Con piano-tutor

[Passerby]

Perhaps something to learn from this incident is that other than checking credentials of tutors, the new tutor should produce his / her NRIC too so that the NRIC number and legal name can be noted. If of course the tutor comes highly recommended from reliable sources then such steps of verification may not be necessary. Especially for home tutors (not attached to reliable agencies), reality is one would not really know whether whatever info she / he has provided are true and reliable, when so much reliance is actually being put on their credibility to help the child.


At least then when later police reports are made etc, the personal details can also be lodged with the police, for the report to have any "effect" at all.

It’s just not right when there are such unscrupulous people out there preying on parents’ anxiousness to provide necessary coaching etc for their kids, and they can get away with it. In this case, appears that she has been in operation since 2008!

[teh_oh]

peanut_butter,

The last link above has links to adult website. can you remove it?

[peanut_butter]

teh_oh:

The last link above has links to adult website. can you remove it?

Sorry. It looked decent. I link it for the photos. Done! Change it to another website.

Most piano teachers are professional and take pride in their callings.
The message is merely to warn everyone from falling into her trap. She is a con artist, not a real teacher.

[titank]

Can you post the HP number & the name in forum so that we can be alert of such irresponsible teacher?

[peanut_butter]

According to her ex-student, she was last known as Catherine Ding.

[SnowieBob]

I saw a exact same pattern post in gumtree ad. Pls be careful parents

[Paris Zhuang]

I am astonished by the acts of the above teacher, as I believe that the doings by her will render the private music arena into much disarray, as parents will be wary in regards to teachers who are teaching privately.

As passerby noted, there is a need to obtain to check the NRIC of the teacher and its certification before the start of a new lesson, however I believe that parents shouldn’t lose faith in the private teaching arena, as most private teachers strike out on their own due to not only timing flexibility, but also flexibility in their teaching methodology as they adapt different teaching styles for different students.
I am able to speak as a part of the arena as I am also currently teaching music in a private capacity, and I believe that everything about music ties in with what the students are learning in life, eg. Being good in math help to improve their counting of intervals etc.
Theory and scales are boring to many students, but I believe that these are studies that help to support the ultimate goal of music performance.
Things that are learnt in theory such as 4 bar phrasing helps them to understand the manner in songs are created, chord progressions are essential for all songs and etc.
Helping them to understand that scales is not boring, but it is a fundamental tool for them to improve their finger movements and strength, thus enabling them to play harder songs.
Thus, I believe that the experience of learning music can be applied to their daily life.
If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me at [email protected].

Cheers,
Paris

[blessedpianist]

titank:

Can you post the HP number & the name in forum so that we can be alert of such irresponsible teacher?

Hi, I just chanced upon this topic and I could have been under this teacher before. If I'm not wrong, she is known as Catherine Ding Ming Jie, and she is known as Mrs Khoo. Her hp no. should be 90783538. I was under her for 1 lesson for Grade 8 a few years back and after the first lesson, she kept postponing the 2nd lesson giving last min notices. So in the end, my parents dismissed her. Before my parents engaged her, she sent a copy of her cert. That's how I got her full name. Hope this helps.

[little_pony]

Please bewares on this tutor Catherine Ding. Again, she change her name to Cathy Khoo posts in this webpage:-


http://singapore.gumtree.sg/f-cathkhoo-hotmail-sg-Classifieds-W0QQKeywordZcathkhooQ40hotmailQ2esgQQisSearchFormZtrue

http://sg.search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AswOX6LVxhBZVlJpFXBhliWCG7J_?p=90783538&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-712

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