Real reason behind Singapore’s obsession with tuition

[SAHM_TAN]

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Hello dear, long time no see, sexy mama with the whip

[buds]

SAHM_TAN… there are also schools that offer the stAr programme after curriculum hours are over. ie. evenings. These programmes are taught by current school teachers for students at subsidized costs twice weekly.

[buds]

My eldest DD.. buds_chubs and my dragon boi are down with the flu. It's depressing to come in here only to read the saaaammmme ol' thing discussed abt teachers.. the teaching profession.. even though on different \"new\" formed threads. :roll:


Here we go. Agaaaainn..

[limlim]

autumnbronze:

If teachers should be banned from moonlighting, then so should all others in various other line of jobs or profession.

I doubt engineers from, say, Shell are allowed to moonlight at, say, Esso? In fact, for most industries, there's a clause that states that they are not even allowed to work in the same industry for 1 or 2 years after they quit from their job!

I believe IRs employ the same clause.

IT industry should be similar too.

so why are teachers different?

[schweppes]

autumnbronze:

I am trying to get a sense of logic in this discussion thread. Forgive me if I come across as daft.

You are NEVER daft, Autumnbronze. Thank you for being honest and candid in your sharing. You speak from the heart and telling it as it is.

You have ventured where angels fear to tread. Especially such threads. :ugogirl: :salute:

[autumnbronze]

limlim:

autumnbronze:

If teachers should be banned from moonlighting, then so should all others in various other line of jobs or profession.

I doubt engineers from, say, Shell are allowed to moonlight at, say, Esso? In fact, for most industries, there's a clause that states that they are not even allowed to work in the same industry for 1 or 2 years after they quit from their job!

I believe IRs employ the same clause.

IT industry should be similar too.

so why are teachers different?

You have a point there in your first statement and you are right.

I should clarify that perhaps there may be engineers, customer service officers, clerks etc .... who moonlight as tutors, despatch riders etc ...

Moonlight here on the basis of earning additional income, not so much moonlighting in/within the same profession.

[janet88]

verykiasu2010:

you have a choice between hawker centre or food court or restaurant


you have no choice for primary school in s'pore, parents not sending their kids to school will be jailed, by law. not everyone will be approved for home schooling..

If my finance is tight, then I'll eat at hawker centre or food court (not cheap, but no need to pay GST). But if I have money to spare and want to pamper myself, I go to restaurants to be served.
However it's different for schooling. Kids have to go to school or parents go behind bars.

[limlim]

Nothing is more cheap then saying "you are not a teacher so cannot understand the difficulties of being a teacher etc etc…"


However, I would say I’ll probably jump at the opportunity if offered a teaching position years ago…

Teachers are not lowly paid… their salary is highly competitive and better than what many MNC offers.

If being teachers is undesirable, why the MOE podium outside the interview room got no lack of applicants…


Sure…

We are not ministers so we can never understand why minister MUST be paid millions to conclude that "no amount of engineering can prevent it".

IF being a teacher is so TOUGH like some of the pple here say… how can they ever afford the extra energy to moonlight? doesn’t makes sense to me…

Maybe… moonlighting helps them to "relax" from the stressful school activities…

It’s like saying… do more part-time work… it will let you relax from your full time job.

[janet88]

SAHM_TAN:

I don't view tuition/enrichment centres as competitors to MOE. Parents send their kids to tuition centre for a variety of reasons. Some parents have a choice.

If my child is well taught in school, why would I be spending money getting a tutor ? Tutors have different rates for diff levels.
My friend couldn't coach her son...he attended tuition since P1. Don't mean to compare, but her son's Math & Science foundation is strong. Her boy still passed Math in P5 last year but mine had 30%. The bottom line is, I see tuition centres/tutors as partner to MOE...schools give skeleton (sometimes not even complete) and the tutors pump it up.

[SAHM_TAN]

Maybe the teachers who gave tuition are not subject heads, HODs, level heads. The teachers who gave tuition could be those with less duties or the condemn ones