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National Education => Wanted => Tuition and Education Services => VIC Wanted => Topic started by: SoarBeyond on December 16, 2009, 08:33:06 pm
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Thanks. :)
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Hey, me! Nah I'm kidding, not top-notch enough I would say, haha.
My friends used the same tutor, and one of them got a 50 in English, if I recall correctly.
I could ask them for you next time they're online, which should be tonight sometime.
So, pending?
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That would be great! Thanks so much!! :D
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i know one - she's a law student teaching VCE english at thang cong (thats the business name) in flemington
she genuinely is committed to the job
if ur interested, pm me
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i know one - she's a law student teaching VCE english at thang cong (thats the business name) in flemington
she genuinely is committed to the job
if ur interested, pm me
She's my tutor! I love her (Y)
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i know one - she's a law student teaching VCE english at thang cong (thats the business name) in flemington
she genuinely is committed to the job
if ur interested, pm me
hi turley,
does she do englang as well?
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anyone know any english tutors in the south east region?
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There's one at Mount Waverley Secondary College, during Saturdays. He's a VCE English Examiner, Executive of the GAT and one of the six people who are like the Executive Board of VCE English..
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There's one at Mount Waverley Secondary College, during Saturdays. He's a VCE English Examiner, Executive of the GAT and one of the six people who are like the Executive Board of VCE English..
where bouts does he hold the sessions do you know
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There's one at Mount Waverley Secondary College, during Saturdays. He's a VCE English Examiner, Executive of the GAT and one of the six people who are like the Executive Board of VCE English..
where bouts does he hold the sessions do you know
I'll second that, Albeno... :P
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There's one at Mount Waverley Secondary College, during Saturdays. He's a VCE English Examiner, Executive of the GAT and one of the six people who are like the Executive Board of VCE English..
where bouts does he hold the sessions do you know
I'll second that, Albeno... :P
third! < for a friend
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There's one at Mount Waverley Secondary College, during Saturdays. He's a VCE English Examiner, Executive of the GAT and one of the six people who are like the Executive Board of VCE English..
where bouts does he hold the sessions do you know
I'll second that, Albeno... :P
third! < for a friend
Fourth :) I'm interested.
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fifth! :)
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Sixth.
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what happened to his account?
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He made a new one
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what happened to his account?
They must have deleted it - SoarBeyond that is. Unsure of the reasons behind it though.
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I don't think his year 9.
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ohh k i see.
yeah asif a year 9 would be worrying about vce
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anyone in the north/north west/west of melbourne want english tutoring? :)
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what texts did you study spizaa?
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Yep, was wondering the same question.
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hard times for text
fly away peter for context (imaginative landscape) - we also did jindabyne but it is best to stick with one of the two texts only
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There's one at Mount Waverley Secondary College, during Saturdays. He's a VCE English Examiner, Executive of the GAT and one of the six people who are like the Executive Board of VCE English..
really? =_=
Yes.
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There's one at Mount Waverley Secondary College, during Saturdays. He's a VCE English Examiner, Executive of the GAT and one of the six people who are like the Executive Board of VCE English..
really? =_=
any details about this person?
Yes.
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There's one at Mount Waverley Secondary College, during Saturdays. He's a VCE English Examiner, Executive of the GAT and one of the six people who are like the Executive Board of VCE English..
really? =_=
Yes.
wait, he teaches @ MWSC ?!
or he held his sessions there on saturdays?
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The times of his tuitions are from 2:25 - 3:25pm during Saturdays at Mt Waverley Secondary College. Although the downside to it all is because he is involved with so much stuff, he only attends half of his classes while his wife (although his wife is also pro at tutoring English) does the rest. Acquire about him at the college. The tuition runs under Xin Jin Shan Chinese Culture School. There are also sporadic but free lectures provided by this guy each semester.
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The times of his tuitions are from 2:25 - 3:25pm during Saturdays at Mt Waverley Secondary College. Although the downside to it all is because he is involved with so much stuff, he only attends half of his classes while his wife (although his wife is also pro at tutoring English) does the rest. Acquire about him at the college. The tuition runs under Xin Jin Shan Chinese Culture School. There are also sporadic but free lectures provided by this guy each semester.
HAve you been to his tutations. if so how were they?
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we should all just have our own pr0 tuition class! it would be awesome. :D
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The times of his tuitions are from 2:25 - 3:25pm during Saturdays at Mt Waverley Secondary College. Although the downside to it all is because he is involved with so much stuff, he only attends half of his classes while his wife (although his wife is also pro at tutoring English) does the rest. Acquire about him at the college. The tuition runs under Xin Jin Shan Chinese Culture School. There are also sporadic but free lectures provided by this guy each semester.
