13 Tutors Whose Students Are a Constant Source of Funny Stories

Some people may think that the job of a tutor is something simple — a couple of lessons a day, and you get a nice income. But in reality, this profession is much more complicated. Tutors don’t just explain the lesson, they face daily tasks that require stamina, flexibility and the ability to find an approach to the most diverse students.

• I work as a tutor. A rich man calls me, “You need to explain all the English language tenses to my daughter in 4 hours!” The money he offered was really big.
  The funny thing is that in case the girl doesn’t learn the material, he came up with a punishment for me — I have to return all the money back and explain the reasons for failure in writing. I refused.
• My son had a math tutor — an Olympiad-level guy, very polite and pleasant. And then he abruptly refused to work with my son and wrote me an angry letter. It turned out that my child solved all the problems faster than the tutor and always told him that he needed to think faster. Like he was too slow to be a tutor.
  I didn’t hire a math tutor anymore. My son became interested in chemistry, and our cleverest tutor at some point said that he no longer corresponded to the level of my son and decided to end their lessons. I could barely persuade him to stay: my son said that he needed psychological support from the tutor. © Yulia / Dzen

• I remember my wife calls and asks me to solve a math problem of 7th grade. Her colleague’s son came to see them and had zero math knowledge. They are medics and far from math. They sent me the conditions, I made an equation, simplified it as much as possible, like 2x = 4 and sent it.
  Turns out he couldn’t solve that either. How did he get to 7th grade? Why do they move kids like that from class to class? Terrible. © Pavel V. / Dzen
• I worked as a tutor for several years. Students used to come to my house. I have a huge fluffy white dog, which many students were afraid of, so most of the time I closed him in the next room.
  But one student was just thrilled with him. She always asked for permission to come 15–20 minutes early and leave a little later to pet the dog and cheer herself up. I didn’t mind, of course.
  I haven’t done any tutoring for a couple of months now, but last week I got a text from this student asking to visit my dog because she’s having trouble at school and needs someone to help her. I didn’t know how to say no to that, so we see each other, and the dog just jumps with happiness every time this girl comes. © Not everyone will understand / VK
• A student’s mother had the habit of standing just off camera and very closely observing her kid. I know this because one time the student “forgot” to disable the mic.
  Everyone heard how the mother was coaching the student how to act. Don’t look my way, smile, pay attention. It was next-level helicoptering, right on the edge of abuse in my opinion. © The_Minstrel_Boy / Reddit

• I work as a tutor. I really want to wear makeup, look beautiful and wear a dress at least sometimes. But I can’t do it, because I don’t feel comfortable being beautiful at home with my students.
  The thing is, their fathers are too suspiciously excited about my arrival. Maybe there’s nothing wrong about it, but I don’t want to give them any ideas. It’s infuriating that I can’t be who I want to be. © Overheard / Ideer
• One of my 14-year-old English students wrote for her thesis on a final essay “as for evidence just keep in mind I’m right about this one and don’t ask any questions.” Apparently she wrote it as a joke and forgot to take it out. © Nuneasy / Reddit

• One of the students immediately stated that her goal was to marry a very rich foreigner. The classes were structured like this: one half was spent on writing letters to potential candidates on dating sites, and the other half was dedicated to coaching the girl in speaking. She didn’t want to be silent when they met. © Melissa / ADME
• I was in a meeting with my class for the first day of school, and I had forgotten to mute myself. I then proceeded to start noisily baby-talking my cat, who was in my lap at the time. Embarrassing.
  © Unknown author / Reddit

• I work as a math tutor. I take everyone. Not just because of money, but because I love math. I’m ready to talk about it endlessly.
  But the most pleasant thing is when a teenager who has failed the exam twice comes to me early in the morning, sleepy and gloomy, and then says, “Man, it turns out that math is so interesting.” At that moment, I feel happy. © Overheard / Ideer
• I was a part-time tutor when I was a student. I had one very cute boy, about 8 years old. He was cheeky, blue-eyed, smiling and cheerful — a real sweetheart!
  Because of his unimaginable sweetness my heart melted, I didn’t want to be even a little bit strict with him, I wanted to forgive him everything. I had a great desire to pinch his cheeks and coo, “And who is so cute here?” This was a case where the cuteness of a student was interfering with the class. © Lenka / ADME

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