tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post331447822708772161..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Friday Thirsty for the Downsized and/or Underemployed (i.e. Adjuncts)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65100064158291906252011-12-24T19:57:07.659-05:002011-12-24T19:57:07.659-05:00I have a friend who tutored the children of a VERY...I have a friend who tutored the children of a VERY wealthy North Jerseyite for $100/hr. Sometimes they invited him to dinner, prepared of course by their personal chef, and continued to pay him $100/hr while he ate.<br /><br />Another friend tutors at a wealthy private high school, where apparently the going rate is $75/hr. I'm told, though, that the real money is in SAT prep tutoring, Ruby from Richmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02756121084410280787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46177819630038362222011-12-23T18:00:46.426-05:002011-12-23T18:00:46.426-05:00I'm not looking at the moment, but for the int...I'm not looking at the moment, but for the introverted and/or schedule- or transportation-challenged among us, writing questions for standardized tests is another fairly lucrative option (more lucrative, I believe, than scoring them, which is yet another option). Some may have qualms about joining the testing-industrial complex, but I was fairly comfortable with what I did: writing reading Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18867772017990945422011-12-23T13:29:03.953-05:002011-12-23T13:29:03.953-05:00I've found under the table tutoring jobs on cr...I've found under the table tutoring jobs on craigslist. Usually I get HS students that are about 1000xs better than my college students and I can't believe their parents are paying 80-100$/hr for me to point at stuff they seem to already know.Professor Tergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02812511871444250781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64507013761454732582011-12-23T13:21:59.908-05:002011-12-23T13:21:59.908-05:00depending on where you live, you might find ambiti...depending on where you live, you might find ambitious parents dreaming of sending Bubba and Sissy to Big Time U ready to pay good money for help drafting and revising application letters.TubaPlayingProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06524484569241433720noreply@blogger.com