HAve you been to his tutations. if so how were they?
Yes, I have for a year. He knows what he's talking about and can help you develop ideas really well. However, being a VCE veteran, some of the language he uses may be slightly confusing. But all in all, he has over 15 years (I think!) of VCE English teaching experience and can provide you with some good tips on how to impress him and other examiners in your writing. But again, the downside to this guy is that he is committed with too many things. One week he'll go to Brisbane for a lecture, the other he's marking SACs and exams. So his attendance rate to this tutor is quite low. But at times when he is here, he is pro!!!
Also, another thing is (although this is a personal thing) I don't like his way of marking essays. It is exactly the way he marks the VCE English papers in that he skims over it and is very very vague in his feedback. For example, he gave me a 9/10 for an essay I wrote and merely wrote 'Great use of language and discussion of ideas'. It did not give me any headway as to where I can improve, etc. Have to reiterate that it is only a personal thing.
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Would a private be better?
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That is largely debatable as well and solely up to how you learn best. Like most people, I'm sitting on the fence with this one.
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I personally would prefer private or maybe duo's. I get awfully distracted when I am around people.
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I personally would prefer private or maybe duo's. I get awfully distracted when I am around people.
yea i would ta;k and lose focus very quickly
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I personally would prefer private or maybe duo's. I get awfully distracted when I am around people.
Omg I know, in class I can never get work done because I'm busy talking to the person next to me. My Methods teacher continually demanded that I stop talking throughout the year, and I had to do a lot of work at home =(
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I personally would prefer private or maybe duo's. I get awfully distracted when I am around people.
Omg I know, in class I can never get work done because I'm busy talking to the person next to me. My Methods teacher continually demanded that I stop talking throughout the year, and I had to do a lot of work at home =(
hehe. i am exactly the same, i do jack shit at school.
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heres a tutor, check it out LOL, apparently his the best in melbourne. its $100 an hour though, if your rich go for it.
http://www.englishsupertutor.com/
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heres a tutor, check it out LOL, apparently his the best in melbourne. its $100 an hour though, if your rich go for it.
http://www.englishsupertutor.com/
I went to this guy, although I thought it was only 90 an hour? One of the biggest reasons I went to him was because he was an examiner.
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Was he worth it?
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he looks like a complete tool. i feel sorry for his students. he probably doesn't tell them everything because he wants them to pay him $100 first, then when he tutors you, he *might* give you the time of day. plus he wont mark your sacs apparently, and charges $45 per piece to mark other work. complete joke.
he is not out help students, he is out to help himself. probably wastes all of his tuition income on donuts rofl!
and police check or no police check, i don't trust him!
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probably wastes all of his tuition income on donuts rofl!
looooooooooooooooooool
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Was he worth it?
I think he is quite helpful but somewhat overpriced. I only went on alternating weeks from about mid term 3 onwards. I also get the feeling he is really busy a lot of the time so I found lessons generally went better if I brought him work and got him to explain how an examiner would mark it and what I could do better to improve the essay.
The thing is though a lot of English tutors don't seem to advertise that much and I found it very hard to find any examiners who held private tuition. I specifically wanted an examiner as a tutor which is why I was willing to pay to see this tutor.
Try to look around and see if you can find a tutor nearby that satisfies what you want from a tutor. Always remember, you should be in control of what you want to learn. Don't be passive at tuition, get your money worth and try to focus each lesson on what you want to improve on. Avoid contracts or pre-paying for a number of lessons. If you don't like a tutor, you shouldn't be under any obligation to continue paying them.
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^^^what do you mean by he was really busy?
i would expect that he sits with you for the full hour undisrupted and does cartwheels if you ask him to for the exorbitant prices he charges.
and yeah, definitely no contracts or pre paying for lessons!
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^^^what do you mean by he was really busy?
i would expect that he sits with you for the full hour undisrupted and does cartwheels if you ask him to for the exorbitant prices he charges.
and yeah, definitely no contracts or pre paying for lessons!
He teaches full time at Xavier as well as tutoring multiple students almost every single day. As a result sometimes he seemed quite tired, especially at timeslots past 9pm.
And I agree the price will probably discourage a lot of people. I'd encourage people to look around first before settling on one tutor. Always try to find one the works for you. As I said before, I went to him because I specifically wanted an examiner as a tutor and couldn't find any others who offered private tuition.
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Yeah he sounds okay. But I believe that a good tutor genuinely wants to help students to do their best, and charging those kind of prices to tutor from home is just too far I believe. It doesn't really seem like he is helping anymore. $50 or $60 is absolute max IMO.
Plus, as you said he has a lot of students and other 'stuff' to fit in. I would hate to need to see him leading up to exams. You'd probably have to camp outside of his house lol.
