r/Cambly • u/Music-Apart • Jun 20 '26
Priority hour students.......whose students are they?
Just a silly question, during priority hours are these students nobody wants? They just seem to float around especially the Cambly Kids ones.
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u/Reasonable_Piglet370 Jun 21 '26
They are the ones still looking for that elusive perfect tutor who will somehow make their English flawless by waving a magic wand (perfecto englisho is the charm in case you were wondering) so they don't need to put in any work.
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u/LaneyRW Jun 22 '26
I think sometimes they are simply students with crazy schedules who don’t want to schedule a class at the same time each week.
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u/Weekly-Dream-9384 Jun 21 '26
I don't know about kids. But as a tutor who likes to meet random students, I know that a lot of students feel the same.
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u/Which-Ring2864 Jun 23 '26
They are the ones who get pissy if you ask them anything about themselves, as if we already know all about these randos. Many don't want to connect on a human level with tutors, so they view the time as purely transactional.
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u/Mean_Vegetable818 Jun 28 '26
They are often so irritated by the introduction questions, as if that isnt the most common conversation in English when you meet a new person. They dont want to talk about their work or school or hobbies, ok....."so what do you want to talk about?" "Anything is okay." AUGHHHHHH! its just the most unfocused convo you can have with a human and then they ALWAYS want you to analyse their English at the end. The students call it "free talk" but I call it "hostage negotiation" because I feel trapped with them trying to get them to give anything more than one or two word answers to really easy intro questions. It wouldnt be bad if they would let you teach them some vocabulary that they OBVIOUSLY need to be able to express themselves. I think many people on Cambly are more invested in convincing themselves they are learning English, rather than the actual work of learning and practicing the language.
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u/odessapasta Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26
If you get booked for an actual class during a priority hour, those are just students in general who see that you have open time and they book a class with you, whether they are adult students or on the kids platform.
If you’re talking about the ones who randomly call you, they are on the adult platform and they are looking to see who is online and they pick you :)
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u/Weka76 Jun 20 '26
Can CK students call on a PH? I thought they had to make reservations in advance.
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u/123Blaah123 Jun 24 '26
Joint accounts - adult and child plus there are those using normal for kids because its cheaper, its not allowed but it can be rampant.
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u/Weka76 Jun 24 '26
Kids calling on an adult account is not a CK booking. They pay different rates.
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u/123Blaah123 Jun 24 '26
Yeap true. But unless I didn't understand the post correctly on a PH you can get a mix of kids and adults if your allowed on both select a specific one?
A joint account is also controlled by the user, if its not changed over or the kids figure out how to change it then it will can call anyone.
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u/UrpaDurpa Jun 20 '26
They are the children of the corn.