rate per page? (college tutoring)

[Ksandra]

I just mark every correction I do in red and any comments I make in green lol. That way it stands out.

I wouldn't recommend underlining actually, just because things might actually need to be underlined in the paper. The colors are easy because she can turn it all to black once she's done reviewing it. Of course, everyone has their own methods so as long as the student understands your system it really doesn't matter too much.

I try to make it stand out, though, because outside of...two? students, all of my tutoring has been for ELL, and I want to emphasize not just me fixing their shit, but having them improve their writing as well. I will even make comments explaining certain errors if I notice they repeat it constantly.

[solanis]

Don't you see that she wants to make money, but also doesn't have time for this shit?

if her tutoring is even half as bad as her logic, I feel bad for the girl with the paper.

[Pirian]

if her tutoring is even half as bad as her logic, I feel bad for the girl with the paper.

That's not the point, though. The point is that this isn't a friend, it's a student that she use to tutor. I could see doing what you suggested for a friend (doing this one for free with the understanding that it will not be free in the future), but because it is someone that she's only had interactions with while being paid, I see no reason to not charge her. As a one Jew to another, I'm surprised by your response, Solanis

[solanis]

it's all about creating business relationships worth your while pirian ;P if she wants the extra money in a real way, the free 3 pages is a quick and easy way to whet the girl's appetite for editing in the future while making the pricing model very clear up front. if she doesn't want to edit papers beyond this one, a big markup on the price will either get her extra money for the job and set a high price point for the future, or the student will decline and then she's out of her hair. still, I feel uncomfortable suggesting that the girl gets help from somebody with a tenuous grasp of logic and the english language, so I think the best option really is to encourage her to use her university's resources.

[Aksannyi]

Because everybody who types on an internet forum types exactly the way they would for a college-level paper.

[Zetanio]

Because everybody who types on an internet forum types exactly the way they would for a college-level paper.

I find it's a decent indicator. I don't think anything negative of Ksandra, just an outside observation.

[Pirian]

it's all about creating business relationships worth your while pirian ;P if she wants the extra money in a real way, the free 3 pages is a quick and easy way to whet the girl's appetite for editing in the future while making the pricing model very clear up front. if she doesn't want to edit papers beyond this one, a big markup on the price will either get her extra money for the job and set a high price point for the future, or the student will decline and then she's out of her hair. still, I feel uncomfortable suggesting that the girl gets help from somebody with a tenuous grasp of logic and the english language, so I think the best option really is to encourage her to use her university's resources.

From what I understand, the relationship is already built. The OP mentioned that they had tutored this person for 3 years. That's a very long time to tutor someone, so clearly this person is already comfortable with the idea of paying the OP for their time spent helping them with academic work, and the OP is probably comfortable enough with this person as a client to tell the person "no" outright.

Honestly, it doesn't take me that long to edit, lol. Shit, for $10 a page I would edit papers. I can easily do 6-10 pages in an hour (that's going with a fine-tooth comb and not just doing grammatical errors, but restructuring, too). I edited all my girlfriends papers last semester and she didn't get below a 95 on any of them (her final grade being something like a 98, where the grade was taken directly from the 6 essays and 2 research papers), from a professor that said that he graded "tough", and also said for one of the papers, her's was the first A's he's ever given on that particular assignment. I'm not trying to pat myself on the back ...no, wait, yes I am.

Edit: Oh, also I try and stay consistent with how I type. Makes it much easier/faster/accurate for when I am typing something that matters. It's not like I still don't make errors, but that's why you don't turn in the first draft, lol.

[Silenka]

A lot of people who think they have great grammar actually don't.

[Milks]

A lot of people who think they have great grammar actually don't.

am i being whooshed?

[Ksandra]

Because everybody who types on an internet forum types exactly the way they would for a college-level paper.

^

I find it's a decent indicator. I don't think anything negative of Ksandra, just an outside observation.

I do agree with this as well, however, there is a huge difference between typign lyke dis versus making mistakes now and then. I fully admit, I am completely lazy when it comes to going over my posts before posting on forums. To me, however, that's just simply because I am usually playing games while posting (BG really is my loading screen time-waster) and honestly feel no reason to give a fuck. When I'm getting paid to look over someone's work or doing professional work for myself you can bet your ass all focus is on that and I take my time making sure every detail is right. Which is what I think Aks was getting at.

With that being said, I wouldn't take anything sol says seriously, this is more about them having a bee in their underwear because they know I think they are a total fuckwit and is trying to take cheap shots at me without knowing dick.

[Greatguardian]

Do you normally tutor at the college level? I was under the impression that it was mostly high school stuff.

Once you start charging for services to university students, your tangible qualifications become a really big deal and will affect the sort of prices you will be able to charge. College is the big leagues. Paying money necessitates results. Getting a refund afterwards if the work/correction is shoddy won't always be enough as said shoddy work will have a real effect on the student's grade.

You can't really ask BG for a price guide unless we know what exactly your students are going to be paying for. Tutoring experience on its own does not really count for jack in this case. My sister is a middle school teacher with lots of high school tutoring experience and there's no way in hell I'd let her edit any of my papers.

[Darus Grey]

I find it's a decent indicator. I don't think anything negative of Ksandra, just an outside observation.

Dr. Volker
123 Fake Street
Buffalo, NY

Salutations,

I disagree.

Regards,
Dr. Volker


People treat internet forums the same way as they do casual speech conversations IRL. "Rules"(LOL) do not apply, people do not actually type in forums how they would in a professional environment. Even my speech, which tends to be very high register, is comparatively casual to my professional work. Just from my own observation, how you type in a forum correlates very poorly with your ability to write outside it.

You didn't say it, but others kinda did, but writing also doesn't correlate to intelligence either, only to your ability to "sound" intelligent.

I'm actually stupid as fuck, fact.

[Zetanio]

no bro. jus no.

[Darus Grey]

no bro. jus no.

I got no come back to this, fuck.

[Zetanio]

I got no come back to this, fuck.

Will you pay me to rewrite papers for you now?

[Darus Grey]

Will you pay me to rewrite papers for you now?

I'll give you $3.50 to write my second dissertation for me.

You've earned it.

[Zetanio]

Tree fiddy? SAWEET.

[Pirian]

Tree fiddy? SAWEET.

It was about that time I noticed Zetanio was about 8 stories tall and was a crustacean from the mesozoic era.

[Zetanio]

I love you.