<p>Whether it is 200, 2000, or 20000 hours is not very interesting. Better to emphasize actual results with actual students. We all know teachers with 40 years experience who are worth less than nothing.</p>
<p>@sorghum: Yeah. Excellent point.</p>
<p>The last time I checked, which was about 10 years ago, working teachers in this area were asking $50 hr for tutoring. (Of course, that does not include their travel and prep time.) HS students were getting $10 hr. My S made an attempt to get tutoring work in a foreign language one summer: he had state and national awards in the subject, and was then a college student. He charged $15 hr and got one student. People with teaching certificates who tutor through companies like ClubZero were only getting $20/hr, although obviously the customers were paying more.</p>
<p>I suppose he could have advertised as an SAT tutor, since like this hypothetical friend his score was 2300+, but it never occurred to him. I must say that I don’t think the ability to get high scores translates into teaching others who don’t have that ability to do the same thing. Like my S, I also got high SAT and GRE scores. But neither of us would have the faintest idea how to teach someone else to do it, especially since neither of us prepped and so were not exposed to the tricks of the trade.</p>
<p>It’s great to see the answers coming and learning about things work in America. Keep 'em coming, people!</p>
<p>Bump! 10char</p>