NO tuition success stories to share?

[ImMeeMee]

My three girls have not had tuition so far. DH coaches our P6 and P5 girls on Math and science, and I share the load on MT and HMT. They are generally in the A range, occasionally dropping to B, but hardly any A*.

I coach my P3 girl myself. She has special needs and reading mainstream curriculum. This SA she had borderline fail for more than one subject. But we still think it is best to coach her ourselves cos we can customise our teaching approach according to her learning objectives and based on her strengths and challenges. Its tough, and a lot of hard work on her part and mine, but I am not certain that having a tuition teacher will improve her grades any better than currently.

JMHO.

[kaitlynangelica]

There is no need to compare who goes for tuition or who doesn't.

As parents, we know what our kids need best.

If the child is weak and struggling, and the parent cannot teach and yet managed to find a good tutor who can help the child grasp well, what is wrong with sending for tuition?

Our school syllabus is such that the teaching is touch and go....and yet the depth of understanding required is deep. So if a tutor / mentor can help coach the kid and bring her / him to the maximum potential, then why not?

There is no need to compare who sends or who doesn't send for tuition.

Those who have had success in coaching their kids and didn't have to send for tuition do not need to make those who send for tuition feel guilty. Likewise those who have had to send their kids for tuition do not need to envy those who did not have to.

Every child functions differently.

[sleepy]

Depends on parents' background too. If parents are capable of teaching or stretching, no need external tuition.

A classmate's parent is a JC Maths lecturer. Obviously no need tuition for that subject. Child is consistently top in cohort for Maths and also won every Math Olympiad competitions you can think of

Not having tuition for that subject doesn't mean not doing anything at home

Since everyone's background is different, I feel that there's no need to judge those who attend tuition.

[mathtuition88]

There is no need to compare who goes for tuition or who doesn't.

As parents, we know what our kids need best.

If the child is weak and struggling, and the parent cannot teach and yet managed to find a good tutor who can help the child grasp well, what is wrong with sending for tuition?

Our school syllabus is such that the teaching is touch and go....and yet the depth of understanding required is deep. So if a tutor / mentor can help coach the kid and bring her / him to the maximum potential, then why not?

There is no need to compare who sends or who doesn't send for tuition.

Those who have had success in coaching their kids and didn't have to send for tuition do not need to make those who send for tuition feel guilty. Likewise those who have had to send their kids for tuition do not need to envy those who did not have to.

Every child functions differently.

Agreed. +1.

Students who succeed without tuition are highly commendable as it requires a great deal of self-motivation, self-discipline, and eagerness to learn.

Similarly, students who succeed with tuition also require a lot of self-motivation, self-discipline and eagerness to learn. Tuition is not a magic pill that can instantly turn fail results into As. It is not the equivalent of taking steroids in sports. A child that is willing to go for tuition that alone shows that he/she is willing to improve. It takes a lot of self-discipline to go for tuition (that can last till 9pm at night), and then wake up at 6am to go for school the next day. It takes great mental concentration and passion for learning to try to absorb what the tutor is saying during tuition.

Overall, the life of a student in Singapore is tough; arguably even tougher than the life of an adult who has a 8-5pm job. A student's "job" of studying in Singapore ranges from 7am in the morning to late at night, including weekends. There is not much rest during the "school holidays" as there may be exams coming right up.

Hence, overall any student who puts in his/her best effort is a success story, with or without tuition.

[janet88]

Overall, the life of a student in Singapore is tough; arguably even tougher than the life of an adult who has a 8-5pm job. A student's "job" of studying in Singapore ranges from 7am in the morning to late at night, including weekends. There is not much rest during the "school holidays" as there may be exams coming right up.

the life of a student in singapore is really not easy. school holidays are not enjoyable in the true sense.

[ImMeeMee]

My three girls have not had tuition so far. DH coaches our P6 and P5 girls on Math and science, and I share the load on MT and HMT. They are generally in the A range, occasionally dropping to B, but hardly any A*.

I coach my P3 girl myself. She has special needs and reading mainstream curriculum. This SA she had borderline fail for more than one subject. But we still think it is best to coach her ourselves cos we can customise our teaching approach according to her learning objectives and based on her strengths and challenges. Its tough, and a lot of hard work on her part and mine, but I am not certain that having a tuition teacher will improve her grades any better than currently.

JMHO.

Regrets if my post has given the impression of putting down parents and children who go for tuition. This has not been my intention.

I merely meant to share an alternative perspective and to illustrate the situation that despite having my daughter fail her subjects, we still have to trudge on with the optimal approach without tuition, given the circumstances that my daughter is in. In fact, it can get quite exasperating and depressing at times, but we just have to keep trying.

Peace.

[terryteaches]

Tuition is like tonic. The quantity and necessity are based on different individuals.
补习犹如补品。该不该补、补多少因人而异。

[StillThinking]

I've seen an article before on this girl who never did extra revision and doesn't have tuition, but she makes sure she gets it while in school and ended up doing really well for her studies. Isn't this the right way? No? I'd like to put forward that there isn't a need for any other academic program other than School to do well.

I personally did similar(except I'd make sure I'd get it through doing homework and corrections cause I tend to fall asleep in class ).

My Primary School Top Scorer didn't have tuition either(she's in my class and our whole class is super close so I would know such things), but I'm not really too sure what she did.

There are stories everywhere to be fair

[StillThinking]

There is no need to compare who goes for tuition or who doesn't.

As parents, we know what our kids need best.

If the child is weak and struggling, and the parent cannot teach and yet managed to find a good tutor who can help the child grasp well, what is wrong with sending for tuition?

Our school syllabus is such that the teaching is touch and go....and yet the depth of understanding required is deep. So if a tutor / mentor can help coach the kid and bring her / him to the maximum potential, then why not?

There is no need to compare who sends or who doesn't send for tuition.

Those who have had success in coaching their kids and didn't have to send for tuition do not need to make those who send for tuition feel guilty. Likewise those who have had to send their kids for tuition do not need to envy those who did not have to.

Every child functions differently.

I disagree. Our schools are sufficient to teach. A common problem is that many just play during lessons and rely on tuition because they have to go anyways. Also, if the child is weak, the child should be approaching the teacher and not the tutor, there was this friend of mine whose tutor even taught something not accepted in Exam!(If you are wondering, she probably went to a 'good' tuition centre since her family focuses a lot on her enrichment what not.) Studies also show that tuition has no link to the school grades, at least of those 'surveyed'.

[kaitlynangelica]

I have to disagree with you based on my experience.

Seriously, the teaching is touch and go.

Its even worse in secondary school where the teacher can cover the whole chapter in one lesson and then chuck a whole stack of worksheets on the students.

For my daughter, she mentioned that even when she does try to ask the teacher, the teacher either doesn't have time, cannot be found or even worse still accuses her of not paying attention in class.

If the schools were so good, then there would have been no need for tuition centres to sprout up everywhere.

A good tutor can be there to mentor the child, clarify doubts on the subject and even help in exam techniques.