Stop Paying Me Per Hour – Power Overwhelming
Occasionally I am approached by parents who ask me if I am available to teach their child in olympiad math. This is flattering enough that I’ve even said yes a few times, but I’m always…
Stop Paying Me Per Hour Occasionally I am approached by parents who ask me if I am available to teach their child in olympiad math. This is flattering enough that I’ve even said yes a few times, but I’m always confused why the question is “can you tutor my child?” instead of “do you think tutoring would help, and if so, can you tutor my child?”. Here are my thoughts on the latter question. Charging by Salt I’m going to start by clearing up the big misconception which inspired the title of this post. The way tutoring works is very roughly like the following: I meet with the student once every w
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