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delacosta · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 325 Location: zipolte beach

Hey, I never said that I've ever charged or made 500 an hour, that's just what it would take to get me out of the hammock.

The first few years here I thought the split shift thing was kinda cool, you know take a nice slooow lunch, relax in the hammock, siestas, afternoon delights, etc.

But the last few it's been nothing but a pain in the a s s. Now i realise that I'm esentially tied down to my job for 12 hours a day, including the travel time. But the worst of it is that the students simply are not capable of learning a language in the later hours, especially after having already put in a full day inthe morning. The other departments have come to realise that the 4 pm class is impossible to teach and learn in. It's blistering hot, everyone's just eaten and/or woke up from a siesta and NOBODY, prof or student wants to be sitting in a sweltering classroom. So of course that's when we get to teach English!.

I liken it to teaching fish how to walk on land.

Ben Round de Bloc · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1946

MELEE · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 2:19 pm Post subject:

I still prefer to think of it as a 2 hour lunch. (which is what it is...)
I do 9-2, 4-7.

The last privates I did about 2 years ago, was a group of kids. They paid 25 pesos each, there were 8 kids, so I pocketed 200 pesos an hour. I was doing this as a favor to the Mexican professors at my university, all of the kids were their children. We met 3 times a week, so I made more than double my rent in a month.

I've done some freelance work for publishers in which I got 425 an hour. Since then I've quoted that price for privates, and no one has accepted.

There are two "civilians" in town. (untrained English teachers) who work doing odd hours at several different prepas and secundarias, they charge 100 an hour for privates, I usually point perspective students their way.

Samantha · Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 2038 Location: Mexican Riviera

The rate I am currently charging is $100 pesos per hour with 1.5 hrs being the minimum. I travel to the classes which helps eliminate the no-show factor. If I arrive for the class and my student has slept in or forgotten to cancel I still get paid, something I prearranged. It is much easier to budget this way.