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Kraig ~

More power to you! I hope you always have lots of students, and that you impress on your students that they need to learn more as and when they are able.

To be clear, I absolutely applaud volunteer efforts -- when they are done by people who have done their homework and strive to provide good quality instruction, by people who understand the frightening level of trust students place in you when they come to you. I'm not a fan of half-hearted, half-assed efforts from people who haven't done their homework and are just trying to save a few bucks (or just trying to skim some easy fees from rubes who don't know what they're missing). But I don't think you or anyone here would do that.

On the flip side, "the laborer is worth his wages." Honest work should be rewarded with honest pay, and you can't feed your family on air & love. So while voluntarism is admirable, there's also nothing wrong with making a living at it.

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