Get debt free on very low income?

ViolaLass

I'm not sure I would want to pay someone to teach me if their highest qualification was grade 6.

crooky88

you can definitely save money on your broadband and phone line, the fact that you have a phone line already means any line/broadband provider can take over that service from BT.

Typical line rental would be about £15 and broadband services start as low as £6, so i would definitely look at some comparison sites and look to swap providers.

FinanciallyUnsavvy

ViolaLass wrote: »

I'm not sure I would want to pay someone to teach me if their highest qualification was grade 6.

I don't know, grade 6 is fairly high up the scale. It's not like you need any formal teaching qualifications to be a music tutor. For children and beginners - I think it's a great idea.

Theoretically the teacher only ever needs to be one lesson ahead of the pupil.. ha!

ViolaLass

FinanciallyUnsavvy wrote: »

I don't know, grade 6 is fairly high up the scale. It's not like you need any formal teaching qualifications to be a music tutor. For children and beginners - I think it's a great idea.

Theoretically the teacher only ever needs to be one lesson ahead of the pupil.. ha!

I agree that you don't need formal qualifications and it's not that I would require them of my teacher but I would want a level of ability and understanding of the instrument above that which grade 6 would provide. I am a musician myself so I know whereof I speak. I certainly wouldn't expect to pay someone with no teaching experience and only grade 6 anything near £20 a lesson.

Your last sentence really isn't true, you know, not for a fully-rounded and satisfying teaching experience - I've had a teacher who was not much more than that far ahead of me and I found the teaching much less interesting and inspiring than I had other lessons.

You wouldn't want a school teacher to be only one lesson ahead, after all...