A maths was to me easier than E maths when I was in sec 4
I always score higher for A maths than E maths
Which is why I prefer to tutor A Maths... The practise done in A
Maths will benefit the E Maths too.
Unfortunately parents tend to get worried when the E Maths Sec 3
exams come back is weaker than the A Maths. They don't know that E
Maths can be sorted out in 4 lessons usually because you are
tracking their flaws in AM. And certain school exams are
ridiculously difficult which lead students off in the wrong
direction of "I want to learn how to answer difficult questions..."
instead of the " I want consistency in O level standard questions".
Such exams are good if the student is well grounded but damned
jialat if the student is weak and demoralise them.
But for someone taking EM only, tutoring them is painful coz the
coverage is so broad. KNN more than 30 farking topics and usually
the algebra is weak which take boring practise. For AM students,
you just have look at their EM prelims to find their weaknesses
plus the usual suspect topics then troubleshoot. One month settled
and ready to go for the O levels and whether it is A1/A2/B3... it
is their trouble.
I would advise you to try to take only AM students... much more
relaxing. I only have 1 EM student coz zzz talk on phone not clear
then whwn I go I feel her attitude very good so continued. And 2 N
level students coz is introduced by people one cannot reject. Now
weighing whether to ask the parent to ask school can take AM for
sec 5 or not... coz not confident can hit A2 in AM with twice a
week lessons or not... But if he don't get the practise from AM...
then the EM I scared.
Tuition is so fun when the student is actually interested in
learning. Which is why we are tutors instead of teachers... Can
refuse to take student and no need to be role models. I hear the
sighs from a teacher friend I dunno whether to pity him or wanna
LOL at him. His tuition student ($80/hr) got full marks for the AM
paper 1 (he claim) and yet his school grading he going to get a D/E
because of office politics.
