13th February 2012 9:00
By Blue Tutors
An article in the Telegraph recently interviewed a tutor trying to shy away from the brand of ‘super tutor’ which he has been given after being offer £1,000 for his services. That figure has only been mentioned once, when a family in Saudi Arabia needed last minute help for their son who was taking the Eton entrance exam. However, the tutor has more regularly been paid £300 an hour by the rich and famous around the globe.
This tutor was working in a DIY store when a customer complemented him on his explanations and suggested that he could earn £25 an hour through private tuition. He was studying for his masters at Kings College London at the time, and realised that tutoring could prove to be much more fruitful than a part-time job while he was studying. It started with one student, and quickly turned into more through word of mouth, which is now how every student finds out about him.
The tutor’s assignments have taken him to all the corners of the world, often at great expense because a student needs urgent help. The strange thing is that he doesn’t always know who his clients or students are, such is the importance, and therefore secrecy, with which the families treat their appointments.
There was a swipe in the article at other tutors who happily embrace the fame they receive as a result of highly paid lessons for rich families. He says that it’s not rare for these families to contact him after being disappointed with lessons given by another tutor; it’s clear that ‘super tutor’ fees are no guarantee of success.