Monday, August 18, 2008 @ 11:18 AM: some thoughts about tuition
Just feel a bit dejected... browsing through some blog entries which made me re-think about my priorties in that particular vulnerable part in me...
Okie... but anyway these days have been crazily fun and busy... 8 tutees and yups this week I would welcome yet another new J1 tutee! Hope the tuition would be useful! Anyway, here's a summary of the story from my mum that I had wanted to share long ago on the blog:-
My dad, in his primary school days, had little pocket money given his upbringing. In school, he knew that his mathematics was his weakest topic and he understood that he would really need tuition to pull up his grades in mathematics. So he took up a few other errands, helping ppl buy stuff and getting small tips all around his neighbourhood and slowly accumulated enough money - just enough money to go for group tuition. And his hard work paid off eventually.When my mum told me about this story, I reflected and wondered at times how I could put in more effort to coach some of my kids at times especially when it is right smacked in a tuition marathon or after a long and exhaustive day esp at bridge. Sometimes I would charge less or coach even more hours to make up for it as well...
However it has been quite disheartening to see that for some instances, it is the parents who would like to force the tuition on the kids who sometimes may not need the tuition or feel that they may not need it. Sometimes I just feel this makes things counterproductive and it ends up a waste of time on both sides. And in some other cases, the students thought that through tuition they shld be able to improve but they still dun put in the effort to take in the learning pts... appears that the impression of "A,B,C had tuition and they improved, so if i had tuition i would improve" had got to them.
Ok! One last month of pia-ing tuition and off I will go to UK! and yeps just to update the readers, I would be coming back in dec during the hols!
thank you for bringing me memories...
