GMA Bridging Class - Expressions of Interest

[Stick]

Due to the significant number of 2013 Specialist Mathematics students on this forum who have not completed an adequate GMA course in Year 11, myself and a friend of mine will be holding a GMA bridging class to ease your transition into the Year 12 course.

We will aim to cover the basics of the following topics:

- Advanced circular functions
- Complex numbers
- Sketching graphs
- Vectors

Please feel free to bring any questions along with you and we will try our very best to answer them (hopefully time will permit).

Credentials:

- I passed GMA with a 90%+ average for the assessments, including 100% for the complex numbers and vectors SACs, 98% for the advanced circular functions SAC, 94% for sketching graphs SAC and 100% for the Unit 2 examination covering the former topics.
- My friend Tom completed GMA with an 80%+ average for all assessments.

Express your obligation-free interest here and I will PM you the details for the class (this is to ensure the highest level of privacy is maintained).

* Just to confirm in case it's not already clear, this class will be free of charge as we are peers at the same level as you. We want the day to involve people bouncing ideas off each other and not solely learning from the both of us. That being said, a very small voluntary donation to cover printing costs may be offered.

NB: This is a GMA bridging class and not a Specialist Mathematics headstart class. The focus will be to cover the important topics taught in GMA to make your transition into Specialist Mathematics less stressful. The amount of Specialist Mathematics content touched on will be minimal. If you have had adequate GMA exposure, you will find the class boring, useless and frankly a waste of time.

[jazza97]

Do you really think that you are in a position to take money for these 'classes'.  I mean, obviously you are a smart kid, however, i don't think year 11 assessments really constitutes you to adequately teach your peers for money.  Couldn't they just go to a maths tutor who has done year 12 and is far more experienced?

Obviously you are within your rights to do whatever you want but i think trying to pass yourself off as a legitimate tutor to even cover the foundations of Specialist Maths when you haven't even started year 12 and make money from it isn't the way to go.  That is just my opinion though.  If you get interest, go for your life.

[HighLatency]

It's one class so I doubt there will be huge gains charging people for it

[Stick]

Do you really think that you are in a position to take money for these 'classes'.  I mean, obviously you are a smart kid, however, i don't think year 11 assessments really constitutes you to adequately teach your peers for money.  Couldn't they just go to a maths tutor who has done year 12 and is far more experienced?

Obviously you are within your rights to do whatever you want but i think trying to pass yourself off as a legitimate tutor to even cover the foundations of Specialist Maths when you haven't even started year 12 and make money from it isn't the way to go.  That is just my opinion though.  If you get interest, go for your life.

I'm not charging money - this is peer-based learning, not a tuition session. In that last sentence of my opening post, I was referring to transport costs for students who really don't need to be there. I'll edit it out to make it more clear. Thank you for your concern, nonetheless. I definitely don't want to come across as arrogant.

[Mr Keshy]

Wow, that's harsh on Stick..

I think you could've come across just a little lighter perhaps. He's taking an initiative to help out his fellow peers, I think that should be commended. Criticism is okay, but a bit of encouragement from you guys could also make him a little bit more comfortable and more confident, rather than plainly criticising him..

I'm sorry if you think I'm wrong or harsh about it, but yeah, that's what I think...



I'm probably coming Stick Still deciding on whether I do want to do spesh but I think I will be going with it! Save printing costs and give people the stuff on PDF or something

[jazza97]

Wow, that's harsh on Stick..

I think you could've come across just a little lighter perhaps. He's taking an initiative to help out his fellow peers, I think that should be commended. Criticism is okay, but a bit of encouragement from you guys could also make him a little bit more comfortable and more confident, rather than plainly criticising him..

I'm sorry if you think I'm wrong or harsh about it, but yeah, that's what I think...



I'm probably coming Stick Still deciding on whether I do want to do spesh but I think I will be going with it! Save printing costs and give people the stuff on PDF or something

'I'm sorry if you think I'm wrong or harsh about it, but yeah, that's what I think...'- I'm not sorry if you think i am wrong or harsh.  Stick has great intentions and is a fantastic ambassador for learning and excellence, but if i see something i disagree with, i will criticize (within the forum rules of course).

