Friend wants me to tutor everything leading up to Calculus...

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>So my friend needs help with math. Also is willing to pay some money, not really sure how much, mentioned probably $15.</p>

<p>I feel kinda awkward tutoring a friend. I have tutored other students before and normally charge $20/hour.</p>

<p>She really needs help with Calculus and everything before though (claims did not learn any calculus in her previous class, and forgot most of the algebra and precal from high school, now needs to learn math in preparation for college next year). Should I charge though? I mean, while I don't mind doing it for free, it'll be a lot of hours and a real commitment which I am afraid I will lose motivation halfway. But at the same time, I know it might take maybe a hundred hours over this summer to catch her up. I don't wanna make her pay $1500...</p>

<p>Any thoughts? Tutor or no tutor? Charge or no charge? If I should charge, how much? The usual $20 I charge for others or $15?</p>

<p>Normally I would be glad to tutor someone and would take the money. But seeing how the student would be a close friend, I simply do not know what to do. In the end, I feel somewhat obligated to help her.</p>

<p>As usual, I appreciate your advice.</p>

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<p>i feel like if you feel bad about it, don’t charge .</p>

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<p>Don’t do it… It’ll put too much stress on the friendship especially given the money issue. It’s so much time and a lot of material.</p>

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<p>I suppose. But she really has begged me for help. Not to be arrogant or cocky, but I think I will be patient/smart enough to teach her well. </p>

<p>In the end, I don’t mind tutoring her, and wouldn’t even mind being paid. I could use the money to fund a summer project I have ha ha, but I feel awfully guilty charging a friend.</p>

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<p>Why don’t you compromise? Charge her a half rate or something.</p>

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<p>It depends. 1-10, how attractive is she?</p>

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<p>Have your friend pay for lunch every time you tutor her</p>

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<p>What does her parents say? Sometimes the parents insist on paying because they feel grateful</p>

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<p>if it takes that long she may lose motivation before you do</p>

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<p>Forget the money, just inform her that every tutoring session is free so long as it has a “happy ending.”</p>

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<p>indeed. there may be other means of compensation :D</p>

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<p>^ and ^^</p>

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<p>No, that would be terrible. I’m leaning towards charging the 20/hour. I’d figured if she was paying the full price, both of us would be more motivated.</p>

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<p>Maybe you could do a flat rate, payable after the tutoring? That’d keep you motivated and rich. Okay, maybe not the latter. </p>

<p>Nor the former, now that I think about it.</p>

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<p>bumping this up.</p>

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<p>Well, I also don’t like to charge cash from friends, so I try to exchange services or goods or something. Your friend must have some talents, right? One of my teachers tutors and stuff for cherry pie and Oreos…Ah, or you can just have your friend provide the supplies for your project, it wouldn’t feel like taking money but you’d get compensation.</p>

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<p>My “summer project” is to buy and learn how to play the theremin. </p>

<p>The only way to buy the Moog Etherwave Standard Theremin is money.</p>

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<p>Imagine if you tutor her for 10 hours a week … 10 weeks … $20/hr … that’s $2000 … and she gets a C.</p>

<p>Bad idea</p>

<p>How much does a theremin cost btw? I figured $20 for a cheap one but I haven’t put much thought in.</p>

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<p>^ She wants to review all the math leading up to calculus because she’ll be taking it in college next year.</p>

<p>We both graduated from high school this past June.</p>

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<p>Looked around the internet and found the Theremin costs between $400 - $500.
Tell her you want to tutor her, but you also want the Theremin. Also say every hour you tutor her is an hour lost where you could of made money at a normal job.</p>

<p>Minimum wage = $8.25
Say you tutored her 50 hours. $8.25 x 50 = $412.50
Say you tutored her 100 hours. $8.25 x 100 = $825</p>

<p>Just tell her you’ll tutor her all summer as much as she needs (as long as it’s reasonable) for a flat rate of $500. That way you could get the money now so you can learn how to play the Theremin and that way she won’t have to worry about doing an extra hour here and there.</p>

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<p>^^ Well that sounds pretty pointless. Maybe she really is interested in <em>other things</em> lol</p>