I was tutoring yesterday when I caught a glimpse of a little girl standing at my door, with a familiar-looking elderly man beside her. Looking at my bewildered face he quickly introduced himself as the father of a CJC student he sent to me in 2007, for H1 Math. His daughter, that student, has just graduated from NUS and the little girl beside him now is the child of his eldest daughter.
The purpose of their visit was to ask whether I have a P2 math tuition class for the little girl, who is in RGPS. Unfortunately, my lowest level tuition class is P3, so she has to come back at end of 2014 for my P3 headstart class instead. I told the man to let his granddaughter play more in P2 as opposed to studying, but he said the environment in RGPS is very competitive. Fortunately, her grandmother, who was there, agreed with me.
Personally, I don’t think P1 and P2 tuition is necessary, UNLESS the student has not attended pre-school and cannot cope with P1 and P2 English and Math.
Finally, I’m happy to know that my past students are doing well in life, and many have entered universities, although they didn’t come from ‘top’ schools. At PSLE, it is about how intelligent you are. But at the ‘O’ and ‘A’ levels, it is about how much you know.
Rgds,
Ilyasa
