Do students need tutoring to succeed in the VCE?

[nisha]

O.o its getting intense

[Fishyiscool]

I'm Pretty entirely sure that thushan hasn't been tutored since kumon in like year 8 or 9 LOL.
Some people are just geniuses on their own accord.

[Planck's constant]

I'll remember to ask him

Anyways, but then there's the issue of the line, which seems to come up everywhere, so if your parents decide to do your chores for you so that you have more time to study, does that constitute tutoring/mentoring/coaching? if your parents buy books for you, is that tutoring/mentoring/coaching? if your older siblings give you their notes and helps you out every now and then is that tutoring/mentoring/coaching?

At the top level, there is always a 'Brains Trust' behind the scenes, paulsterio
Trust me ... lol

[Planck's constant]

I'm Pretty entirely sure that thushan hasn't been tutored since kumon in like year 8 or 9 LOL.
Some people are just geniuses on their own accord.

So you are telling me that Thushan was a tutor at Kumon

[Mariammm]

That is called familial support ... Some people are lucky enough to have it more than others

I'll remember to ask him

Anyways, but then there's the issue of the line, which seems to come up everywhere, so if your parents decide to do your chores for you so that you have more time to study, does that constitute tutoring/mentoring/coaching? if your parents buy books for you, is that tutoring/mentoring/coaching? if your older siblings give you their notes and helps you out every now and then is that tutoring/mentoring/coaching?

At the top level, there is always a 'Brains Trust' behind the scenes, paulsterio
Trust me ... lol

[Planck's constant]

That is called familial support ... Some people are lucky enough to have it more than others

I see.

If my mum is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature and my dad is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and all my brothers and sisters have done VCE ahead of me and I have 24 hour access to them for help/tips/advice then this not tutoring, its familial support and I am doing everything on my OWN

But if I pay some Uni Student $25 an hour for 1 hour a week, I am being TUTORED and I should be ashamed of myself.

[Panicmode]

That is called familial support ... Some people are lucky enough to have it more than others

I see.

If my mum is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature and my dad is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and all my brothers and sisters have done VCE ahead of me and I have 24 hour access to them for help/tips/advice then this not tutoring, its familial support and I am doing everything on my OWN

But if I pay some Uni Student $25 an hour for 1 hour a week, I am being TUTORED and I should be ashamed of myself.

There's no reason to be ashamed of being tutored at all.

Personally, I did VCE all by myself, no extra notes, no help from older siblings, no tutors; just the books on the book-list, my teachers and me. But, I think I probably should have forked up the money for a tutor in at least a couple of my subjects. I might have seen my study scores rise a bit.

[Zebra]

I strongly believe one can do very well without getting any tuitions as long as determination to work hard is there.

[Fishyiscool]

I'm Pretty entirely sure that thushan hasn't been tutored since kumon in like year 8 or 9 LOL.
Some people are just geniuses on their own accord.

So you are telling me that Thushan was a tutor at Kumon

LOL. Im not entirely sure about that, but I know he was tutored at kumon as a child. a small child.

[Mariammm]

That is called familial support ... Some people are lucky enough to have it more than others

I see.

If my mum is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature and my dad is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and all my brothers and sisters have done VCE ahead of me and I have 24 hour access to them for help/tips/advice then this not tutoring, its familial support and I am doing everything on my OWN

But if I pay some Uni Student $25 an hour for 1 hour a week, I am being TUTORED and I should be ashamed of myself.

Why would you be ashamed? I have already made my opinion clear that there is nothing wrong with tutoring ... Heck, if one has that available to them, they should utilize it to their advantage - guitlessly ....
So what exactly is your point?

[Mariammm]

Sorry for the double-post but I have to add something...
I was referring to Paul's comment about parents doing chores for you and siblings giving you their notes - this is the familial support I'm talking about
However, if you are sitting with your parent/sibling, who happens to be familar with the subject, for an amount of time, for a one-on-one session where they explain the content to you, then this becomes tutoring - the only difference being that you dont pay them... And once again,there is nothing wrong with that ...
You just happen to be lucky

[nisha]

I strongly believe one can do very well without getting any tuitions as long as determination to work hard is there.

Yes. I agree. But not everyone is lucky to have great teachers who are passionate about their subjects to teach you.
That is why there are tutors.

[Jdog]

thushan got tutoring for german and biology.

[Fishyiscool]

thushan got tutoring for german and biology.

Oh yeeeeah lol, my bad. XD

[Russ]

I'm Pretty entirely sure that thushan hasn't been tutored since kumon in like year 8 or 9 LOL.
Some people are just geniuses on their own accord.

So you are telling me that Thushan was a tutor at Kumon

LOL. Im not entirely sure about that, but I know he was tutored at kumon as a child. a small child.

I choose to interpret this as validation of my job and work