I’m a private tutor to the offspring of the wealthy and famous

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AMA

@dworky

A tutor who doesn't know the difference between their & they're? No questions.

@dworky what are you talking about?

@dworky can’t see any mistakes, what are you referring to?

@Favouritistfavourite can we have any dirt please? Any stories you can tell? Any gossip? Sorry, I’m that guy!

Do you have to sign non disclosure agreements?

[quote AntiFlag]@dworky can’t see any mistakes, what are you referring to?[/quote]
OPs post at 9.55am - “they’re own choice”

@Polmuggle @AntiFlag She’s referring to when I wrote they’re instead of their, well my phone did and no edit function here. That obviously implies I don’t know the difference between They’re and their.

I wrote ‘They’re’ own choice, instead of ‘Their’ own choice. Shockingly, my phone often does this! 🙄

@ceeveebee Never been asked anything like that, but have been asked before by the company who put me forward for a particular family, to please act natural and to not make them feel awkward 😬made me feel a hell of a lot more awkward 🤣but had to remember at the end of the day, they’re just people.

@AntiFlag 😅 I do, not massively juicy though, I’m afraid!
One mum I was very excited to meet and work for was the opposite of what I expected her to be like and not a nice person at all. I was asked to work for them the following holiday, but passed it on to a friend of mine.
Generally, the ones with a lot of money, are the nicest and most down to earth, but also often so messy 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣

My phone still can’t spell my sons name

Have the children generally been good mannered, or have you been treated like staff?

Tutoring from 3 - 13 years. That's a really wide age range OP. I guess you do not need to be particularly specialist. Apologies if I have missed this from your posts when I ask - are you from a primary teaching background and which degree do you hold?

@PaulGallico I’m Early years trained and have over twenty years experience teaching early years and primary up to year 6. My personal limit is up to 13, although I’ve been asked to teach older students.

@crumpet Nearly all the children have been so well mannered, very sociable and able to converse with adults and children alike. I notice a distinct difference between these children and other children I’ve taught. They’re just so much more confident and interested in everything, always very chatty too. With the exception of a couple of children, they’ve all been very lovely.

Sorry to keep asking (a career question for my DD not just being curious) what degree do you hold?

Oh, I thought you were a Tutor paid £200k to fly around the world with a family. I always wonder who does those jobs.

Your tutoring sounds pretty much like most Uk tutoring but in the sun? Affluent parents engaging someone to cram their children? (here 11+ , 7+ or 13+).

@PaulGallico No worries! I have a degree in Early childhood studies, pgce and MA in early childhood studies

@MauveMagnolia I so wish! I actually did consider applying for those types of jobs if dd hadn’t come along. So many adverts for ‘Governess’ positions, involving teaching/nannying around the world, I would have loved that actually.

You’re completely right, it’s if they struggle in certain areas, or just to keep them going over the summer holidays etc. Really is normal tutoring, but in the sun, they just happen to be very wealthy and some of them are well know in the public eye.

Omg I'm so jealous of your job. I bet you don't come from a deprived background. you had a stable childhood? Bah. You are not allowed to enjoy your job or be proud of any achievements. Privileged scum. Hahaha

So question: what would you say is important for a 3 year old to learn.

@Bramblecrumble I know! I just come from a very average background, definitely not as well to do as many on here, I was in the right place at the right time. It would be the perfect job if it was year round and full time, then I’d have more money 🤣as it stands, it doesn’t bring in that much cash unless it’s over the peak months of July and August.

3 year olds? I have one myself 😅all about learning through play, lots of talking, lots of reading books, exploring etc, they’re so receptive at this age 🥰but also, exhausting!

@crumpet

People are being really snippy on this thread. It’s only an AMA, and sometimes the glimpses into other people’s lives is quite interesting. Not sure why it’s an issue for some…

Agree totally.

Funny how some AMAs just go down badly. I guess it's because this one started somewhere other than AMA?

In the nicest possible way, OP, why you? You have considerable teaching experience, sure, and are adequately qualified, but the people I knew who used to tutor the children of the ultra-wealthy were almost all recent graduates with Oxford Firsts. I did a film set tutoring myself one summer during my PhD.

@Wonderbox Oh, I’ve no idea, it hasn’t been that way from my experience. I tutored for one family, who knew others and recommended me and it went from there. I believe being a good teacher isn’t necessarily dependant on having a first from Oxford. Many people are highly qualified, but sadly, not great teachers.

I’m not suggesting an Oxford First has any impact on someone’s efficacy as a teacher, only that in my experience, extremely wealthy families hiring tutors tended to want recent Oxbridge graduates, in much the same way as the wanted Norland nannies or the ‘best’ caviar.

But we may be talking about different definitions of ‘tutor’ — the jobs I mean are live-in and involve travelling around with the family, maybe supervising sub-tutors in languages etc and often being able to sail/ski/ride etc with the children. Quite mad salaries and perks, but no one I knew stuck with a family longer than a year or two.