Who doesn't have a tutor?

[Hielly]

I always envy students that have parents teaching a particular subject in highschool

[Mao]

I always envy students that have parents teaching a particular subject in highschool

Trust me, it's no advantage- i have friends who have parents who are teachers and are no better off.

agreed. And remember, being a teacher does not necessarily imply a good teacher.

[marine ices]

I always envy students that have parents teaching a particular subject in highschool

Trust me, it's no advantage- i have friends who have parents who are teachers and are no better off.

agreed. And remember, being a teacher does not necessarily imply a good teacher.

+1 my dad has a PhD in Physics but was shizer at helping me with yr 10 maths

[Flaming_Arrow]

Most people dont listen to their parents anyway, no matter how smart their parents are.

+1

[Fyrefly]

My parents... lol... let's jst say I never got much help from them.
Their professions are not even remotely connected 2 the subjects I did 4 my VCE.

I envied 1 of my classmates a lot bcoz she got all this help @ home from her father, who seemed 2 b an absolute maths genius.
Turns out she wasn't all that fond of maths... she's doing journalism @ UoM now, I believe

In the year above me was 1 of the maths teacher's daughters.
She was smart (dux of her year), but I don't think any1 appreciated her intelligence.
It was like... she was jst expected 2 b smart coz her mum was the teacher.
Ppl tend 2 4get that knowledge can't exactly b transferred genetically - she still went thru all the hard work we did 2 learn these things!
It's like everything - no matter how good ur tutor is, wot sort of skool u g2, wot study guides u have - u still have 2 put in some effort come crunch time.

[dcc]

Ppl tend 2 4get that knowledge can't exactly b transferred genetically - she still went thru all the hard work we did 2 learn these things!

Statistically speaking, parents with a higher-then-average IQ are more likely to have children with lower-then-average IQ.  Same works the other way too.

[TrueTears]

My parents... lol... let's jst say I never got much help from them.
Their professions are not even remotely connected 2 the subjects I did 4 my VCE.

I envied 1 of my classmates a lot bcoz she got all this help @ home from her father, who seemed 2 b an absolute maths genius.
Turns out she wasn't all that fond of maths... she's doing journalism @ UoM now, I believe

In the year above me was 1 of the maths teacher's daughters.
She was smart (dux of her year), but I don't think any1 appreciated her intelligence.
It was like... she was jst expected 2 b smart coz her mum was the teacher.
Ppl tend 2 4get that knowledge can't exactly b transferred genetically - she still went thru all the hard work we did 2 learn these things!
It's like everything - no matter how good ur tutor is, wot sort of skool u g2, wot study guides u have - u still have 2 put in some effort come crunch time.

That is so true, with hard work, motivation and dedication one can accomplish anything.

[wombifat]

Ppl tend 2 4get that knowledge can't exactly b transferred genetically - she still went thru all the hard work we did 2 learn these things!

Statistically speaking, parents with a higher-then-average IQ are more likely to have children with lower-then-average IQ.  Same works the other way too.

pretty sure it works the other way
it's called "genetics"

[shinny]

Genetics isn't as simple as VCE makes it out to be. Multifactorial inheritance is quite complicated and it's not as straight forward has just having a high IQ allele being passed on. The environment would also play a part too...

EDIT: Still, where's your source for this dcc? A quick googling didn't find anything that supported this =\

[wombifat]

Yeah, and I'm pretty sure in Freakonomics it referred to evidence that children with parents who have higher IQs tend to have high IQs themselves, NOT that a high IQ will guarantee VCE success.

[marine ices]

 'IQ' as measured in tests can be improved so meh

[wombifat]

I've heard it can't be improved by much after the age of 8

[marine ices]

 If you've seen a test, you'll see performance is quite easily ameliorable

[Over9000]

I've heard it can't be improved by much after the age of 8

Einstein was as big a dud as you could get when he was young, around 8-10, he became smartest person. So I think, its possible at any age to improve your iq, all that matters is if your willing to learn

[wombifat]

he did badly in SCHOOL but that's because he found it boring. How you do in school and your IQ are quite different. You can learn a lot and know everything but have a low IQ, or you can have a high IQ and get a below 50 ENTER score (i know someone who did this)