“It was supposed to be the beginning, something to build up on.”

Neat! Biden’s been president for four years. What’s he built upon it?

Oh, I would definitely advise not to tell one’s boss that you’re about to be their competitor. I’m fortunate enough that my boss was enough of a spacy dumbass that I genuinely don’t think he put it together that me leaving and my clients leaving were connected. For anyone planning something similar: part of a tutor’s job is to build a connection with the students and parents they’re working with, so it’s not unusual for a client to walk when their tutor isn’t available. People aren’t coming to tutoring because they love your boss.

I never paid taxes on cash, but I did on anything with a paper trail

It’s definitely still possible to make a living tutoring, but the big challenge is your working hours. Kids are in school here until 2-3 and noone wants to schedule tutoring after 7:00, which means you only can get a few students in per day. I ended up taking a part time job for the mornings and tutoring in the evenings, but if you can crack the case on midday tutoring you’d be set up. If you have somewhere in public you can meet students, that cuts down on drive time between session to fit more in, too. I always met at their house which meant 15 or so minutes of driving between appointments.

I used to work for one of those companies pre-covid. I was making $15 an hour, mostly because it was easy to have someone else schedule students for me. Then they decided that tutors would just be given a list of clients and be expected to schedule appointments on their own. Having that list was literally the only difference between just doing the whole job on my own and they just gave it to me and expected to still take a cut. I spent the next week explaining the situation to my clients and letting them know that 1) I was about to quit and 2) I would be willing to continue working with their student for significantly less than they were already paying the tutoring company. I proposed that we met halfway between my previous wage and the company’s previous rate. That’s when I found out how much they were being charged and they found out how little of that I was getting. My boss was profiting $85 for every hour I spent tutoring. Every client was shocked that I was making minimum wage when they were having trouble affording me. I didn’t feel right even charging them the ~60 that was halfway, so I offered $45.

Anyway, I ended up poaching literally every single one of my clients because it turns out most people enjoy saving $60 every week. Cushiest and easiest job I ever had. Four clients and about an hour, hour and a half of driving every day. I’d show up to a house and the SAH parent would have some snacks. I’d help the kid make it through high school, pocket what’s closer to $60 of today’s money, and leave for the next one. I went from struggling financially to saving money for the first time working less than 30 hours per week because my boss wanted me to do more of his job.

(Also if anyone is interested in tutoring, I haven’t tutored since covid but I’d be happy to answer questions for anyone that lives within driving distance of a bougie suburb that also would like to make $45/hr, not clickbait)

Literacy’s strongest warrior

taco Bell has vegan food so it’s better

Birth Month Race Science

It was a big rumor in the summer of 22 iirc. It died down a bit once kids started going back to school but it was a mainstream conservative talking point for several months

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Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime

Wrong.

The 2000s were the worst decade for movies and also the worst for music. And fashion while we’re at it. Pretty much all art in general

Love On a Leash is a romcom about a woman and her dog. It’s on youtube and I promise you won’t regret watching it

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is a cute game about piloting a spaceship together. The catch is that there are more than two stations that need to be operated so you have to coordinate running around the ship, jumping from station to station. It’s a lot less stressful than Overcooked

Death death death death death

Cuck Flinton

Boomer meme. It was immensely popular on Facebook earlier this month but they’re already pretty sick of it. It’s literally just a clip of a woman describing giving a blowjob

Only after getting pounded

Wow, less than 30 years from its invention for a majority of people on earth to be bi…