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Re: Why More Students Rely on Tutors
Posted:
Oct 7, 2010 5:23 PM
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Robert Hansen wrote:
http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=7233690
> Dave wrote
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> " That sounds astronomically high...."
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> It did seem high when I wrote it (which is why I added
> "if I remember") and I even looked back at that salary
> index table I referred to in Paul's thread. If the rate
> was 15 an hour in 1978 then it would around 45 an hour
> today based on "average" salaries today being 3x what
> they were in 1978.
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> At the time, the GI bill provided x number of hours of
> tutoring, and my tutorees, all 2 of them, were referred
> to me by the instructor (who knew me because I hung out
> a lot in the astronomy section). I could be wrong on that
> figure (of 15) but 45 an hour today does not seem astronomical
> for tutoring, although that would be high if you had a full
> schedule and managed to charge 2000 hours a year.
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> Looking at the rate range of (individual) tutors today (30 - 50),
> I would say that it is possible I was making 10 an hour
> (but no less). For some reason 15 sticks in my head.
Humm...I agree, $45 an hour is not astronomically high.
I wonder if tutoring rates have risen faster than inflation?
On the other hand, $45 (or even $30) per hour now is quite
high for a high school student, so you definitely had a
good deal back then.
Dave L. Renfro
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