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Please put a $ number on "decent" for the US.

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Private tutors normally charge $35-$100 per hour, depending on the subject being taught, background of the individual, area of country, whether the tutoring is done in-home or not, and other factors.

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Ok, I was wrong then.

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Ok, I was wrong then.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/01/nyregion/01tutor.html

You don't need to register and read the whole article above. Just read the tagline -- the dude charges $400 per hour for tutoring. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Online tutoring is cheaper ... sometimes you see that as low as 20 per hour. Most offline, private tutors are at least 35-40. Good ones are more. Subjects like math and science command more money because there are more people that need tutoring in them and less people qualified to do it.

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I teach high school

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He said low stress, though.

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I teach high school - its perfect. Lots of time off.
Summers to play full time. You could take some extra classes to get your teachers license and teach physics or math

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I have looked into this a great deal. Then I always run into teachers/former teachers who say it's unbelievably time consuming. The more I think about it, though, the less I believe them.

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Believe them.

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Intersting discussion... So how does one go about becoming a teacher? I'm in my mid 30's and currently work as a IT professional. Is mid 30's too late to consider this?

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It's never too late. Plenty of people quit their careers to become teachers. I know a man that did it when he was in his late 40s.

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So how does one go about making this switch? I assume it involves going back to school and getting some kind of a license. How long does this process take?

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It depends on the state. In NJ, for example, it is incredibly easy. I majored in engineering and was able to become employed as a math teacher without too much trouble. All I had to do was file for a "certificate of eligibility", which gave me the right to seek employment as a teacher. In order to get that you need to have 30 credits in your subject area you wish to teach. Then, I had to take a math subject area test (Praxis II), which anyone with an engineering degree could pass going in cold. After being hired, I had to attend a pointless class one night a week for the first year. After a full year of teaching, I was certified.

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Please put a $ number on "decent" for the US.

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Private tutors normally charge $35-$100 per hour, depending on the subject being taught, background of the individual, area of country, whether the tutoring is done in-home or not, and other factors.

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The difficulty with this is the initial networking required to get students to tutor.

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the dude charges $400 per hour for tutoring.

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For $400 an hour, I'd drop most other activities, including poker. A supply of suckers...err, students... willing to pay $400 an hour is IMO, very difficult or impossible to secure.

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What about a sales job? There are a number of "commission only" or salary + commission type positions selling all number if products and services. Lots of theses jobs let you operate out of a home office. Make sales calls all day and come home around 2 or 3 in the afternoon.

Usually there is paperwork, quotes, follow-up calls, etc. that you need to do when you get home but you should be able to put fit in a good amount of poker and social life in if you manage it right.

If you are smart, have a decent personality and work hard you can make a decent living in sales. If you are very talented there's a good chance can make way more in sales than in poker.

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Aint exactly low stress but there aren't many jobs that are. I have the same schedule but I'm a librarian. You need a masters degree for my sort of position but it's low stress. Hey, you could be a postal worker, I hear that's real low stress.

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I am also a librarian and dont think it is low stress. Actually most jobs are not low stress, get used to it.