feel so out of place
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Originally posted by dkcx:
I have better students when i give volunteery tuition at Boon Lay Sec/Jurong Sec. My former boys at the Boys Hostel are also hard working though the current are...
The reason y i continue to give volunteery tuition is at least that feels more like tutoring and guiding than paid tuition which is more being paid to test my patience. Paid tuition is mostly the parents wanting the child to have tuition and very rarely its the child themselves which is what makes it so torturing. having the door slam in your face by the student when he is giving attitude problems definietely is not something i enjoy even if its occasional.
If i were to add in the total hrs i 'teach' and get paid per week, i should be the cheapest tutor that earns less than $15 an hr for teaching upper sec and that gets lower when i return to Boon Lay Sec to tutor mostly in Aug.
that's why nowadays for paid tuition, I teach mostly JC students
But so far, my few O lvl students didn't give any problems, because it's they themselves who want it.
I guess I'm lucky not to have encountered any attitude students so far....
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Originally posted by eagle:
that's why nowadays for paid tuition, I teach mostly JC students
But so far, my few O lvl students didn't give any problems, because it's they themselves who want it.
I guess I'm lucky not to have encountered any attitude students so far....
I've been 'lucky' enough to kanna mostly families that the parents want their child to have tuition but the child is seriously not interested to study, addicted to games etc etc and even the parents cannot control. My sis and friends taking pri school kids often feel like they are baby sitting rather than tuition and sec school sometimes i feel the same way...
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Originally posted by yiha093:
my class almost every1 has tuition , im like one of the few who doesnt... hence i keep feeling like, wth, why every1 have, why i don't have, then i have a feeling like ... u have tuition to help u but i dont.. then i lose out or sth... typical sgrean X.X X.X
is this supposed to be in AA or homeworkforum ._.
This will be better in AA.
A lot of tutors are peeling their eyes for people in this forum like you so that they could ask you to let them tutor you. I won't be surprised if some of them create new accounts just to post on this thread to entice you into accepting their tutoring services.
Back to the topic, tuitioning is not a must, you are just succumbing to peer pressure. You see that everyone has one, and hence you worry that your results will suffer if you do not have one. This is a negative mindset, and you will find yourself blaming on the fact that you do not had a tutor everytime you get bad results. This will cause you to unconsciously lose your morale, and result in you being unable to work as hard as before.
Indeed, being kiasu is a typical Singaporean mindset, but what you should do now is to focus on your studies. You can always come here to look for us for help whenever you need it.
On a side note, eagle is a straight 'A's student despite the fact that he has never been tutored before. And though my ABB pales in comparison to his, I have never been tutored before too. This shows that hardwork and effort is always more important than having a tutor.
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Originally posted by eagle:
how about this...
I create the worksheets, you help me create the answers, then I help you check?
In a way, free tuition in doing questions, and is a win-win situationlol !
haha, maybe not having tuition is better . yea i agree its sorta like peer pressure . lol...
nvm. i am 95% finish the darn chem tys xD
my fren always give me free tuition xD
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Originally posted by yiha093:
lol !
haha, maybe not having tuition is better . yea i agree its sorta like peer pressure . lol...
nvm. i am 95% finish the darn chem tys xD
my fren always give me free tuition xD
Since u done the chem, eagle can give u physics and maths work to do :p
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haha. i already got Ping yi phy paper haven settle. paper 1 should can kill in 45mins xD
Oh. i hate maths ! got 3 maths paper. wait me chiong finish I COME GET OKAY. DENG WO . XD
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Originally posted by yiha093:
haha. i already got Ping yi phy paper haven settle. paper 1 should can kill in 45mins xD
Oh. i hate maths ! got 3 maths paper. wait me chiong finish I COME GET OKAY. DENG WO . XD
Haha, good luck and study hard. Few more months and you'll be free short a while at least.
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Originally posted by yiha093:
my class almost every1 has tuition , im like one of the few who doesnt... hence i keep feeling like, wth, why every1 have, why i don't have, then i have a feeling like ... u have tuition to help u but i dont.. then i lose out or sth... typical sgrean X.X X.X
is this supposed to be in AA or homeworkforum ._.
u can have 1000 tuition teachers, but u are not motivated to be hardworking, you will never succeed.
I remember i have only 1 tuition teacher for my Additional Math in sec sch days, cos my school teacher don't know how to teach and i have little source to refer to.
Within 3 months, I am free to go on with Additional Math myself since I know the concepts liao. I top in my sch additional math very year.
PS: my sec sch not very good one though.
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Originally posted by yiha093:
my class almost every1 has tuition , im like one of the few who doesnt... hence i keep feeling like, wth, why every1 have, why i don't have, then i have a feeling like ... u have tuition to help u but i dont.. then i lose out or sth... typical sgrean X.X X.X
I believe it's a psychological issue. Having tuition may be beneficial too an extent, it's not a magic centre. It doesn't not guarantee you will improve if you choose not to pay attention in class and put in effort. Best is to trust in yourself and work hard in a positive manner without much constant guidance. Till then you will be proud to say u have succeeded. -
Btw, I do had grp tuition at Mavis last time for A Maths only... That was because I was too lazy to do extra practices, so my mum put me in tuition for the extra practices.
Needless to say, most of the time, in tuition class, I was just doing the questions because it was rather easy to me... And I topped the whole of Mavis in my year for the internal paper the teacher created, scoring full marks. In school, I went away with 98% for prelims. (ok, I know this is unnecessary bragging info
)In short, for maths (and for physics), practice really makes perfect. No matter how good you are, you still need the practice to push yourself to the next level. That's what I believe. There's no use thinking and saying (as many of my classmates try to tell me) that it's no use scoring above 90 when 75 can get you an A1.
In life, one should aim for the best that one can do. Why should we compromise this for school? Just because 75 marks is the benchmark for A1, does that really mean we should aim for 75 and stop there? I don't think so.