I think many of us have been through some of the major
examinations in Singapore, from PSLE, O Levels, A Levels, or even
Poly Diplomas.
Having been through these hurdles in our educational life cycle, I
think we become more retrospective of the crazy nights and endless
hours of studying which we had to endure to get our grades.
Since SGForums has been a major 'meeting point' for many students
in Singapore, I would like to suggest perhaps that some of the
'elders' in the forum offer free tuition or consultation services
to 'juniors' around here. This can take the form of a meet up at a
local neighbourhood shopping mall, where 3-4 students can seek
academic consultation with a senior who has recently completed
these exams.
I am sure that those who have gotten perfect scores or have done
well for these major exams will be more than willing to offer such
services for free to those who would definitely enjoy a helping
hand.
It is important that this service remains free to stay true to the
'pay it forward' nature of the proposal. Perhaps this is a great
opportunity to those who would be willing to commit a couple of
hours of your weekend perhaps every fortnight to meet up with
juniors to help them with logarithms, or organic chemistry or even
Newtonian mechanics?
To start the ball rolling, let's hope that this thread will bring
together 2 groups of people. Those wanting to help for purely
altruistic reasons. And those who would not mind an extra aid in
their path to scoring well in exams.
Further queries can be sent via email to: [email protected]
I use to give free tuitions in the past during the
holidays.
But many parents do not trust a tutor who give free tuition to
be capable, even if he is the top of his cohort. They rather pay
$30 an hour to my fellow undergraduate who is tutored by me.
-_-
Thus, I spend most of my times on Yahoo Answers now and answer
questions there. Nevertheless, I still gave tuition to that 1 or
two students who bother to look for me during my holidays.
I have to say that fewer and fewer students are seeking help
here on sgforums though. In the past, the forum mods as well as the
other regulars including myself can easily find 2 full pages of
questions or queries from students when they really need help.
Hence, to find someone who needs free tuition help here is an
unlikely thing. It is better to contact those community service
centers (such as the one at Ang Mo Kio) who seeks volunteers. and
also offer free tuition by these volunteers.
(Not an excuse, but because such community centers have fixed
volunteering hours, I can't help out as they cut into my semester
periods)
