
I had a chat today with Mo (a man who is wise beyond his years) about tutoring and the conversation started and ended like this:
Jasem: what is it with these tutoring signs everywhere, i went to college I never asked for a tutor, this is nonsense.
Mo: do you even know what kind of an income some of these tutors can pull in on a monthly basis?
Jasem: what are we talking about here?
Mo: well 10 an hour, some tutor 3 at once, 30 an hour times 8 times 7 times 30. Do the math?
Mo: it’s totally ridiculous too, because the tutors are the teachers themselves which is one huge conspiracy, what makes you believe that the teachers both in universities and in high schools aren’t doing 100% job because they want/expect the students to ask them for a tutoring session which means more money in the bank.
Jasem: the education system is f*ed here!
Mo: everything else is too!
Jasem: what’s the solution?
Mo: we don’t hire monkey’s from all the over the world, we try to educate our children from within Kuwait, it’s unlikely that a Kuwaiti would tutor versus an expat (not to say that it doesn’t happen), we make sure that all school operate as if independent, school are rated based on their children’s scores which means better accountability equals better students equal less need for tutoring in universities etc.
Jasem: do you think that will ever happen?
Mo: do you think the expat pulling in 4,000 KD a month and living the high life is going to give them the chance, drastic measures need to be taken, who’s got the balls to do anything good for the country, it’s all about the bank accounts now. sad.
Jasem: let’s pick up some frozen yogurt!
Mo: you need to loose weight! shut up and drive!