Aw thank you! It means a lot to me, hearing kudos for getting out, since I still get pressure from well-meaning people to get back in. But the longer I am out, the less tempting it is to hop back into a toxic industry so that I can make more money more steadily. I don’t intend to have kids or spend tons of money, so why should I be a slave to a job I don’t like?
Tutoring is very rewarding! I used to do a lot of ESL tutoring, and I still do some, but what I like best is English lit and Social Studies tutoring for high school students. I enjoy focusing on ideas more than grammar, because then you get to say things like, “Hamlet is a sexist asshole and it’s really annoying that our society mainly remembers him for his existential blah blah blah rather than for his abuses against his girlfriend (and occasionally his mom).” I am kind of allowed to say all sorts of things I wouldn’t say in a classroom :> You end up influencing the students a lot—one of my friends who tutors full-time sometimes ends up helping steer kids away from scary radicalization...
I do a lot of my tutoring online nowadays using Zoom Meetings and Google docs, which is really convenient but not as nice as in-person tutoring. Blended model of online sometimes, in-person sometimes works pretty well.
That’s really cool that you can help students on the financial end too! Your knowledge of the system will be super valuable on that front. If I ever meet any students who look like they are going to get into massive amounts of debt in the US system maybe I will ask you some questions. Or just send you a client if you want :D
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Tutoring is very rewarding! I used to do a lot of ESL tutoring, and I still do some, but what I like best is English lit and Social Studies tutoring for high school students. I enjoy focusing on ideas more than grammar, because then you get to say things like, “Hamlet is a sexist asshole and it’s really annoying that our society mainly remembers him for his existential blah blah blah rather than for his abuses against his girlfriend (and occasionally his mom).” I am kind of allowed to say all sorts of things I wouldn’t say in a classroom :> You end up influencing the students a lot—one of my friends who tutors full-time sometimes ends up helping steer kids away from scary radicalization...
I do a lot of my tutoring online nowadays using Zoom Meetings and Google docs, which is really convenient but not as nice as in-person tutoring. Blended model of online sometimes, in-person sometimes works pretty well.
That’s really cool that you can help students on the financial end too! Your knowledge of the system will be super valuable on that front. If I ever meet any students who look like they are going to get into massive amounts of debt in the US system maybe I will ask you some questions. Or just send you a client if you want :D