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Teacher in a box: Outsourcing homework to India

Need help with that term paper, young American? Meet Saswati Patnaik.

By Saritha Rai - GlobalPost
Published: November 18, 2009 06:30 ET
Updated: November 20, 2009 16:28 ET

BANGALORE, India — Six days a week in the wee hours of the morning, Saswati Patnaik logs into her home computer.

The homemaker — and tutor for a Bangalore company called TutorVista — rises early to help American high school students write English term papers, prepare S.A.T. essays or finish homework assignments.

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