Monthly Archives: August, 2016

A meeting with a family yesterday

Yesterday, I had a long conversation with a family, who had expressed an interest for me to guide their son for PSLE next year. During our conversation, I shared some important points with them, which I thought could be beneficial to other parents here: It is of little benefit (it could even be detrimental) to …

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“Ring ring….Can you help?”

Received a few calls from parents over the past few days, seeking academic help and advice for their children. There were also requests to conduct revision courses during the Sept holidays, which I declined. As guessed, these students are mostly PSLE students, or ‘O’ Levels students. Most readers who frequent my website would have known …

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Gender

Recently, in one of the Facebook groups, a parent shared that there was a relationship between her son and the female tutor. When I prompted the mother if there was any specific reason for the gender of the tutor, she mentioned that it was difficult to find a male tutor. I heaved a sigh of …

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