Burned by the sequestor.
Well, the SAT tutoring business has been hurt by the sequestor. I live in the DC area, and obviously a lot of parents work in fields related to the government. The sequestor has cut their hours.
Case in point, one young student's parents are medical researchers for the NIH. His parents have been moved to part time. They finished up the hours they'd signed him up for and elected not to renew, even though he takes the SSAT magnet school test this coming winter.
Those cuts have hurt the SAT tutoring. As a result, my hours were cut this weekend.
I didn't work today. I won't be working tomorrow. That's 44% of my paycheck this week.
The sequestor could just be ended by Congress. They don't have to do this.
Case in point, one young student's parents are medical researchers for the NIH. His parents have been moved to part time. They finished up the hours they'd signed him up for and elected not to renew, even though he takes the SSAT magnet school test this coming winter.
Those cuts have hurt the SAT tutoring. As a result, my hours were cut this weekend.
I didn't work today. I won't be working tomorrow. That's 44% of my paycheck this week.
The sequestor could just be ended by Congress. They don't have to do this.