Monthly Archives: June, 2016
Last post of the week
“My son’s (sec 4) tutor, who is a professor, is currently being paid $380 for 8 hours.” A parent who resided in Siglap told me this, when she was asking me for assistance to teach her Primary 5 girl. In the course of doing so, she offered me $40/h, to guide her daughter. We engaged …
It’s still not too late
This is the last week of the June holidays and I hope students, be it elite or academically weak, would have made a strong attempt to embark on the road to excellence, or made up for lost ground respectively. For parents of academically-weak Primary 6 students, while it is less than 8 weeks before the …
“You are not a tutor, remember…?”
“You are not a tutor, remember…?” This brought a smile on my otherwise regular day. A parent actually told me this, when I was having a conversation with her today. Interestingly, I have often used the term ‘mentor’ much more than ‘tutor’ to describe myself. Now, in case many parents want to know the difference, here’s …
Plethora of questions
Over the past 3 days, I have received a plethora of questions with regards to the workshop I launched this week. Here are some of the questions raised: What is the focus of this workshop? This workshop focuses on the softer aspects of education, such as exams strategies and revision planning. The onus is not …
Session on planning and study strategy
Dear parents, With the positive response from the session conducted today, and several inquiries coming in, I could be planning for another session next week, depending on demand and time availability. For parents who are keen, please feel free to contact me. Some details for the session is as follows: Location: Punggol Target audience: Primary …
A session on planning
Dear parents, I will be conducting a session (possibly this week)on academic preparations and planning for examinations, with targeted audiences at Pri 5-6, and secondary level students. The aim is to impart the skill of planning their work, as well as formulating their strategies for examinations, and studying effectively. This is not meant to be …
My conversation with 2 parents
As mentioned previously, I had spoken to a few parents on the kind of assistance they needed. I will like to highlight 2 conversations that I had. Parent A contacted me early last week, seeking help for her Sec 2 girl. After speaking to her at length (> 1hr) and interacting with her daughter last …
Moral obligations
This post is about 1 of my current students, which I hope can invigorate the passion in tutors, and remind both tutors and parents that there is a moral obligations students when it comes to education. This parent had approached me late November last year, urgently seeking my assistance to help her son, who is …
Passion In Learning 