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[periwinkle]

    what, so flusher's methods don't represent best mathematical practice, but are good for elevating a student's SS?
 Well, it's no surprise that that has attracted opprobrium from the ppl doing maths at uni, who, naturally, see the "correct" practices as sacrosanct, but not everyone cares about maths post-yr12; if students know what they are letting themselves in for, why not?

[ninwa]

oh and flusher, having a "lawyer" for a girlfriend doesn't make you above the law. You still have to abide by its rules. Also, there are thousands of lawyers in Australia. You and your girlfriend really aren't all that special or powerful. Learn some humility.

[kamil9876]

Yeah I agree that you don't really have to be full on mathematically correct (in fact sometimes it's even better to learn proper mathematics not fully correctly first). However what should be taught correctly is a good logical framework and enwiabe has a very good point here:

- In one video, you don't write the second midpoint equation for the y co-ordinate, you just say "see it's an average - easy", that's extremely unclear. You also failed to draw the simple geometry which illustrates why the midpoint can be found using those geometries.

Because it is not proper reasoning that "average implies midpoint clearly". In fact for those that do spec, the point of equidistance of position vectors is NOT and so this may be dangerous if a student was to see a question where this sort of "obviousness" and lack of reasoning leads you astray. But apart from that, even though in vce you don't need that much mathematical reasoning you still need some and so not demonstrating how mathematical results, such as the midpoint formula, are all consequences of deduction students become too lazy to deduct and just see maths as memorizing formulas or using psuedo-reasoning, which teaches them bad things in the long run, even if only vce is concerned since there are some questions in VCE that do require some deduction (and learning the deductive method actually allows you to learn things with minimal study, one of the things mathsmethods.com prides themselves on).

[enwiabe]

Flusher and *purrkat*, you have now both revealed your desperation and the extent of how pathetic you both are with your attempt to threaten and intimidate me. I am not concerned, you may have a law degree, *purrkat*, but there are 2 such degrees in my family as well. One belongs to a justice of the Australian court system. I have had dinner with Robert Richter, Julian Burnside and Jeff Sher. I am not scared. The previous defamation claim was valid, this is most certainly not.

There is no cause of action in the Defamation Act that you could level at me. I have read it, and it would appear that flusher's comments on teachers would be more actionable as a defamation claim than anything which you could throw at me.

You have dug your own grave, as shown by how willingly other forum members have jumped up to the cause to show you the wrongness of what you've been writing.

It is interesting that you question how I help VCE students on the very forum which houses  hundreds of files of notes and thousands of forum topics, and hundreds of thousands of forum posts, all dedicated to helping VCE. I would be most arrogant to take credit for the work of others who have contributed all of this, but I did set up the infrastructure, and administrate the site. That's great that you've helped 100 people with maths methods. I believe my current count is 13,589.

[periwinkle]

   Oooh Robert Richter! I heard him at a bar mitzvah graduation ceremony. Truth, I was a bit young then, so even being precocious I didn't fully appreciate him, but my mum and stepdad said he was amazing.

[Collin Li]

Here's a revolutionary thought.

Teachers and tutors aren't meant necessarily meant to tutor for "correctness" nor "results".

They are meant to offer what the student wants. In my case, sometimes it's to be able to chat about course selection. Mentoring and relating with your student is part of the 1:1 private tuition package.

Online videos can't offer that, but they offer something. If you know what you want, go for the product that gets you it.

What I mean is, there's no "right" way to teach. Some student's couldn't give a rats arse that oxidation numbers are arbitrary, while some are asking Why Why Why? A good tutor differentiates between the learning styles of a student.

(N.B.: Not defending or supporting anyone, but I just don't necessarily agree with the "we have to teach correctly and solidly" - not if it's an inconvenience to take a shortcut. Some students are higher-level thinkers than lower-level thinkers)

[Collin Li]

enwiabe: shouldn't this be moved to the other subboard of tutoring?

[enwiabe]

I was unsure about its moderation. It's a one-man operation, so it's not exactly a business, and it is advertising what is seemingly a personally run service (which is the purpose of this board). Is there a counter argument to this line of reasoning?

[Collin Li]

It's clear that it's not 1:1 tuition like the rest of the items in this thread, unless you want to change that paradigm. (Fair enough if you do, maybe it's just me seeing it like that)

1 man business is still a business?

[*purrkat*]

Mr. Levy - 4 things:

1) I called you at XLL Academy yesterday, (as you have no mobile listed on your profile as a tutor on the XLL Academy website I wonder why!!) to have a chat, and to tell you that I am willing to sue for damages, but you weren't in, Flusher will see you tomorrow where you are teaching your class. Also - because I have graduated in Law/Arts, I know that what you have done here is seriously unfair and you have been, right from the word go - been defaming David's (Flusher's) product.

2) You have been EXTREMELY and I mean EXTREMELY negligent in assuming that those "shoddy" videos you saw are a part of what Flusher is promoting on mathsmethods.com. This was not smart; it was petty and careless. His videos were a part of a practice set that he did at home and they were NOT and I repeat; NOT meant to be a part of what he was promoting here. You will see and have seen, that his finalised videos are fantastic.

3) I think that you starting XLL Academy with Simon and Mao is great - and I am happy for you if you succeed. In fact, I'm excited for you, because I believe in fair competition between genuine businesses who are out there to ADD VALUE and to change people's lives for the better as well as to help. Whoever adds the most value will experience success.

5) All of your friends - Mao and Simon included, have a base level of integrity and reasoning. You however, have gone way too far and quite frankly, you're nasty and melancholy. You ought to be focusing on how to add more value to your students like David has been the last few days (whilst you thought he was being "silent") rather than sitting on your fancy schmancy forum bagging the living daylights out of someone else's product!

4) Take a break. Have some sex.

1) What part of that is defamation? Have you actually read the Defamation Act?

2) Negligent how? The welcome video was linked from that Youtube account. He mentioned he was going to have video tutorials. How is that inference illogical?

3) The number 4 comes BEFORE the number 5.

4) Oh that's so witty where on earth did you come up with that.

Ninwa, I don't know how to count?!! you're picking on my counting abilities? What the hell?? I'm an entrepreneur, not a mathematician.

Also - how come no one has mentioned Ninwa - is Enwiabe's girlfriend? You said you were a part of enwiabe's TEAM, never mentioning you're his girlfriend!! And to think you guys were giving me a hard time for being 'affiliated' with flusher?!

Also, Nina, you must tell your boyfriend to relax - he's a complete tyrant and power hungry to the max.

Ninwa (Nina) - just so everybody knows, you've accused flusher of misleading and deceiving: I've asked you to give me your case in relation to 252 TPA, but you still haven't. Maybe you could start with that instead of this next thing you're mentioning - saying enwiabe's comments are not defamatory?

Even when I was in year 12 (year 2003), if we had these forums, I probably wouldn't have bothered. The reason flusher doesn't care about mathematical correctness (still getting 46) is because the whole schooling system is a method of controlling people, and he wants his students to get results so they have the CHOICE to go to uni if they wish, but not to be stuck in the "education" system. Also to practice getting to where they want to get to - fast, so they have time to do other things that the are passionate about. If you think he doesn't care about his students, it's not true. He has actually personally tutored many students (one-on-one) for free (and on the odd occasion - to my frustration as I had dinner and everything ready but he'd be out giving his time to students).

I cant believe students who aren't in year 12 anymore still frequent this forum so much. I'm here because I care about my man and what he is doing on mathsmethods.com, otherwise I wouldn't even know this forum existed?!! Or even cared for that matter.

Guys - if you didn't know - it's great to be passionate about mathematics, but the whole schooling system (including university) is designed to keep you in debt and keep you in the rat race (9-5 job), and then you get your little 4 week annual leave every year (yay!??). It's much to the satisfaction of the reserve bank (which actually isn't even a bank and actually HAS no reserves) and the ridiculously rich that you are so passionate about maths. They want more academics etc, it keeps them in power and keeps their 'system' well lubricated and running along well. Flusher knows this and doesn't want his students to get over-involved in the furor of VCE and getting a 'career' when there are so many other options and so many more important things in life.

Flusher doesn't want his students to study themselves to death and he knows and wants his students to have options and to still have a life. He thoroughly enjoys maths - and refused to study more than a couple of hours a week in year 12, and still got 98.5.

If you think flusher's program might be helpful - join up! If you think it sucks balls - don't join up. To the rest of you who, for some reason, care enough to be on this forum bagging flusher's program - maybe it's time to leave and start caring about your own life?

Lastly, as a group of human beings with emotions - I really think we could all do a a better job of taking care of one another. With life already having its challenges - I really don't think it is necessary to be bashing people in an online forum.

And now.....to remove myself from this 'online community' for good...


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[*purrkat*]

Mr. Levy - 4 things:

1) I called you at XLL Academy yesterday, (as you have no mobile listed on your profile as a tutor on the XLL Academy website I wonder why!!) to have a chat, and to tell you that I am willing to sue for damages, but you weren't in, Flusher will see you tomorrow where you are teaching your class. Also - because I have graduated in Law/Arts, I know that what you have done here is seriously unfair and you have been, right from the word go - been defaming David's (Flusher's) product.

2) You have been EXTREMELY and I mean EXTREMELY negligent in assuming that those "shoddy" videos you saw are a part of what Flusher is promoting on mathsmethods.com. This was not smart; it was petty and careless. His videos were a part of a practice set that he did at home and they were NOT and I repeat; NOT meant to be a part of what he was promoting here. You will see and have seen, that his finalised videos are fantastic.

3) I think that you starting XLL Academy with Simon and Mao is great - and I am happy for you if you succeed. In fact, I'm excited for you, because I believe in fair competition between genuine businesses who are out there to ADD VALUE and to change people's lives for the better as well as to help. Whoever adds the most value will experience success.

5) All of your friends - Mao and Simon included, have a base level of integrity and reasoning. You however, have gone way too far and quite frankly, you're nasty and melancholy. You ought to be focusing on how to add more value to your students like David has been the last few days (whilst you thought he was being "silent") rather than sitting on your fancy schmancy forum bagging the living daylights out of someone else's product!

4) Take a break. Have some sex.

1) What part of that is defamation? Have you actually read the Defamation Act?

2) Negligent how? The welcome video was linked from that Youtube account. He mentioned he was going to have video tutorials. How is that inference illogical?

3) The number 4 comes BEFORE the number 5.

4) Oh that's so witty where on earth did you come up with that.

Ninwa, I don't know how to count?!! you're picking on my counting abilities? What the hell?? I'm an entrepreneur, not a mathematician.

Also - how come no one has mentioned Ninwa - is Enwiabe's girlfriend? You said you were a part of enwiabe's TEAM, never mentioning you're his girlfriend!! And to think you guys were giving me a hard time for being 'affiliated' with flusher?!

Also, Nina, you must tell your boyfriend to relax - he's a complete tyrant and power hungry to the max.

Ninwa (Nina) - just so everybody knows, you've accused flusher of misleading and deceiving: I've asked you to give me your case in relation to 252 TPA, but you still haven't. Maybe you could start with that instead of this next thing you're mentioning - saying enwiabe's comments are not defamatory?

Even when I was in year 12 (year 2003), if we had these forums, I probably wouldn't have bothered. The reason flusher doesn't care about mathematical correctness (still getting 46) is because the whole schooling system is a method of controlling people, and he wants his students to get results so they have the CHOICE to go to uni if they wish, but not to be stuck in the "education" system. Also to practice getting to where they want to get to - fast, so they have time to do other things that the are passionate about. If you think he doesn't care about his students, it's not true. He has actually personally tutored many students (one-on-one) for free (and on the odd occasion - to my frustration as I had dinner and everything ready but he'd be out giving his time to students).

I cant believe students who aren't in year 12 anymore still frequent this forum so much. I'm here because I care about my man and what he is doing on mathsmethods.com, otherwise I wouldn't even know this forum existed?!! Or even cared for that matter.

Guys - if you didn't know - it's great to be passionate about mathematics, but the whole schooling system (including university) is designed to keep you in debt and keep you in the rat race (9-5 job), and then you get your little 4 week annual leave every year (yay!??). It's much to the satisfaction of the reserve bank (which actually isn't even a bank and actually HAS no reserves) and the ridiculously rich that you are so passionate about maths. They want more academics etc, it keeps them in power and keeps their 'system' well lubricated and running along well. Flusher knows this and doesn't want his students to get over-involved in the furor of VCE and getting a 'career' when there are so many other options and so many more important things in life.

Flusher doesn't want his students to study themselves to death and he knows and wants his students to have options and to still have a life. He thoroughly enjoys maths - and refused to study more than a couple of hours a week in year 12, and still got 98.5.

If you think flusher's program might be helpful - join up! If you think it sucks balls - don't join up. To the rest of you who, for some reason, care enough to be on this forum bagging flusher's program - maybe it's time to leave and start caring about your own life?

Lastly, as a group of human beings with emotions - I really think we could all do a a better job of taking care of one another. With life already having its challenges - I really don't think it is necessary to be bashing people in an online forum.

And now.....to remove myself from this 'online community' for good...

that is, s 52

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[flusher317]

I think my girlfriend has just said it all, and to be honest, i don't really want to waste any more of my time writing on this thread.
I could be spending that time putting together videos for methods students. I only wanted to spread the word about my project, who knew it would turn in to this - and since it's my product and service, I must reply.

Now I understand how pathetic and how sad some ppl are, seriously I am not going to waste more of my time coming to speak to you face to face. However if you continue this act of defamation, then I know where you are. Grow some balls next time and talk to me like a man. don't just hide in a corner in front of your computer screen and say shit just to make yourself feel more important.

In the end, it's the students who will perceive the value. So let them judge for themselves. I've received over a dozen of wonderful support emails from students since the launch of MathsMethods.com. And obviously if they find value, they will come back. There's obviously a reason why they wrote those emails to me.

If you're a student, go and judge for yourself, here it is again, www.MathsMethods.com,

[mystikal]

Yes, purrkat, I can. It's your responsibility to market to students how effective your product is, it's my responsibility to make sure you're being honest. I'm not going to do your job for you. Why should I be taking steps to promote your product? To be perfectly honest, based on what you've communicated, I think instead of spending $1500 on your product, VN'ers would be better off with 50 hours across 50 weeks of 1 hour 1-on-1 tuition at $30/hr.

Especially given how willing you both are to mislead and deceive, and given how untested your product is, I find your claims of "guaranteed 45+" rather suspicious too. What kind of guarantee are you offering? Money-back guarantee?


 

Hey,
the guarantee is this...
and will always be this...
IF you follow my program and follow the my guidance...
I guarantee you will achieve a 43+ SS or
DOUBLE your money back.
SO if you pay me $200, then i give you $400.
it's called a performance guarantee.
BUT
I don't have anything to sell anyway. So don't worry.
BTW, I tutor heaps of kids, and I always tell everyone straight up, that if they think i'm full of shit, then they get all their money back, and now it's double your money back. Maybe it's luck or maybe it's me, I've never had anyone asking for their money back.

My question is that are you guranteeing 45+SS or 43+SS SCALED or RAW because theres a huge difference bewteen the 2? Not a hater or anything, just an observer plus if you are guranteeing RAW thats a very brave statement and if you do produce these great (43+ RAW) results with all your students then i say good work to you.

[superflya]

guaranteeing scores is ridiculous IMO

[brightsky]

guaranteeing scores is ridiculous IMO

Not really. I knew of an VCE English tutor that guaranteed 45+ or money back. Most of her students got 50s anyway. Pity she's retired now...