I really don’t know when I started to lose the joy in tutoring kids. I used to have so much fun doing it. Then slowly but surely it became a necessary evil. But now, it’s just torture. Half (or is it all?) of my kids don’t care, and the other half (or is it all?) of them dislike me. For the most part, these are pretty bright kids. Some are even exceptionally bright. But I think for the most part they do have some form of learning disability (heh), and are on some form of medication. The medication no doubt affects them. However, I think kids are really using it as an excuse to not do work – or worse yet – to have me do work for them.
Sometimes the kid just want some help to drag their grade up – by their own effort or otherwise. Some just ended up using me as a crutch.
To be honest, sometimes I rather it worked out that way – doing the work for them and having the kids shut up is often the easy way out. It’s unethical, but it is pretty decent money, and it’s pretty easy money. I can do most of this stuff in my sleep, and I get my kids’ grades to rise, which ultimately pleases the parents. But sometimes it pisses me off how little they care. Maybe I should charge more money.
I just need a different gig – or maybe just different kids.