And he claims to know 'texts.' I doubt he knows every one. Would he be willing to read one for you, because i know a lot of other tutors who would do it and for like a third of the price.
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hey guys. i just had an interview with engage education to become a tutor. it costs only $22.50 an hour for 1 on 1 or 1 on 2 sessions. what they had in mind is to get the tutors to read essays and grade them out of 10 and tell you how to improve, get ideas bouncing of one another in group sessions etc. everything i would do in a private session, these guys wanna do. i advise you to do it not only for english, but for all your subjects. pm me for more info.
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I know a great tutor who lives near Monash Clayton, shes marks English and Lit papers. Unfortunately shes in such demand that she only accepts kids who she knows and most of her students start going to her at around age 12.
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I know a great tutor who lives near Monash Clayton, shes marks English and Lit papers. Unfortunately shes in such demand that she only accepts kids who she knows and most of her students start going to her at around age 12.
WHAT?!?!? Bred to get 50?
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I know a great tutor who lives near Monash Clayton, shes marks English and Lit papers. Unfortunately shes in such demand that she only accepts kids who she knows and most of her students start going to her at around age 12.
WHAT?!?!? Bred to get 50?
Lol, that's scary
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IMO, it also sounds like a waste of time. It's perfectly possible to get a 50 without that much preparation, and it's also probable that you can train for years and not ace the exam. Once you reach the top end, everything just depends on how you go on the day of the examination.
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IMO, it also sounds like a waste of time. It's perfectly possible to get a 50 without that much preparation, and it's also probable that you can train for years and not ace the exam. Once you reach the top end, everything just depends on how you go on the day of the examination.
+1, thats definitely true, it's all about the skill (and fate :P) of a student, not usually about the amount of preparation.
But, if you can get a student to think in essays in the best way possible from an early age, it can't do any harm
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I don't disagree that's it's good to try and improve from a young age; I think it's toxic to be focused on VCE from the beginning of high school. I don't think it's beneficial. At all.
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I don't disagree that's it's good to try and improve from a young age; I think it's toxic to be focused on VCE from the beginning of high school. I don't think it's beneficial. At all.
Yeah, I suppose.
It's not beneficial to start so early on VCE, but if you have time, learning good English techniques may come in handy (not VCE) :D
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yeah, that is definitely true. i have neglected english for years, never wrote anything unless i had to, and my sucky school had the worst english teacher who i happened to have for two years, and she never taught us anything. definitely practice english from the very start of high school, and you will probably find vce english a breeze.
i don't know about other schools, but we only learnt about essay writing and language analysis in year 9, which i reckon is far too late.
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i don't know about other schools, but we only learnt about essay writing and language analysis in year 9, which i reckon is far too late.
Lol? I only learned about them in Y10. I had no concept of how to write an essay before then, but that being said, I never really worked in English until Y10.
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i learnt them in year 9 because i had a really good teacher, but then i had the shit teacheragain in year 10 and we did nothing, and last year was even worse.
now that i think of it i don't even remember the point of year 7 and 8 english lol. what the hell we did i can't even remember.
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Thats kinda true from 7-9 its only text response and 10 you are taught language analysis, 11-12 then context. I'm not too sure why they don't introduce language analysis earlier.
@kyzoo: I thought your school would have taught it since year 7 ^^
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I think that you could grab an essay writing book in year 7 and that'd be as much benefit to your VCE as paying $$$ for a tutor at that time.
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Thats kinda true from 7-9 its only text response and 10 you are taught language analysis, 11-12 then context. I'm not too sure why they don't introduce language analysis earlier.
@kyzoo: I thought your school would have taught it since year 7 ^^
Seeing as though we don't even offer 1/2 in Y10, I'm not surprised lol.
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lol im with kyzoo, wrote my first PROPER essay in yr10. teacher did try and teach us persuasive techniques and all in yr9 but no one cared :P
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Lol that crazy tutor I mentioned before has started teaching my small class about Identity and Belonging with Catcher In the Rye, and were all in year 10!
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Lol that crazy tutor I mentioned before has started teaching my small class about Identity and Belonging with Catcher In the Rye, and were all in year 10!
omfg how exciting.
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The times of his tuitions are from 2:25 - 3:25pm during Saturdays at Mt Waverley Secondary College. Although the downside to it all is because he is involved with so much stuff, he only attends half of his classes while his wife (although his wife is also pro at tutoring English) does the rest. Acquire about him at the college. The tuition runs under Xin Jin Shan Chinese Culture School. There are also sporadic but free lectures provided by this guy each semester.
Haha ik this is late reply but do u still have his contacts?