u/sheneep

I had a pretty terrible trial - not really sure what was happening, and felt super bad afterward. I have mid to high price at 39USD, but I'm also burnt out so not sure if the quality of my trials is decreasing, but....

she (trial student) scheduled a class at 3am in her local time
of course she missed the trial, saying "I thought it was Sunday," despite liking my message: "see you Friday!".....and I, stupidly, offered to makeup the trial
she spent over 10 minutes trying to figure out how to enter the classroom the next day, despite sending a screenshots and the help article on how to enter
if I said "ok" or spoke at all, she would respond with "can I speak?" I said there may be awkward moments but it's not intentional interruption, and she can speak without asking permission. She sat in silence for a minute and 45 seconds, despite me saying "please share" and doing universal "your turn" motions
I made a quick worksheet to introduce new sequencing vocab, (her goal is to make technology education videos....) and she struggled to understand this example: "to begin with" =
- step 1 / first
- step 2 / next
- last step / finally
after I gave her the answer, she rolled her eyes. I said I think it's best she contact customer service to refund the trial she missed, and she said "yes, I definitely will"
I blocked her after that

I'm not used to Preply students behaving this way - public school pre-teens, sure. I'm not sure if my expectations are too high or if I need to just look for new work. In the past 6 years on Preply I've had very few students like that, and I'm unsure what other tutors are tolerating out there. Not sure if I can manage the public school middle schoolers plus adult learners like this anymore.

idk what happened -_-

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