started a summer tutoring class, which brought me great trouble. From then on, I never held a tutoring class again.
I remember it was the summer vacation of 2006. My son was six years old and was going to school in September. I thought why not take advantage of the summer vacation to tutor my son so that he can adapt to school life after he enters school.
Anyway, herding a sheep is also herding, and herding a group of sheep is also herding, so we planned to hold a summer tutoring class so that my son would have company to study with, which would help stimulate his interest in learning.
's enrollment was very smooth, and no one was in charge at that time. I only tutored the children of my neighbors. When the parents of several of my students found out about it, they also came to beg me to help tutor their children. They couldn't save their face, so they accepted the offer. There are students from six to twelve years old, in all grades, with a total of 17 children. The
course arrangement is to provide pre-entry tutoring for children who have not yet entered school, so that they can adapt to the study life of first grade as soon as possible after entering school. Other primary school students who are already studying will only be provided with holiday homework tutoring, and they will complete the homework by themselves. If they do not understand, ask questions. I.
I also made arrangements for my work and rest time. At 9:00 in the morning, the children go to school after breakfast, have lunch at my house, and finish school at 4:00 in the afternoon.
The house at home is quite spacious, and the yard is also large. I have prepared blackboards, chalks, basketballs and other teaching supplies in advance.
My wife and I also divided our responsibilities. She was responsible for pre-school education, and I was responsible for homework guidance and lunch arrangements for primary school students.
Tutoring classes officially started after the school holiday. My wife and I are both teachers with more than ten years of teaching experience, and we are very good at tutoring. I give the children delicious food in different ways at noon. The children are happy, the learning effect is very good, and the parents are full of praise.
Then trouble came that I didn’t expect. My friends guessed it right, it was the fee issue. Because they were the children of the neighbors and my students, I didn’t mention the fee issue when I enrolled, and the parents also trusted me. Just send me here with peace of mind. About a week after the
tutoring class started, parents came to ask me how to charge for tuition and food. My answer is that there is no charge, not even for food. This was beyond the parents' expectations. According to the market price at that time, 300 yuan for a summer vacation was already very low. For 17 students, I could charge at least 5,100 yuan in tuition, not counting food expenses. My salary at that time was only a few hundred yuan, but I knew that my original intention was " serves the people and ". My answer was resolute and I would not charge any fees.
The real trouble came. Since I didn't charge any fees, my parents felt bad about it. As a result, my parents specially arranged to treat me to dinner every afternoon. I drank at that time and came home drunk every night, even if I couldn't refuse. , my parents also wanted to drag me there. Until the school started and the remedial classes were dismissed, there were still parents who took her to dinner.
I attended too many dinner parties and was really tired. I had no energy for the start of school. I thought that if there was a charge, I would be sorry for the neighbors. If there was no charge, I really wouldn’t have the energy to attend the dinner. My original intention was to serve them free of charge, but the trouble it caused was something I never expected.
Until the winter vacation was about to begin, more parents came to ask me about holding holiday tutoring classes. I declined all of them on the grounds that our teachers needed training during the winter vacation!
Of course, troubles are troubles. I have also set a precedent for not charging for tutoring classes. People can't focus on money, they have to have some feelings. Looking at the tutoring classes everywhere now, I sneer at the ones that charge extremely high and arbitrary fees. I'm free and I'm proud!
Friends, it’s so hard to be a human being! What do you think?
