Preparing kids for P5 in 2011

[Champion]

Peony:

Sad sad sad situation but what a sense of relief I feel!


Have officially outsourced ALL of my DD's academic needs. She now has tuition for English (one for paper 1 and another for paper 2), Maths, Science and MT.

I cannot keep up with SAHM friends and am not going to \"kill\" DD and myself, trying to.

She had her 1st lesson with the compo tutor and we both became so happy! All I did to her was kill her love for the subject. I was so happy to see her respond to the tutor and they spent a productive 2 hours together. Have never seen her so focused in writing in such a long time.

Think I make a better cheerleader than a teacher for her...

:rahrah: :rahrah: :rahrah:

[Peony]

Lol @ Champion.

Now I can enjoy DD sans battles. Detest having to "torture" her!

[janet88]

Peony:

I was so happy to see her respond to the tutor and they spent a productive 2 hours together. Have never seen her so focused in writing in such a long time.

I understand how you feel about not having to fight those battles and kill the relationship.

I've outsourced my son's Eng compo, Math & Chinese...since these are areas I cannot handle :frustrated:...I had better let the 'experts' handle. What I have on my hands now is Science & Eng Paper 2.
Actually I'm quite scared to manage the Eng II, but finances very tight with 1-to-1 Math. Tried group tuition for Math, but it doesn't work.

[Peony]

Janet, $$$ very tight for me too… but I asked myself should I do this for her now or wait till it’s too late? Comfort myself that it’s one year of sacrifice.


Friends have told me that in Sec one, tuition is not necessary… or perhaps only for maths. fingers crossed

Thankfully, her tuition fees are reasonable. Total for all is about the price for one subject at the high-end enrichment centre…

[janet88]

Peony:

Janet, $$$ very tight for me too... but I asked myself should I do this for her now or wait till it's too late? Comfort myself that it's one year of sacrifice.


Friends have told me that in Sec one, tuition is not necessary... or perhaps only for maths. *fingers crossed*

Thankfully, her tuition fees are reasonable. Total for all is about the price for one subject at the high-end enrichment centre...

It's not just very tight, but impossible to continue with her Eng enrichment course. $900 for 1 subject a lot...furthermore, there is Maths 1-to-1 now at home. Told hubby these 2 years must tahan and control spending, esp next year PSLE.
Put him in centre for Maths group, but he is too weak.

[Brenda10]

janet_lee88:

It's not just very tight, but impossible to continue with her Eng enrichment course. $900 for 1 subject a lot...furthermore, there is Maths 1-to-1 now at home. Told hubby these 2 years must tahan and control spending, esp next year PSLE.

Put him in centre for Maths group, but he is too weak.

Hi Janet

$900 is a lot! Does it mean for 1 term ( 3 months) and one lesson per week (1.5 hrs or 2 hrs) ?

[Pen88n]

Brenda10:

janet_lee88:

It's not just very tight, but impossible to continue with her Eng enrichment course. $900 for 1 subject a lot...furthermore, there is Maths 1-to-1 now at home. Told hubby these 2 years must tahan and control spending, esp next year PSLE.

Put him in centre for Maths group, but he is too weak.

Hi Janet

$900 is a lot! Does it mean for 1 term ( 3 months) and one lesson per week (1.5 hrs or 2 hrs) ?

That's really expensive. I would think this is the kind of fees you pay for branded tuition centre like Learning Lab for a term. I've enquired with Onsponge tutors before and even that is not so expensive!

Haha...so good $$ I should consider giving Maths tuition to earn pocket $$ :evil:

[janet88]

Brenda10:

janet_lee88:

It's not just very tight, but impossible to continue with her Eng enrichment course. $900 for 1 subject a lot...furthermore, there is Maths 1-to-1 now at home. Told hubby these 2 years must tahan and control spending, esp next year PSLE.

Put him in centre for Maths group, but he is too weak.

Hi Janet

$900 is a lot! Does it mean for 1 term ( 3 months) and one lesson per week (1.5 hrs or 2 hrs) ?

1 term. $900 for 2 Eng courses - Creative writing and Eng made possible at Jan & Elly.

[Brenda10]

janet_lee88:

Hi Janet


$900 is a lot! Does it mean for 1 term ( 3 months) and one lesson per week (1.5 hrs or 2 hrs) ?

1 term. $900 for 2 Eng courses - Creative writing and Eng made possible at Jan & Elly.[/quote]

That work up to $300 per month!

[Pen88n]

janet_lee88:

Brenda10:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]It's not just very tight, but impossible to continue with her Eng enrichment course. $900 for 1 subject a lot...furthermore, there is Maths 1-to-1 now at home. Told hubby these 2 years must tahan and control spending, esp next year PSLE.

Put him in centre for Maths group, but he is too weak.

Hi Janet

$900 is a lot! Does it mean for 1 term ( 3 months) and one lesson per week (1.5 hrs or 2 hrs) ?

1 term. $900 for 2 Eng courses - Creative writing and Eng made possible at Jan & Elly.[/quote]Ohhh....u referring to 2 English courses. That seems like normal fee prices then.

So u r teaching Creative writing and English P2 all by yourself now? Pei fu, pei fu :udawoman: I can never teach those - just don't know the structure and strategy to teach!