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Tutoring technique?
thushan:
--- Quote from: paulsterio on December 26, 2011, 08:56:06 pm ---Thushan and Taiga, seriously guys =.=" why must I always get picked on? :P
Anyway, I've been thinking of tutoring for a while now and something that's always bugged me is why's this guy called Jack (in Springvale) so popular, like he earns something like $10,000 per week (I calculated it - but it's pretty rough estimates of how many students rock up - it varies so much)
But his mantra seems to be something along the lines of this
1) Hand out really good high quality notes
2) Be funny, humiliate yourself and let the students laugh at you
3) Dumb down the course
4) Call chicks "babe" and tell everyone you're gay
5) Do lots and lots of examples and minimise theory (pretty much neglect it)
What do you guys think? :S
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Dayumn. Here's my mantra.
1) Give notes only when necessary - i.e. chem.
2) Principle-bash and give lots of examples of the principles from everyday stuff
3) Be understanding, friendly, non-judgemental, non intimidating. Then students aren't afraid to ask you questions.
4) Treat them as your mates/friends. You're a first-year uni student, make them comfortable.
5) To keep them awake, keep firing qns at them :D
Obviously they're nowhere near as good as Jack's otherwise I'd be earning $10000 per week as well ;P
b^3:
--- Quote from: thushan on December 26, 2011, 10:21:09 pm ---5) To keep them awake, keep firing qns at them :D
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Just don't do what nacho does when hes being ignored :P -> Re: Are you able to lucid dream?
Anyway, I think I want to try and give my students a good understanding of the theory behind it (at this stage anyway), rather than just the methods to making it work, if that makes sense. That way they should be able to tackle anything that comes their way.
Do you guys get what I mean? Like focussing on understanding rather than blindly spamming methods/questions.
EDIT: Like I'm still going to go through the method, but focus on why we do it that way, what it actually means.
EDIT2: I suppose it still depends on the student, they are not all the same, some learn in different ways. I can't wait to start though :)
Phy124:
--- Quote from: paulsterio on December 26, 2011, 08:56:06 pm ---Thushan and Taiga, seriously guys =.=" why must I always get picked on? :P
Anyway, I've been thinking of tutoring for a while now and something that's always bugged me is why's this guy called Jack (in Springvale) so popular, like he earns something like $10,000 per week (I calculated it - but it's pretty rough estimates of how many students rock up - it varies so much)
But his mantra seems to be something along the lines of this
1) Hand out really good high quality notes
2) Be funny, humiliate yourself and let the students laugh at you
3) Dumb down the course
4) Call chicks "babe" and tell everyone you're gay
5) Do lots and lots of examples and minimise theory (pretty much neglect it)
What do you guys think? :S
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I estimate his weekly income even higher than that, probably in excess of $20,000
Average of 40 students per class, $25 p/p, 18(?) lessons a week = $18,000 - realistically I'd say it's an average of 50 kids, though.
Anyway, I went to Jack's for Chem and Physics for parts of the year and found his classes worthwhile, because they were both engaging and enjoyable. He also taught different methods for varying problems from that of my teachers (which I found more difficult to understand than Jacks)
If you get to know him well, he'll also help you individually between classes when he can, as well as giving notes ahead of time if you are working ahead of the class.
edit: Sorry if this looks like I'm trying to lure students away from Rohit for this way not my intention, I was just trying to explain that I found Jacks tutoring to be better than you described. Luckily for Rohit Jack lives in the south-east whilst he lives in the west, so no competition there.
@ Rohit: Think about what price you would be willing to pay for a person teaching for the first time. Money shouldn't be too much of an issue. Charging $25 p/p would give you $125 for 90 mins. Although, this doesn't count the time you put into making notes, it is still quite a lot.
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