I'm not charging money - this is peer-based learning, not a tuition session. In that last sentence of my opening post, I was referring to transport costs for students who really don't need to be there. I'll edit it out to make it more clear. Thank you for your concern, nonetheless. I definitely don't want to come across as arrogant.

Sorry for the misunderstanding.  As i said just above, you have great intentions with this.

[nisha]

Hey, I actually agree with Jazza. I know Stick you have great intentions, and that is brillaint. But I was getting those scores in Yr 11 GMA. And I didn't know my stuff enough to get a 40+ in Spesh in Year 12. The facts are what they are. I know you are only trying to help, but there is always going to be someone more experienced that can put all of this into perspective.
I know its harsh, but it is, what it is.

[Lasercookie]

I disagree, I reckon this is great.

He's made it quite clear in his post that he's not covering the entire spesh course or anything, just what he knows from GMA. For students that missed on GMA, a one-off class to go over such things sounds pretty good to me. If people don't want to go learn from another student, they don't have to - but that doesn't make what he's trying to do illegitimate.

Maybe the money thing was a bit ambiguous and something that he could have been criticised for, but he's cleared that up now.

[Mr Keshy]

'I'm sorry if you think I'm wrong or harsh about it, but yeah, that's what I think...'- I'm not sorry if you think i am wrong or harsh.  Stick has great intentions and is a fantastic ambassador for learning and excellence, but if i see something i disagree with, i will criticize (within the forum rules of course).

Sorry for the misunderstanding.  As i said just above, you have great intentions with this.

I wasn't trying to smart or anything. I thought a bit of encouragement would go nicely, that's all. Sorry if I came across rude.

I disagree, I reckon this is great.

He's made it quite clear in his post that he's not covering the entire spesh course or anything, just what he knows from GMA. For students that missed on GMA, a one-off class to go over such things sounds pretty good to me. If people don't want to go learn from another student, they don't have to - but that doesn't make what he's trying to do illegitimate.

Maybe the money thing was a bit ambiguous and something that he could have been criticised for, but he's cleared that up now.

Yep, all good now, done and dusted

[brenden]

It's not a question of whether he knows his Year 12 stuff, but his Year 11 stuff. I'm sure he's more than able to teach Year 11 concepts. There'll always be someone with more experience but that's not to say only that person has the ability to teach. If he's not charging, people can't really lose on this situation.
Props to you, Stick.

[FlorianK]

Why shouldn't he run some classes? Why would it hurt?
Normal tutors tutoring for Yr12 are people who have done Yr12 recently and scored highly.
Stick wants to tutor for Yr11, he has done Yr11 recently and scored highly.
So why should he be bad at it?

[jazza97]

Let me be clear: the only objection I was that i thought he was charging money...other than that i think that it is a great idea as it will work as a sort of study group-friendships will be made and it is great to see someone actually trying to make a difference and help others even though he doesn't have to.

[Lasercookie]

Let me be clear: the only objection I was that i thought he was charging money...other than that i think that it is a great idea as it will work as a sort of study group-friendships will be made and it is great to see someone actually trying to make a difference and help others even though he doesn't have to.

Even if he did want to charge money I don't see any issue with that unless he was asking unreasonable prices. And I'm pretty positive that he wouldn't charge unreasonably.

[jazza97]

[brenden]

I can see your point but even with a high study score we could say "maybe he trolled the English exam and the examiners just thought it was originality". After a 50 in Further Math and the amount the kid studies, I think he can be trusted and it can be assumed that he has the skills to bring a below average Year 11 level student up to scratch. I also started school when I was four, so I'm younger  than many 2013 graduates, that shouldn't take away from anything I could offer a student in terms of tuition. As for experience, a graduate tutor wouldn't have much other than helping fellow students throughout the years, which Stick has been doing anyway.