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appianway:
Maybe you should drop the tutors, and have something like one session a month if you don't understand the material.

Albeno69:

--- Quote from: appianway on January 27, 2010, 12:19:51 pm ---Maybe you should drop the tutors, and have something like one session a month if you don't understand the material.

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but you woudnt want to get to far behind because then you may not be able to catch up.

appianway:
Or maybe just seek help when there are problems?

Personally, I don't see the point of sitting through tuition if you understand most of the material... you'd be better off doing some private study.

*ryan777*:

--- Quote from: ninwa on January 27, 2010, 11:30:22 am ---
--- Quote from: red bull on January 27, 2010, 03:16:35 am ---
--- Quote from: kenhung123 on January 27, 2010, 03:08:18 am ---I think there are cheaper tutors out there. If your willing to study, have confidence that you can get into monash :)

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yeah, but what i have found is most tutors around the $30 range are mostly students with little experience in tutoring. My parents want 'teachers' to tutor me if u know what i mean. They believe teachers know how to make students understand concepts coz they do it for a living whereas a student may know the course very well but it doesn't necessarily mean they know how to teach 

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That's not true, have a look at the "advertising" board of the tutoring forum, there are so many talented students out there with excellent scores and tutoring experience who don't charge $60/hour - which is frankly a ridiculous amount to charge, you could get the same quality tutor for half that price.

Also, students have certain advantages over teachers. To steal a quote from the XLL revision lectures, as recent graduates we've gone through the process, we know what areas are difficult to understand, and we can still remember the pathways we took to understand those topics - whereas teachers generally did their degrees decades ago and most can't remember what it was like to learn and struggle.

You already have teachers at school, sometimes it's useful to get assistance from a fellow student's point of view.

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+1

danielf:
Grrrr....why does everybody ignore RMIT? I know you said your parents would be upset if you don't get into Monash or Melbourne but RMIT is terrific. I had the choice. And I chose RMIT. Even if it has lower scores. The course is terrific, so are the facilities. I have only completed first year but already I got offered civil engineering vacation work. At work all the people in the highest position are RMIT grads. And my bosses say they love RMIT engineering grads.
I don't work for RMIT. But maybe explain to ur parents that for engineering (no idea about commerce - although the MBA (i guess it would reflect on all of commerce) at Deakin is ranked best in Australia) there are lower-entry, and (IMO) better courses than those at Melb/Monash.

As for feeling bad - I guess you could just have peanut butter sandwiches everyday like I did. All you have to do is buy a loaf of bread every do often. Thats cuts down on $35.

Also, I agree with ninwa (NOTE THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL PLUG - I DON'T EVEN TUTOR ANY OF YOUR SUBJECTS (except methods but if you are gettin that for free, don't change now)). There are plenty of good tutors out there that are much cheaper. But stick with what is working for you. If you go well on the first set of SACS, keep the tutors. Do some external tests to test yourself. If its working, don't rock the boat. But if you find you're getting charged $70ph for accounting and you get C+ on the first SAC - it's time to look for someone else.

Patience my friend. Just remember, your parents only have to do this for one more year. There are plenty more years after that for them to lounge around whilst you work your ass off establishing yourself as an engineer.

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