Non-monetary vs funded scholarships + can year 6 kids be private tutors? (1 Viewer)

[Beyblader]

An 11y old kid I know has received 2 private school scholarship offers for year 7 entry.
The first offer is at the school he really wants to go to and is most convenient for the family but its a non-monetary scholarship, i.e he doesn't get any money for it and pays normal school fees.
The second is a partially funded scholarship at a different school that he is not very keen to go to and less convenient for the family.

Is there any benefit to a non-monetary scholarship?

On a seperate note, the kid wants to earn money to buy a gaming PC and is doing a very poorly paid paper round. Would there be any market for him to provide private tutoring for kids that want to learn exam technique/approaches to sitting Year 7 elective school/scholarship exams?
He's not particularly academic but he is very smart, socially good with other kids and good at exams so he wouldn't be good at teaching topics but would be able to teach kids how to implement good exam prep tactics and exam taking tactics.
Is there is a market for that sort of tutoring? and where would he advertise and what is a reasonable hourly rate?

 

[carrotsss]

a scholarship that doesn’t pay any money ???

 

[spiderfan44]

An 11y old kid I know has received 2 private school scholarship offers for year 7 entry.
The first offer is at the school he really wants to go to and is most convenient for the family but its a non-monetary scholarship, i.e he doesn't get any money for it and pays normal school fees.
The second is a partially funded scholarship at a different school that he is not very keen to go to and less convenient for the family.

Is there any benefit to a non-monetary scholarship?

On a seperate note, the kid wants to earn money to buy a gaming PC and is doing a very poorly paid paper round. Would there be any market for him to provide private tutoring for kids that want to learn exam technique/approaches to sitting Year 7 elective school/scholarship exams?
He's not particularly academic but he is very smart, socially good with other kids and good at exams so he wouldn't be good at teaching topics but would be able to teach kids how to implement good exam prep tactics and exam taking tactics.
Is there is a market for that sort of tutoring? and where would he advertise and what is a reasonable hourly rate?

lad be honest are you the 11 year old? you really dont need a gaming pc if youre 11, just buy a hp and youll be fine.

also not many parents are in the market for a tutor who is 11. the parent would have to supervise both children, plus 11 year olds just dont really know how to teach and explain things well. also if you arent even doing well academically, you arent providing much value at all to the kid. if youre really set on buying a gaming pc, go rake leaves for your neighbour or something

 

[Beyblader]

you really dont need a gaming pc if youre 11, just buy a hp and youll be fine.

also not many parents are in the market for a tutor who is 11. the parent would have to supervise both children, plus 11 year olds just dont really know how to teach and explain things well. also if you arent even doing well academically, you arent providing much value at all to the kid.

ok so you mean a cheap HP computer is much cheaper than a gaming PC and just as a good for an 11y old who wants to do well at Fortnite against PC players? Is there not much performance advantage in online shooting games with a dedicated gaming PC over a standard PC unless you are elite?

ok thanks for feedback re tutoring. I thought there might not be too much demand for an 11y tutor but wondered if there might be a niche demand for an 11y old that can communicate well with similar aged kids in a friendly way and be able to teach good exam strategies/techniuques - but maybe not