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But anyway...I know I went on a tangent from the topic. So my apologies

Well isn't the government already regulating the pay of teachers? So in my opinion, it would be nice to regulate the price of tutoring. I know it won't happen, but if in the future my kid needs tutoring, I sure hope my kid's teacher (who is getting paid quite well) would be willing to tutor my...

There should be a rule against charging so much for tutoring, but I guess since its an "under the table" transaction, no one does anything about it. I sure wish I was patient enough to tutor... ;)

That means higher pay to attract them but higher standards and more accountability. I agree, and if teachers are getting higher pay, I don't think I should have to pay for private tutors or Kumon. Growing up, I saw teachers who would stay after school and help tutor kids that needed it for...

The instructor for my kids used to teach at Waterworks, we love him. His rates for both my kids is $38/45 mins. We just split the time in half for each. Let me know if you want his info.

Haven't tried Nova, but my son did Waterworks. He enjoyed it there and was great during the winter. One of the instructors my son left and branched out on his own, so we now have private lessons with him instead. Its about the same price as semi,but getting the private lesson. Hope that helps!

We started our son at 4 and played 2 seasons. We stopped since he wasn't too interested in baseball anymore. Almost all of our friends still play, but some did stop a season after us because of the increase in pressure to play well.

My son played with irvine pony and irvine ranch for one season each. From our experience, ip is well organized, but very competitive. Ir is very laid back, but is not organized well. It's hard to get a hold of someone if you have questions. If your son plays well and wants to excel, go with ip...