So he stays a private school teacher, and rents a townhouse with some other private school teachers. What about weekends? If money is that tight, maybe he can pick up a few hours at a tutoring place. Around me, they pay $30 an hour.You didn’t have to concern yourself with drive-by shootings. We are aware of the dangers that exist here that didn’t exist in our time. My first 28 years here in Maryland, I endured one crime. In the ensuing 27 years, we’ve endured 10. Our schools were among the best in the state with the one I attended scoring among the best in the country. Now they’re second worst in the state and have been for decades. It isn’t the same world around here that it used to be. Different standards.