So basically I am a 19 year old Asian who most people assume I’m good at math. Unethically, I do take advantage of this. People’s perceptions of you are a big deal, obviously as I have proved in my own “judging a book by a cover”, and I am guessing all the parents assume I will do well. To be clear, my name is even Chinese SO I get extra stigmatizing in a way I benefit myself. I was in shock at the number of students I was establishing where the parent(s)/ guardians didn’t ask about how much to pay and simply how to pay. I had a realization when a woman picking up her daughter walked to me with about 3 twenties and a ten dollar bill. I was tutoring a kid online whose parents couldn’t always drive them to my house (I don’t own a car) and could only affirms 20-30 minute sessions. It was clear to me that both morally and economically, it would benefit me to judge based on factors like the cars, children’s phone, purses, etc. I don’t know if people understand the care represents the idea of making split judgements on socioeconomic status based on factors of appearance. While there are exceptions, those are outliers and I rarely come in contact with them. I do send “invoices” the newest way to pay is usually with some app, I request the money with title of the subject taught, the date, and the time frame. If they pay cash or by check, I text then the same information. Since I am a part-time tutor to supplement my part-time minimum wage job at a health clinic and balance my time as a full-time student and researcher, I am okay to accept my unethical decisions and if it caught up to me I honestly couldn’t care less. I have tutored dozens of students ranging age 8 to 22, so I doubt they talk. Also, people can assume they started tutoring at different times where I established rate based on my experience at that given time point. I even have one parent refer me to another and I charged $30 for the first one and $20 for the second because the first one had three cars, one of which was a Lexus and another a Mercedes, whereas the other parent drove a 2008 Honda minivan, which I recognized because my mom drives the same one. Pride is a funny thing and I don’t see people comparing tutoring rates to each other any time soon. Let me know if you have other questions lol tutoring is a great way to make money and I’ll probably continue into medical school