All About Market Rates of Private Tutors

[wonderm]

Quintessential Mum:

atutor2001:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]
most parents do not know the correct / right / adequate / proper exposure

I would rather say that ALL parent do not know the correct / right / adequate / proper exposure especially if it is their first kid in school.

During my time there is no forum to discuss. Internet accessibility was limited. We have to analyse and study with them. Now it is so much easier. So many forums to find out the short-cut way. Google and we can get all the information we need. However, I must conceit that Chinese is the hardest. We are equally blur but we learn with them. The process made us understand their suffering and become less demanding. There was NO Besta then, only a hard copy of dictionary, flipping like crazy yet still do not understand the meaning after finding the word because the \"phrase\" needed was not inside. What to do? Buy a thicker one with more coverage which means even harder to handle. Sigh! Those were the days. Never regretted though.

So it is the amount of sacrifice we are willing to make. If not, there is a ready excuse - \"I don't know how to teach my kid because the syllabus is so difficult.\"

So true! Lots of blood, sweat and tears! ha ha- I recall researching fixed and moveable pulleys to actually understand the concepts involved when my DD was in primary school. I dare say that it was an enriching learning experience for me and my DD and she never forgot the basic concepts. It boils down to effort and sacrifice on the part of the parents if you decide to go tuition-less![/quote]Agree. The best if we can become such \"super-tutor\" ourselves. Besides teaching them the right learning approach, critical exam skills, it is even more important to motivate and help them to become an independent learner. It is a combined role of tutor-coach-mentor.

[atutor2001]

verykiasu2010:

sometimes it is what i call 'no choice'


without tuition / enrichment, score around high 80s / low 90s

but in order to ensure (kiasu mah) consistently high 90s.....must spend the extra effort lor (both parent$$ & child) hopefully to be placed ahead of others at PSLE. that is reality of life, to get into IP / good JC after PSLE.....

I am very kiasu

Very true. Most of us would feel it is \"no choice\"; comparing quitting a good-paying job, down-grading lifestyle ... spending hours coaching little naughty ones, to paying extra tuition fees so that the little ones can get to the top, why not.

In fact it is shocking to note that most of the kids in RI & RGS have tuition even at JC level. They need to because they can't maintain straight As without it. When they go overseas to study, their parents must fly with them to accompany them for the first few weeks. Other JC's kids would fly on their own.

Must find out how such kids cope in Uni.

[verykiasu2010]

atutor2001:

verykiasu2010:

sometimes it is what i call 'no choice'


without tuition / enrichment, score around high 80s / low 90s

but in order to ensure (kiasu mah) consistently high 90s.....must spend the extra effort lor (both parent$$ & child) hopefully to be placed ahead of others at PSLE. that is reality of life, to get into IP / good JC after PSLE.....

I am very kiasu

Very true. Most of us would feel it is \"no choice\"; comparing quitting a good-paying job, down-grading lifestyle ... spending hours coaching little naughty ones, to paying extra tuition fees so that the little ones can get to the top, why not.

In fact it is shocking to note that most of the kids in RI & RGS have tuition even at JC level. They need to because they can't maintain straight As without it. When they go overseas to study, their parents must fly with them to accompany them for the first few weeks. Other JC's kids would fly on their own.

Must find out how such kids cope in Uni.

wow, now you make feel bad to allow my pri school kids fly on their own

[atutor2001]

Quintessential Mum:

So true! Lots of blood, sweat and tears! ha ha- I recall researching fixed and moveable pulleys to actually understand the concepts involved when my DD was in primary school. I dare say that it was an enriching learning experience for me and my DD and she never forgot the basic concepts. It boils down to effort and sacrifice on the part of the parents if you decide to go tuition-less!

Do you have to do science project, there was this science card thingy where they must accomplish certain number of points? Went botanic garden to feed mosquitoes just to collect leaves. Bought different beans from market as collection of different types of seeds - then teacher said beans not allowed, re-do. The most scary thing was catching a cockroach for them. I nearly died of fright. Those good old days.

[csc]

verykiasu2010:

sometimes it is what i call 'no choice'


without tuition / enrichment, score around high 80s / low 90s

but in order to ensure (kiasu mah) consistently high 90s.....must spend the extra effort lor (both parent$$ & child) hopefully to be placed ahead of others at PSLE. that is reality of life, to get into IP / good JC after PSLE.....

I am very kiasu

We know that.

[atutor2001]

verykiasu2010:

wow, now you make feel bad to allow my pri school kids fly on their own

Its great that your Pr kids are used to flying on their own. With all the assistance from the flight crew, in fact, they are given \"VIP\" treatment in a way. Most of my friends' kids fly on their own at a very young age to stay with their parents overseas during school holidays.

Those JC guys are so big yet need parents to accompany them to settle down. In local uni you see maids helping to clean up the hostel rooms. Maybe army should also allow maids to help up during BMT.

[atutor2001]

wonderm:

Agree. The best if we can become such \"super-tutor\" ourselves. Besides teaching them the right learning approach, critical exam skills, it is even more important to motivate and help them to become an independent learner. It is a combined role of tutor-coach-mentor.

You have summed it up most beautifully. Thank you.

[corneyAmber]

verykiasu2010:

ok, now i disagree with you on this last statement :evil:


we have discussions with the school teachers (not tuition teacher) during the feedback / meet the parent sessions. we as parents were told which is the area of weakness in certain specific topics in each subject, why seemingly the effort by the kid did not get the requisite return in terms of marks.....and the analysis boils down to techniques. we are talking about breaking through from low 90s to high 90s, so it is about the last few marks - diminishing return as some would put it. but the challenge is not to lose any marks. so after the discussions with the school teachers, we told the tuition teacher or enrichment teacher to pay more attention in specific area - very targeted. breakthrough achieved.

kekeke, I think you cannot wait....

If you can understand the issue, why can't you explain to your child? Why need to tell tuition teacher or enrichment teacher to pay more attention, not yr child? Isn't the $100 per hr supposed to be the value the tuition/enrichment teacher brings? If I pay $100 per hr and still have to teach the tutor, I should be pocketing the $100. :rotflmao: Sorry...but the argument is still flawed cos you are convinced that we should be paying super tutors.

[RRMummy]

janet_lee88:

I have a cousin who's tutoring secondary school kids for history.


Don't think there will be any 'tutors' in the working world...with people trying to outdo each other for promotion. Lots of bootlicking, office politics etc etc. Tuition should end at college, shouldn't it be ? :?:

Have have..

Tuition on Bootlicking

Tuition on Office Politics..

Aim to replace the company CEO in 1 year instead of 10 years.

:celebrate:

[RRMummy]

verykiasu2010:

sometimes it is what i call 'no choice'


without tuition / enrichment, score around high 80s / low 90s

but in order to ensure (kiasu mah) consistently high 90s.....must spend the extra effort lor (both parent$$ & child) hopefully to be placed ahead of others at PSLE. that is reality of life, to get into IP / good JC after PSLE.....

I am very kiasu

wah..your kiddo doing so well!! Kudos!! :salute:

ya lah.. u super kiasu!! :laugh: