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OPINION ON METHODS TUTORS

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zsteve:
Definitely I think Tutor A is out of the question. You don't want to be in the radius of influence of such a negative, seemingly money-oriented and impatient 'tutor'. It's these types of people who take advantage of the insecurity of Year 12 students and use it for their own financial gain. Tutor B sounds ok, and I think the 'social media' problem can be easily fixed. Usually my students send me an email (because I don't have facebook :P) with any queries they have.

Also, just a suggestion (of course, I have no idea about your personal circumstances/situation) - that sounds like a LOT of tutoring. Maybe ask yourself - is it necessary? I agree, many students in Year 12 (and their parents) feel very insecure, and this makes them pay fortunes to get more tuition, more secondary education resources, the list goes on.

But in all honesty, I'm quite surprised at the amount of tuition you're taking... and I imagine that takes a massive chunk out of your waking hours! Perhaps consider only getting tuition a few subjects you really struggle in, and do the rest yourself with the help of study guides?

Just a suggestion! :) All the best with the tutoring situation

Swagadaktal:

--- Quote from: zsteve on June 25, 2016, 01:26:50 pm ---Definitely I think Tutor A is out of the question. You don't want to be in the radius of influence of such a negative, seemingly money-oriented and impatient 'tutor'. It's these types of people who take advantage of the insecurity of Year 12 students and use it for their own financial gain. Tutor B sounds ok, and I think the 'social media' problem can be easily fixed. Usually my students send me an email (because I don't have facebook :P) with any queries they have.

Also, just a suggestion (of course, I have no idea about your personal circumstances/situation) - that sounds like a LOT of tutoring. Maybe ask yourself - is it necessary? I agree, many students in Year 12 (and their parents) feel very insecure, and this makes them pay fortunes to get more tuition, more secondary education resources, the list goes on.

But in all honesty, I'm quite surprised at the amount of tuition you're taking... and I imagine that takes a massive chunk out of your waking hours! Perhaps consider only getting tuition a few subjects you really struggle in, and do the rest yourself with the help of study guides?

Just a suggestion! :) All the best with the tutoring situation

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I second this.

With English a tutor could definitely be a must for a lot of students because you improve through feedback.

However, methods isn't really a subject you need a tutor in at this stage of the year. By now you've learnt most of the content (there's only a bit more) so it's just going to be practice exam questions from here on out. They have marking schemes for them so you could self teach yourself you know? A tutor wouldn't do anything besides give you an incentive to study coz you're spending so much cash.

There a lot of people who have scored well in methods without a tutor - disregard this if you really feel like a tutor works for you but given the predicament and the amount of stress/money this is costing you and your family i don't understand why you wouldn't just cut off tutors completely.

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