophomore took calc bc so they are no more advanced than mine. I want an experienced adult.
Ah, so you changed your mind since your first post an hour or so ago. Ok, got it.
No, I would not use a teen.
Anonymous
07/05/2025 22:21
Subject: How much would you pay a high school junior to tutor your kid?
In person 30, online 20. I would view it as probationary bc regardless of how good she is at math it’s a different skill yo be a math tutor (particularly to someone relatively close in age) and it’s completely different to be a volunteer vs paid.
Anonymous
07/05/2025 22:16
Subject: How much would you pay a high school junior to tutor your kid?
Anonymous wrote:$30 per hour cash
I would pay this IF:
She reads up on peer tutoring and prepares.
She is extremely prompt and reliable. Text confirmation on day of appointment, etc.
She has the maturity to guide the student, so that the student does the work with their own hand. She shouldn’t just hold the pencil and show them. The learning needs to be done and internalized by the student.
She stays on task and demonstrates professionalism.
As a parent, I would encourage a young adult to bring their A game, know their worth, and begin to set their professional standards. If she plays her cards right, there is some learning for her as well in this process.
And never accept a lowball offer. Neither party will be happy.
What’s their worth as a tutor? This is hard to gauge now, in my view $20 is a reasonable price. Someone with more experience knows the common pitfalls, connections with other parts of mathematics, and can gauge if the student is really understanding the material etc.
A good tutor with a degree in Math for something like Calculus is about $80-100 an hour. I know it’s not 5 times better than a good student, but I’d rather pay the hundred and save me and my kid time.
For algebra start with $20 and if she has more kids than she can handle, increase the rate.
Anonymous
07/05/2025 21:44
Subject: How much would you pay a high school junior to tutor your kid?
$30 per hour cash
I would pay this IF:
She reads up on peer tutoring and prepares.
She is extremely prompt and reliable. Text confirmation on day of appointment, etc.
She has the maturity to guide the student, so that the student does the work with their own hand. She shouldn’t just hold the pencil and show them. The learning needs to be done and internalized by the student.
She stays on task and demonstrates professionalism.
As a parent, I would encourage a young adult to bring their A game, know their worth, and begin to set their professional standards. If she plays her cards right, there is some learning for her as well in this process.
And never accept a lowball offer. Neither party will be happy.
I would pay this IF:
She reads up on peer tutoring and prepares.
She is extremely prompt and reliable. Text confirmation on day of appointment, etc.
She has the maturity to guide the student, so that the student does the work with their own hand. She shouldn’t just hold the pencil and show them. The learning needs to be done and internalized by the student.
She stays on task and demonstrates professionalism.
As a parent, I would encourage a young adult to bring their A game, know their worth, and begin to set their professional standards. If she plays her cards right, there is some learning for her as well in this process.
And never accept a lowball offer. Neither party will be happy.
Anonymous
07/05/2025 19:51
Subject: How much would you pay a high school junior to tutor your kid?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ispukdnt use a young high school student who wasn’t past calc bc. We pay $18 for an online tutor with college math degree.
Like I said - she already took calculus.
$18 for online for what time period? 30 mins? Is it group or individual?
Individual online for 50 minutes with someone with a math college degree. No way would I pay for a high school student.
So you wouldn’t pay for a high school student who wasn’t past calc. OP confirmed she’s past calc and you then move the bench post. Ok
No, but my sophomore took calc bc so they are no more advanced than mine. I want an experienced adult.
Ah, so you changed your mind since your first post an hour or so ago. Ok, got it.
Anonymous
07/05/2025 19:44
Subject: How much would you pay a high school junior to tutor your kid?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ispukdnt use a young high school student who wasn’t past calc bc. We pay $18 for an online tutor with college math degree.
Like I said - she already took calculus.
$18 for online for what time period? 30 mins? Is it group or individual?
Individual online for 50 minutes with someone with a math college degree. No way would I pay for a high school student.
So you wouldn’t pay for a high school student who wasn’t past calc. OP confirmed she’s past calc and you then move the bench post. Ok
No, but my sophomore took calc bc so they are no more advanced than mine. I want an experienced adult.
This is not a pissing contest about whose kid is more advanced in math. A kid that did well in Calculus AB or BC can tutor Algebra. Although I agree an experienced teaches would be more effective.
Anonymous
07/05/2025 19:42
Subject: How much would you pay a high school junior to tutor your kid?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Instead of $20 per hour, makes more sense to volunteer.
Did you read the OP?
Yes, but if she wants to make money, taking a job makes more sense. It’s better to keep tutoring as a volunteer activity. Unless she wants to teach a bunch of kids weekly, which would take a lot of her time.
Also being good at math is not the same as being good at teaching math. She’ll know from her customers if she’s doing a good job, but if the main motivation is money, I’d do something else.
Anonymous
07/05/2025 18:31
Subject: How much would you pay a high school junior to tutor your kid?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ispukdnt use a young high school student who wasn’t past calc bc. We pay $18 for an online tutor with college math degree.
Like I said - she already took calculus.
$18 for online for what time period? 30 mins? Is it group or individual?
Individual online for 50 minutes with someone with a math college degree. No way would I pay for a high school student.
So you wouldn’t pay for a high school student who wasn’t past calc. OP confirmed she’s past calc and you then move the bench post. Ok
No, but my sophomore took calc bc so they are no more advanced than mine. I want an experienced adult.
Anonymous
07/05/2025 18:29
Subject: How much would you pay a high school junior to tutor your kid?
$25-30? My college kid tutors upper-level math (calculus) and gets paid $40/hr.
Anonymous
07/05/2025 18:09
Subject: How much would you pay a high school junior to tutor your kid?
Anonymous wrote:Instead of $20 per hour, makes more sense to volunteer.
Did you read the OP?
Anonymous
07/05/2025 18:09
Subject: How much would you pay a high school junior to tutor your kid?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ispukdnt use a young high school student who wasn’t past calc bc. We pay $18 for an online tutor with college math degree.
Like I said - she already took calculus.
$18 for online for what time period? 30 mins? Is it group or individual?
Individual online for 50 minutes with someone with a math college degree. No way would I pay for a high school student.
So you wouldn’t pay for a high school student who wasn’t past calc. OP confirmed she’s past calc and you then move the bench post. Ok
Anonymous
07/05/2025 18:07
Subject: How much would you pay a high school junior to tutor your kid?
Instead of $20 per hour, makes more sense to volunteer.
Anonymous
07/05/2025 18:07
Subject: How much would you pay a high school junior to tutor your kid?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ispukdnt use a young high school student who wasn’t past calc bc. We pay $18 for an online tutor with college math degree.
Like I said - she already took calculus.
$18 for online for what time period? 30 mins? Is it group or individual?
Individual online for 50 minutes with someone with a math college degree. No way would I pay for a high school student.
I’m shocked that someone with a math degree would only charge $18/50 minutes. Are you sure they are doing a good job? Have you seen improvement?
I think a smart high school student is fine. I would charge $15/30 minutes.
Agree. Something is off there.