Asia spending billions on tutors: study

[autumnbronze]

schweppes:

limlim:

[quote=\"ksi\"]
$680M may be spent mainly on enrichment and not tuition.

I guess we need to clarify that the \"undesirable\" element is excessive enrichment and unnecessary tuition to be the top few..

\"Tuition\" as in additional help for the needy student is not an issue.. how to differentiate these 2 is a tricky issue.. but don't be mistaken that many are against all kinds of tuition all and out..

I just feel that some regulation might help..

and identity the problem area and those needy student should still get their required assistance in some way.. maybe, the school can give tuition..

I'm under the impression that schools do help students who are weak in certain subjects. Teachers get the students who need help the most to stay back for remedial lessons or other learning support progs - both at primary and secondary level.[/quote]At a popular sch, I was teaching graduating classes. I had 10 pupils in a particular class who requested for 1 to 1 oral practice, on top of the daily practice they were getting weeks before the exam :faint: That is only one of the four graduating classes I was teaching.

What did I do? Of course I acceded to their request lah. That is also on top of all other 'extra-curricular' (not pertaining to teaching) activities I HAD to be involved in

Its no wonder I suffered from multiple miscarriages then, and blissfully managed to carry to term after I left the service.

Ooooooops :oops: :oops: Am I :offtopic:

[Lilac66]

autumnbronze:

limlim:

Peoples views are expected to differ.

:celebrate: :celebrate:

But, then again, being able to agree to disagree is another feat altogether, ain't it :evil:

[autumnbronze]

Lilac66:

Pls understand our intentions are good. :boogie:

:hugs: :hugs:

[autumnbronze]

tutormum:

DS3 didn't want to do TS as he hates Bio and there's no way to force him to study something that he's no passion for. (He took Literature against everybody's opinion that it's very difficult to score A and Literature is not popular. Well, he has been scoring A for it and enjoying himself.) He thinks that those who offer TS but not strong in the subjects are just being dumb cos they are stretching and stressing themselves.

Kudos to you and your son for taking the road less travelled :salute:

This reminds of streaming period when I was teaching. Ultimately, many of my better pupils who had the intention to do Pure Lit with 2 Sciences were always poached by the Science department to do TS (no Lit) and they do succumb to the pressure eventually because of the false notion that TS is much better in terms of future prospects :roll:

I cannot comment on whether they were able to cope or not as I did not follow up.

[corneyAmber]

limlim:

ksi:

$680M may be spent mainly on enrichment and not tuition.

I guess we need to clarify that the \"undesirable\" element is excessive enrichment and unnecessary tuition to be the top few..

\"Tuition\" as in additional help for the needy student is not an issue.. how to differentiate these 2 is a tricky issue.. but don't be mistaken that many are against all kinds of tuition all and out..

I just feel that some regulation might help..

and identity the problem area and those needy student should still get their required assistance in some way.. maybe, the school can give tuition..

I can see your points and they have its value in speaking for people without the voice, we just need better data points to flag out the root of the issue clearly.

As for excessive enrichment, that is beyond anyone's control, every parent should first take note of their child's MENTAL and PHYSICAL HEALTH if these enrichment are only WANTS. I do not think MOE can change parents' mindset and they are supposed to be the best care for their own children. Unless it becomes a child abuse case, little the policy makers can do.

[corneyAmber]

verykiasu2010:

students can always make appointment with teachers for consultation, after classroom hours. no problem at all

I believe this happens more easily for the secondary school kids. Primary school kids have varying maturity. From what I hear of our school, the teachers are always hopping in and out of the classroom for lessons. Staff room is a sacred place no one can go except monitors and only with permission. So we cannot assume all schools have the same practices of easy access to teachers.

[verykiasu2010]

ksi:

verykiasu2010:

students can always make appointment with teachers for consultation, after classroom hours. no problem at all

I believe this happens more easily for the secondary school kids. Primary school kids have varying maturity. From what I hear of our school, the teachers are always hopping in and out of the classroom for lessons. Staff room is a sacred place no one can go except monitors and only with permission. So we cannot assume all schools have the same practices of easy access to teachers.

shy students got disadvantaged ...... okay here is goes again, how to level it up huh

[Sun_2010]

concern2:

Zest for life. I like.
Study for life? Dislike.

Let me rephrase that
'Learning for life '
Now how about that?

Just passed by a student who was wearing a t-shirt that had
had defined studying

Student + Dying = Studying

[corneyAmber]

verykiasu2010:

ksi:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]

students can always make appointment with teachers for consultation, after classroom hours. no problem at all

I believe this happens more easily for the secondary school kids. Primary school kids have varying maturity. From what I hear of our school, the teachers are always hopping in and out of the classroom for lessons. Staff room is a sacred place no one can go except monitors and only with permission. So we cannot assume all schools have the same practices of easy access to teachers.

shy students got disadvantaged ...... okay here is goes again, how to level it up huh[/quote]Well, the truth is different practices in the schools do make a difference, again all schools are not the same in that sense. In my example above, the children are generally FAR FROM SHY, in fact sometimes have to ask them to keep quiet for 1 min...haha. As for level up, best practices to be tabled and share across the schools would help. In fact, that is only a best step ahead, as schools can still take their time to implement.

[corneyAmber]

Sun_2010:

concern2:

Zest for life. I like.
Study for life? Dislike.

Let me rephrase that
'Learning for life '
Now how about that?

Just passed by a student who was wearing a t-shirt that had
had defined studying

Student + Dying = Studying

First impression is :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Next is... :nailbite: :scared: :yikes: