Yeah one on one is more expensive.
It depends on the qualification of who is giving the grind as well.
Its a nice cash job for someone if they have space to take 6 children at 40 quid per head for an hour and a half each week?
I know engineering ireland were doing free honours maths grinds in the past year or so in ballsbridge but the places would book out fairly quickly.
He also does them Mon to Fri ..evenings.
He lives at home with his parents so yes its a pretty decent amount.Though I would imagine its a short period of time where he is capable of earning this amount as the demand for grinds tends to peak around now..
I must be very naive but I thought the first post was 40Euro total for the hour and a half. Ireland is a very rich country indeed. 240 Euro cash and no tax, nice work if you can get it.
I think it's safe to assume that there are teachers up and down the country who do not declare at least most of their grinds income to Revenue as I would expect the same to occur in other businesses where cash payments are made. However, in this case, if the teacher is becomming well-known and a lot of students are passing through his doors he would, IMO, be an easier target for Revenue and would therefore be well advised to declare his income. It's still a tidy sum and fair play to him if people are freely willing to pay for this.
40e for an hour and half for a group of six seems very expensive,that would work out at 200e for an hour and half for the teacher.
Now, who caused all this Points Mayhem? Answer:- Look in the mirror. We can talk about tax avoidence, insurance of classroom-in-the-garage 'til the cows come home. But, we have created the monster. Therefore, we must live with the situation unless of course we all learn collective cop-on, which won't happen.
The Leaving Cert. is all about points; not about preparing our kids for their role in society or education or anything else. Let me reiterate points are all that matters unless you know somehow your loved one can enter the desired 3rd Level course without the amount of points needed.
Looking forward to hearing your suggestions for the alternative to points?
I would have thought that its the job of the parents to prepare their kids for a role in society..or does the school take the blame/credit for this?
In the main ,those that work hard in school,get the rewards,so they then can choose for themselves how they want to live their lives,be that on a dole,flipping burgers or doing medicine,its all about giving them a choice.
So what do you think a parent should do when their child is struggling to even pass a subject? In a case where they want to do something they are passionate about,even for catering college you need to just pass the subjects.Enter the Grinds Teacher - can be a great Points Getter with cramming courses, one-to-one tuition, exam tips, paragraph layout pointers etc. If the place in the Points Race is achieved by the student, nothing else matters. It is a short-term pay-for-points strategy.
Unless of course you feel that anyone is capable of doing a job,medicine, pharmacy,law, etc etc ,I wouldn't like it,if my child was finding it difficult to pass a subject and was then in college trying to cope with all the learning involved,how would they manage that?
Now, who caused all this Points Mayhem? Answer:- Look in the mirror. We can talk about tax avoidence, insurance of classroom-in-the-garage 'til the cows come home. But, we have created the monster. Therefore, we must live with the situation unless of course we all learn collective cop-on, which won't happen.
I have to laugh..I mean what parent could possibly be so abusive to their child to want them to well..whatever that "well" is.
You are forgetting that many parents who send their kids to grinds ,are parents of kids who are struggling to learn..the child may want /need to just pass the subjects,its not all about who gets into medicine ..
So lets say we drop the points system..what then..oh wait,there needs to be some way of determining who can do /is capable of taking on a college course so in comes another system..
Either way there will be some way to determine this,the alternative is to allow every child to go into the course of their choice,end up not being able for it,and costing the tax payer a fortune.Or we dumb down all third level courses so everyone is then capable of passing them..
Lets hear your suggestions..
And I always recall my father saying, "The harder I work,the luckier I get"..
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