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    Asia spending billions on tutors: study

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    • M Offline
      Mychildren
      last edited by

      Hi, I agreed with what tutormum had said. I do hope that all my children have the fighting spirit and to stand up when they fall.

      (Which school is more important - school of morale or school of high academic performance? by tutormum) : I'll choose the first one.

      I do not have the budget for 2k for tuition monthly so this is out for me. I tried to coach my children myself though their grades may not be fantastic.

      Here, I'm not against tuition. Please don't misunderstand me. 😉

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        oxyleo
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        Channel News Asia is conducting a quick poll: Opinion about private tuition for children.


        http://www.channelnewsasia.com/polls/index.php?id=843&ranid=7869

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          janet88
          last edited by

          It’s simply great to read all your comments. Lots of factors play a part in education system…of course there are black sheep and it’s unfortunate to get that black sheep as teacher.

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            tutormum
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            oxyleo:
            Channel News Asia is conducting a quick poll: Opinion about private tuition for children.


            http://www.channelnewsasia.com/polls/index.php?id=843&ranid=7869
            How to vote arh?

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              oxyleo
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              tutormum:
              oxyleo:

              Channel News Asia is conducting a quick poll: Opinion about private tuition for children.


              http://www.channelnewsasia.com/polls/index.php?id=843&ranid=7869

              How to vote arh?

              Hi tutormum. 🙂
              Please click on \"Home\" to get to CNA's home page.
              Then at bottom left of the screen, you can choose by clicking on the option that best reflects your opinion.
              Next, click \"Vote\".

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                tutormum
                last edited by

                oxyleo:
                tutormum:

                [quote=\"oxyleo\"]Channel News Asia is conducting a quick poll: Opinion about private tuition for children.


                http://www.channelnewsasia.com/polls/index.php?id=843&ranid=7869

                How to vote arh?

                Hi tutormum. 🙂
                Please click on \"Home\" to get to CNA's home page.
                Then at bottom left of the screen, you can choose by clicking on the option that best reflects your opinion.
                Next, click \"Vote\".[/quote]Done. Thanks for your help. Did you see the results so far? Hope somebody up there is watching.

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                • janet88J Offline
                  janet88
                  last edited by

                  That ‘somebody’ could also be getting tutors to coach his/her kids.

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                    janet88
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                    jedamum:
                    janet_lee88:

                    Why does son need tuition? Bcos he is failing. This is the year he sits for PSLE. I am very scared and frustrated he needs tutors to get through school year but that is a fact.


                    Think we are all tired of this issue.

                    hi janet_lee88,
                    on hindsight, would u have started your boy on tuition earlier?
                    i read that your boy used to get 80marks for math in P4 (did i get that right?)
                    makes me kindof worried now...

                    A friend of mine started her son on tuition since P3 or P4. Her son had a good foundation in Math & Science. Even though many kids had drastic drop in grades for Math at P5, her son was not badly affected...in fact, he still passed.
                    Careless mistakes can be controlled, if child is willing to be more careful by checking (re-do) rather than rushing through. Unfortunately, mine is the type who gets questions done in a flash.

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                      ammonite
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                      janet_lee88:
                      ...in fact, he still passed.

                      😓 wah, so siong. Tuition just to pass?? Could it be that your son's school is one of those that set very hard papers, harder than the actual pSLE?

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                        ammonite
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                        I’ve heard of maths teacher huddling together for half an hour to figure out how to solve sums set by another competing school. Seems to me that that is pretty crazy. How can we expect the kids to do that? I am sure the actual PSLE paper will have only a couple of such sums, while the papers set by these schools may have … maybe 30 percent of these brain cell killing questions?

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