Dear Pojo,


I agree with what you have stated as well as the definition you have crafted.

Till date, I cannot seem to find a proper term to define underachievers in psychological terms and I fully agree that it has a very negative label. If I can find a less derogatory meaning to the word, I would definitely replace it.

1)You made a strong point because I understand that nobody is going to want to send their child to a school to be labelled as an underachiever. I wouldn’t as well

2) Also, thank you for clarifying that branded centres with central venues is not on your important list. Quality seems till date the top call from our feedback and not branding. (sigh of relief)

I guess what we were trying to highlight was the philosophy our team stood for and craft it in as much honesty as we can.

We define underachieving students as students who have the cognitive ability but are not able to achieve their full potential due to reasons such as lack of direction, lack of motivation, self confidence, wrong strategy etc. i.e. They have immense potential, just that there is certain hindrance in their path, that’s why they are not getting the grades that they deserve.

Thanks for clarifying this issue pojo!

Dear Everyone,


Thanks for the ideas and support, We are glad to meet with such a supportive community and have replied the pm.We look forward to hearing more.

We are heartened though, that parents are concerned more about real quality i.e. small class interaction, syllabus, than branding itself =). This is because quality is something we can provide. However, to rent a nice place with a good logo is tough as a young startup.

Flowermonster: FIFO…haha. Still its a top of the mind recall…so we will bear that in

Thanks flowermonaster,


Can I check if your requirements are ranked according to importance? i.e. knowledge of MOE syllabus being the most important? Thanks!

Ps…as we are a young startup, venue is by far our biggest worry. So we were also wondering if having a good location i.e. rented up scale central area is an important factor in making your decision to select a tuition agency?

Hi,


We are a team of graduates who have been giving private tuition during for the past 4 years. During the course of our studies, we chose to render our services to mostly underachieving students and successfully brought their results up to par.(From F9 to B3 and above)

Why did we choose underachieving students?

We understood firstly, that these students were very often intelligent, but lacked the motivation and drive due to peer influence. I personally used to have a kid whose results would drop from a B3 to C6 every time he found himself a girlfriend. As such, they truly deserved more.

Secondly, as tutors to underachieving students, we found ourselves serving both the role of counsellors, as well as teachers. This was especially rewarding because its easy to teach a smart kid to score in his exams Really. The joy of teaching comes when you successful teach an underachieving student how to set goals for himself, gain confidence, learn to ask questions and more importantly, look beyond the grades and truly enjoy learning.

My team of fresh graduates are keen to setup a private tuition centre to carry on our vision of helping underachieving students to improve their academic lives through scientifically researched goal-setting management.

The truth of the matter is that while we understand students as much, we do not really understand parents. Hence,we have to take the first step to understand you guys before we embark on our dream. As such, we are curious to:

1) understand the problems that you face as parents when searching for a tuition agency

2) what do you wish that our tuition agency can provide that would be beneficial to you and your child.

Any other feedback would also be greatly appreciated and you can PM me if you wish. By lending your voice, we hope to one day be able to start our centre and continue our passion for helping underachieving students.Thank you!