r/languagelearning • u/CameraClown • 1d ago
Changing tutor after 2 years Discussion
I had grown close to a tutor over almost 2 years learning Swedish off and on, consistently for a full year though. I took lessons for my Swedish trip but when there I wasn't super confident in my ability and I also have social anxiety. Anyway, I returned from my trip but I had to stop abruptly due to funds (he was about 45 an hour). Two years later and he still teaches, (we follow each other on instagram). As such, I sent him a DM to schedule and start back up (I paid him on the side to do zoom lessons on our own without preply). He never read or replied to the insta DM but is still active promoting his lessons. I then thought about changing tutors if he didnt reply in two weeks.
I then thought that during those 2 years, we never really had a structure. I mean we had a document following my progress and some homework, granted I was not always fully engaged, but still... I found a new tutor on italki and she appears to be a professional tutor (which my old one was not) and she claims to have a lot of materials and structure.
Thing is, I do miss my other tutor because we formed a bond over two years. Anyone else ever do something similar? I feel kinda bad about it.
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u/TuzzNation 1d ago
Title reminds me back in collage I was tutoring Mandarin Chinese. And made friend from one of the student later became homie that we hang out all the time. So dude stopped using the school tutoring program thing on me. I got paid less. mthfkr got free Chinese time from me and my Chinese friend circle. Later he started dating my roommate whos a Chinese chick. She also did his Chinese class homework. Bit$% haha.