More adults hire tutors in summer

　　FOLLOWING the increasing practice of hiring tutors for children this summer, many adults are now hiring tutors for themselves.The most favored courses were for the lute, chess, calligraphy and painting, a Shenzhen Special Zone Daily report said.The reasons for the increasing number of adult inquiries varied. Some want to recharge their careers while others want to pursue a hobby, the report said.Mr. Li, a company employee, hired a tutor to teach him computer skills two hours a day after work because his company was about to implement an automated office system, with which he was not familiar.“It works more effectively than a class outside,” Li said.Ms. Liu, a middle school teacher, paid a tutor to teach her piano in the summer vacation at a cost of 100 yuan per hour. “I admire versatile people, including some of my students, and I think learning to play the piano can be edifying and bring lots of fun at home,” Liu said.According to the report, some professional instructors in gyms as well as college teachers were in demand in the past two months.A Mr. Zhao, a gym instructor, gave swimming lessons to six people aged about 30. Teaching three times a week brought him considerable income.“The practice of white-collar workers seeking tutors shows their aspiring attitude towards life and higher spiritual pursuit which has become the vogue nowadays,” Professor Song Zhongmei of Shenzhen University told the Daily.(Peng Zhaoxia)