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raghupavithra:

the cost to print a banner depends on the size of the banner. it also includes a fixed processing fee. A banner 5m long and 3m wide costs $75 to print.Another banner 4m long and 2m wide costs $47 to print


How much is the fixed processing fee?

how to solve the problem

Area of 1st banner: 5 x 3 = 15
Area of 2nd banner: 4 x 2 = 8
Difference in cost: $75 - $47 = $28
Difference in areas: 15 - 8 = 7
So, 7 units =$28
1 unit = $4
8 units = $4 x 8 = $32
Fix processing cost = $47 - $32 = $15

I think parents have to be realistic. If you are an experienced tutor, you should try to let the parent have a clear picture of the situation and not make promises of improvements just so that as to keep your job and income.

You’ll be putting yourself in a very embarassing situation should the tutee do really badly.
Personally, I screen the parents. If I can feel that the parent is the unrealistic and disillusioned sort while talking to the parent, I will not take up the job.
Some parents think that just with tuition and no change in lifestyle or habits of the tutee there will be improvements.
Don’t forget it takes two hands to clap. The tutee has to be a responsible student and play his role well too.

ksi:

WS1234567:

I'm a tutor myself. some kids of mine are already top 3 in good schools and they continue to engage me. Reason is simple, the kid needs to maintain the position. There's stiff competition out there. Ony by engaging a top tutor, the parents can ensure that the kid, who is already very bright, knows that he or she can get even better and needs to get better to maitain the good school position. A top tutor knows how to keep the kid constantly motivated too. I set very high standards so none of my kids can ever feel complacent. The fact is, they still have so much to learn. They do not know everything under the sun yet. Neither do us.

If a bright child needs to sustain top 3 positions by 1-1 tuition of $100/hr, then you better be ready to tutor them in uni and in their job in future. This is artificially sustaining the positions. But then again, I understand because everyone is doing it, the kiasu mentality will be worried not to do it, this is what tutors are counting on. Personally I would rather find out my child is truly bright or not by letting go of 1-1 tuition otherwise I cripple my child for life.

And I am right, the 3rd vote is a tutor.

Don't get me wrong, I am not against tuition or enrichment, only addressing the topic of $100/hr tuition.

Personally, I was also being tutored when i was younger. I was from the Chinese High track and field team and I neglected my studies when i was in sec 3. So did my cousin who was in RI. So we got his senior to have crash course for us. We're bright students ourselves but we still learnt a lot from his senior as he's a President scholar.
My point is, some of us who r tutors have skills that u can never imagine. These top 3 students need me for the thinking skills i infuse in them that they won;t get from others. No one is born with such high level of thinking skills if they're not taught by someone else.
Perhaps some pple do not have a clue abt the skills i am talking about.
U need to engage a top tutor to experience it yourself.
I'm not handicapping my students. I'm empowering them in fact. But they need to be expose to the skills in the first place.

tutormum:

janet_lee88:

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Hi KSI

Still remember dd ever said want to keep those notes/materials in case in future she may give tution to P5 students.

I kept my son's lower block Science notes in the hope that my daughter will be able to use them.
ONLY tutors will vote YES to charging $100/hr.

I beg to differ, I am a tutor myself and I vote NO. I have even rejected students who were doing well in school. If the child is constantly scoring band 1, why does he/she need tuition? Once, a parent told me that she wants her child to maintain her standards. IMHO, if a child can constantly score above 80, he/she is very independant to study on his/her own to maintain that standard. period. Why waste money on tutors? A tutor is there to guide and help a child to overcome his/her weakness, not a miracle worker. However, many parents think that if they engage a tutor, their child will do well and a super tutor will enable the child to excel. Parents have to wake up and realise that a tutor can only do so much. :P[/quote]I'm a tutor myself. some kids of mine are already top 3 in good schools and they continue to engage me. Reason is simple, the kid needs to maintain the position. There's stiff competition out there. Ony by engaging a top tutor, the parents can ensure that the kid, who is already very bright, knows that he or she can get even better and needs to get better to maitain the good school position. A top tutor knows how to keep the kid constantly motivated too. I set very high standards so none of my kids can ever feel complacent. The fact is, they still have so much to learn. They do not know everything under the sun yet. Neither do us.

atutor2001:

WS1234567:

The timing is not important in such answers.

However, the question is very specific : \"What is the aim of the experiment?\" the answer given must be \"sure correct one\" (based on the facts given). How are we to know for sure that the person is interested in finding out how well the soil will absorb water?

To know the aim of the experiment, we actually need to know what the person is measuring at the end of the experiment.

The soil that is better able to absorb water will not allow all the water to be flow out of it so quickly, thus giving a timing that is slower.

on my god... my boy will be going there next year.. haiz. it wasnt really a school of our choice but haiz..... i should hv choose Wellington instead but ... haiz....... too late now [/quote]


I sympathise with you. However, some students did manage to change to Endeavour after a few years. You may try. The marketing for SPS is done very well as the principal is quite a clever marketing fellow. He deserves credit for it. Nothing beats Canberra around Semb region. The std of the other schools in Semb do not even come close to Canberra's std. I'm currently tutoring top students from Canberra so I know better. I'm even hoping to produce the top scholar in Semb estate this yr.

Nebbermind:

I wld avoid answers which have 'each type' as even the same type may have different soil composition.


I'll go for (3)

When the question mentions three different types, it is perfectly ok to use 'each type'.

The timing is not important in such answers.

atutor2001:

WS1234567:

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I prefer to emphasise on ..... and answering skills to ensure good results...........

Hi WS1234567

This question has been bugging me for years. It goes like this :

An experiment was conducted by pouring equal amount of water into 3 identical funnels containing equal amount of 3 different types of soil. The time taken for 20 cu cm to flow through was recorded. What is the aim of the experiment?

Below are possible answers that I have come across. Which one in your opinion is the best or if none, how should the aim be crafted.

1. To find out the the time taken for 20 cu cm of water to flow through each type of soil.
2. To find out the effect of each type of soil on the time taken for 20 cu cm to flow through.
3. To find out how different types of soil will affect the time taken for 20 cu cm of water to flow through.
4. To find out the porosity of each type of soil.
5. To find out which soil is the most porous.
6. To find out which soil retains the most amount of water.
7. To find out which soil would take the longest/shortest time for 20 cu cm of water to flow through.

Thanks

Firstly, the terms 'porous' and 'porousity' are hardly intorduced to kids in schools. Not required to know such terms for PSLE too.
My answer would be \" To find out how well each type of soil absorbs water/ is able to retain water\".