Year 12 Class of 2013 Discussion Thread

[Stick]

Yeah, Stick has pointed out a conundrum for us right now. We really can't advertise ourselves now because we don't have the results. Although I guess you could tutor Further.

Do teachers like it when past students offer to tutor kids at school?

I can't tutor Further since I didn't learn all the modules. I know I could learn them all, but I feel that'd be a waste of time (and I still wouldn't really know of the little tricks that are so abundant in Further), especially since I can offer tuition for complete courses in other subjects. I'd hate to offer students incomplete help.

I see it this way - if I emailed a teacher and they didn't like it, what's the worst that could happen? I won't ever see them again. They'll just delete the email and not tell their students. There's no real harm done. Although, I think at my school that offering myself might be appreciated, rather than shunned.

[lzxnl]

What makes you think that emailing teachers would be useful at your school? I see your point about there being no risk though.

[Stick]

As I already said, the students will know who I am (and what sort of a student I was) and the teachers will hopefully put in a good word for me. I might be able to get a couple of students as a result and their location is likely to be very favourable.

[sasa]

Stick, aren't you afraid that maybe those students won't like you? I don't know, I personally wouldn't want my peers to be my students, just in case something goes wrong.

[Stick]

How are they your peers if they were in the year below you? :S I had very little to do with that year level.

Personally, I'd feel far more comfortable with a somewhat familiar and trusted face who understood how the teachers worked and could work around that existing framework.

[b^3]

Seeing as I was in a similar position a few years ago just going to add my thoughts/experiences here.

The way I got started and got my first student was to go down to the my school at the end of year 12, and talk to teachers and see if they could tell their students during the step up from year 11 -> year 12. In the end they asked me to make a flyer which they handed around to them in the step up week. Which is similar to what Stick is doing, don't be too pushy but if you got along with the teachers then most likely they'll put a good word in for you and help you out there.

Stick, aren't you afraid that maybe those students won't like you? I don't know, I personally wouldn't want my peers to be my students, just in case something goes wrong.

If they don't like you in the first place, then they won't really come and ask for tutoring, if you start and the don't turn out liking you then the worst that can happen is they don't do another session with you, which if the sessions aren't going great or the student isn't getting anything out of it, then isn't a bad thing if you don't continue with them.

At this stage your main source of students will most likely be from your school, you don't have experience in tutoring yet so you need to have someone to put that good word in for you, i.e. teachers. In later years you'll get more students from elsewhere as you'll have a bit more experience. Also you'll get some really keen students looking for tutors not, but most of your students will come a little bit later. More towards the start of next year, and you'll notice a peak of pm's or emails about tutoring a few weeks into the first semester after everyone gets their first sac result back

One last thing, in my first tutoring session, I was nervous and absolutely blew it. As a result I didn't end up tutoring that student again, but if it doesn't go well at first, don't give up. After I got another student and got into the rhythm of it, it started going well and the student started to take more from each lesson. You might not get it right on the first shot, it's about building up experience and confidence in tutoring, now I'm fine right off the bat most of the time.

tl;dr Going back to the school and seeing if your teachers can help is a good thing, also don't get down if the first session or so doesn't go well. Keep at it for a few and try and build some confidence in it.

[sasa]

with us, most of us are fiends with other students from the year level below us because our school is quite small. If that works for you though, go for it! 

[silverpixeli]

An example of how great talking to teachers can be, I spoke to my methods teacher/year 12 coordinator today and asked if she could advertise my tutoring within the school next year (as has been said, your own school students are ideal because they are likely to live pretty close). She agreed to pass on my email to anyone who was interested in maths tutoring, PLUS she gave me the email of a past student who was stopping all tutoring and needed a new tutor to send her students to, in the hope that I could be this new tutor. This particular teacher and I get along well, it may be different for a teacher you don't know/don't like, but I figure there's nothing to lose by asking, and in my case, I gained more than I had been hoping for - a contact with several local students that could possibly be interested in hiring me next year.

[lolipopper]

working is for losers. Ill be on centrelink for the next 6 years and on dole after that.

[pi]

AN Meet 2013/14

^reminder that the meet is on tomorrow! We usually get a strong presence of the graduating class (ie. you guys) so come on down to put some faces to a few names!

[Stick]

Hello everyone! As you are all aware, our VCE results will finally be released this Monday at 7am. This weekend leading up to the big day is in my eyes quite special - despite the fact that we have all made very different journeys through VCE, now is a time where we are all pretty much in the same boat, experiencing the same experience, feeling the same feelings, and sharing a single common hope. Regardless of my own results, I love being on this forum at this time of year, witnessing the coming together of the community and celebrating our successes. I'd like to extend my best wishes to all students receiving VCE results - you have all worked so hard and deserve fantastic scores. Right now, I am very proud to say that I am a member of the Class of 2013, the cohort with the coolest vibes and setting the trends for future ATARNotes cohorts to come. It's been a long, hard journey together, with many ups and downs. It's been an amazing experience and there is nothing I'd go back and change at all. However, it is finally about to come to an end. Together, we must now embark on the next chapter in our lives and step out into the real world not as ignorant children, but as empowered young men and women.

I'd also like to extend an invitation to all members of the Class of 2013 (and people in other cohorts as well) to join our Skype chat over the coming weekend in anticipation for Monday. As those who have already joined will know, it's been a great opportunity for us to get to know each other more personally and get closer with one another. I've really enjoyed sharing the trials and tribulations with everyone and right now it's more important than ever that we unite in the face of the culmination of 13 years of schooling. The experience will be unforgettable. Post your Skype name here and someone in the chat already will add you in, or alternatively PM me (I will try my best to add you in as quickly as possible, but I'm only human).

Once again, thank you and good luck.

[Edward21]

Hey (unfortunately) I just found out today that my school is underrepresented at UoM and I intend to go there, I didn't apply for SEAS. DAMMIT  no one told me anything 

[chasej]

Hey (unfortunately) I just found out today that my school is underrepresented at UoM and I intend to go there, I didn't apply for SEAS. DAMMIT  no one told me anything 

I think underrepresented schools SEAS happens automatically? (Iirc don't get your hopes up just on my words).

[Edward21]

I think underrepresented schools SEAS happens automatically? (Iirc don't get your hopes up just on my words).

I would hope that would be the case, considering you enter your school in VTAC, but I doubt it..

[slothpomba]

I would hope that would be the case, considering you enter your school in VTAC, but I doubt it..

Pretty sure (like 75%) that its automatic. Even if it isn't, it doesn't usually provide a huge boost since there are so many schools out there that are technically underrepresented (and all things considered, there are much worse/impacting SEAS factors than that one).