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It's not rent seeking, it's a conflict of interest. Paying teachers and administrators for services creates a conflict of interest when it's time to grade pape

It's not rent seeking, it's a conflict of interest. Paying teachers and administrators for services creates a conflict of interest when it's time to grade papers, recommend students for advanced courses, or graduate students.

gaius 8y ago
It's not rent seeking, it's a conflict of interest. Like giving away needlessly complicated software and charging for support
- ak39 8y ago
  Such as? (Genuinely curious)
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  - patrickg_zill 8y ago
    SAP. Oracle's applications. Some of what IBM sells. Etc
    - ak39 8y ago
      SAP, Oracle or IBM software is hardly give away. They will cost you an arm and a leg to get and then the rest of your body for maintaining them. I thought gaius may be referring to free or open source software?
  - tonyedgecombe 8y ago
    Isn't it often the proposed model for making money from open source?
kazinator 8y ago
That is clear, but from the limited information given by OP it seems that the tutored students are not enrolled in that class any longer: "While they are not allowed to be his current students, he has a very parasitic relationship with them. [...] He charges a very local high rate ($100+ per hour) to students that he has taught math to" Tutoring strictly past students seems to be a way of eliminating much of the glaring conflict of interest that you describe. (A smaller one remains yet: the possibility of doing a worse job of teaching the class, with the understanding that students who wish to be more rigorously prepped for post-secondary studies can just take the expensive tutoring.) Other than that object, I don't see what's wrong with students who are no longer in that class paying for more tutoring (probably so they are better prepped for the entrance exams to those aforementioned post-secondary schools?)
- socrates1998 8y ago
  He is the number one recommended tutor that they all go to when they are struggling in the program. There is supposed to a list of people/companies that the guidance counselors recommend, but that's not the case with this school. They only give out his number. Honestly, he shouldn't even be allowed to tutor these students. He is an administrator in their program, it's a huge conflict of interest.

gaius 8y ago

It's not rent seeking, it's a conflict of interest. Like giving away needlessly complicated software and charging for support

ak39 8y ago
Such as? (Genuinely curious)
- deleted 8y ago
  [deleted]
- patrickg_zill 8y ago
  SAP. Oracle's applications. Some of what IBM sells. Etc
  - ak39 8y ago
    SAP, Oracle or IBM software is hardly give away. They will cost you an arm and a leg to get and then the rest of your body for maintaining them. I thought gaius may be referring to free or open source software?
- tonyedgecombe 8y ago
  Isn't it often the proposed model for making money from open source?

kazinator 8y ago

That is clear, but from the limited information given by OP it seems that the tutored students are not enrolled in that class any longer: "While they are not allowed to be his current students, he has a very parasitic relationship with them. [...] He charges a very local high rate ($100+ per hour) to students that he has taught math to" Tutoring strictly past students seems to be a way of eliminating much of the glaring conflict of interest that you describe. (A smaller one remains yet: the possibility of doing a worse job of teaching the class, with the understanding that students who wish to be more rigorously prepped for post-secondary studies can just take the expensive tutoring.) Other than that object, I don't see what's wrong with students who are no longer in that class paying for more tutoring (probably so they are better prepped for the entrance exams to those aforementioned post-secondary schools?)

socrates1998 8y ago
He is the number one recommended tutor that they all go to when they are struggling in the program. There is supposed to a list of people/companies that the guidance counselors recommend, but that's not the case with this school. They only give out his number. Honestly, he shouldn't even be allowed to tutor these students. He is an administrator in their program, it's a huge conflict of interest.