What do we all do??

mower5

mitchaa wrote: »

Tutors up my way are charging £10-£15ph, London prices, rip off central

No, just the going rate and market forces

Generali

chewmylegoff wrote: »

i'm a forensic accountant, whatever that means.

Mrs Generali wants to be a forensic accountant. I think that she thinks it means she gets to kick in doors and shout at people.

"Mrs Generali, Forensic Accountant. You have the right to a bookkeeper, you have the right to ameliorate your IT costs over 5 years........"

Seriously, she'd be interested to talk with you if you could spare some time. Please PM me if you would be prepared to talk with her.

sarah_elton

Marketing for an Asian Equities investment manager....

carolt

fc123 wrote: »

My sister paid £35 phr for an 11 plus tutor for her lad. SE London. Cash too.

Interesting.

I've both thought of doing that ie employing one for my dd, now 9, and also of sodding that, and doing it myself, and if I'm any good at it, charging other people £35/hour. It's not my area of education at all, though I did come top in English at the entrance exam for my grammar school (now frequently no.1 in the UK league tables), so I must have had a reasonable idea of what to do when I was 11, if I can remember what it was.

Can't be that difficult to teach, surely. And the advantages of getting into a good secondary school are such that many people probably feel £35/hour is cheap.

Wookster

Sorry to hear that PN - thats pretty bad practise on their part.

I'm an accountant, finished my last permanent job in October '07 when we sold the company I worked for and there obviously wasn't a job for an FD. Took some time out to travel, got back in March last year and have been consulting for a small company that's been quite acquisitive but whom the credit crunch has caught up with as regards funding for the acquisitions so I will be joining the ranks of the unemployed at the end of February.

Its a bit scary but at the same time I'll get some time to do things I want to do like a bit more kitesurfing and hopefully more physical activities.

Teacher2301

carolt wrote: »

Can't be that difficult to teach, surely. And the advantages of getting into a good secondary school are such that many people probably feel £35/hour is cheap.

Do you know how many people I've heard say this.:D ...it's a lot more demanding than 20 years ago and nothing like when we were at school. If I only got paid £35 an hour - I could retire very very early. The difference - one to one IS very easy and to charge £35 is a con (and any teacher out there knows it's true) - I used to charge £20 for an hour and that was about what I'm on now.

By the way to answer the OP - I'm also a councillor, nurse, medic, secretary, comedian, lecturer, demonstrator, salesman (have to sell a few trips sometimes), manager, accountant, scientist, driver (minibus anyone?), coach, mentor, leader and most important a friend. All qualities of most parents as well...one difference I usually have 30 pupils all at once.

SingleSue

chewmylegoff wrote: »

anyone can do it, all you need is a calculator, a personality malfunction and an "eye for detail".

Sounds like me!

Can I chuck the calculator out though, they confuse me, I still can't work percentages out on one, much quicker in my head!

Must admit it sounds like my old troubleshooting job I did as a senior import clerk, I had to look at files and spot where it had all gone wrong with the charges and then work it through.

free4440273

Dooooooooooooooonut wrote: »

I am the head of the Zimbabwe central bank

:rotfl::rotfl:You and whose Army??:rotfl::o

PasturesNew

chewmylegoff wrote: »

anyone can do it, all you need is a calculator, a personality malfunction and an "eye for detail".

They are my strong points.

misskool

carolt wrote: »

Can't be that difficult to teach, surely. And the advantages of getting into a good secondary school are such that many people probably feel £35/hour is cheap.

If it's not that difficult to teach why are there not enough teachers?

It's a big difference to teach a child a theory so that they understand and implement it than to teach them to memorise and regurgitate it verbatim to pass an exam.