Should I continue doing voluntary tutoring at unsw (1 Viewer)

[Bored Of Fail 2]

I did it last year and have not quite made up my mind yet

 

[Bored Of Fail 2]

bump

 

[mitchy_boy]

do you like it?

 

[Bored Of Fail 2]

I like it a bit, but then I dont if you know what I mean :

Positives:
- I like helping people, so I do enjoy that side of it.
- Good revision for me.
- Thought I could use it on my resume and to possibly get other students ( however, I would think that doing it for one year would look pretty much the same in an employers eyes as it would if I were to do it for 5 years, and its obvious it didnt kinda work to get any students , so yeah).

Negatives:
- In my opinion the student that I am tutoring doesnt really show that much ( if any ) appreciation for the time I give up.
- University is getting busy/harder in the later years (EDIT: I also need a means of getting some money as my current job doesnt get alot of shifts ).
- The student I am tutoring also does paided tutoring as well as the free stuff with me , and most of the work we go through is just some exercise out of cambridge that the tutor he is paying has just photocopied. ( I thought they had to actually be in a position to not afford paid tutoring to get access to free tutoring ).

 

[mitchy_boy]

I'd give it up then. It seems like it's benefits have been used up, and it's kind of a drain now.

 

[Bored Of Fail 2]

It seems like it's benefits have been used up.

turns out that you cant even ( technically ) call it "experience" because it wasnt paid. Yeh I will most likely not bother bout next year, if the person couldnt afford tutoring then I would reconsider, but he does pay someone else. \

It is a tad irritating when he gets work from the paid tutor and then comes to me to go through it, like honestly he might as well just sack the current guy he is paying and pay me, he cant be too good if all he does it photocopy stuff out of cambridge lol.

 

[cutemouse]

Yeah there are heaps of lazy tutors out there...

 

[Drongoski]

I did it last year and have not quite made up my mind yet

Don't bother. Don't waste your time. Study hard for your Engg course and get a good degree.

 

[Bored Of Fail 2]

Study hard for your Engg course and get a good degree.

Well that wasnt exactly my number 1 priority , and there is a pretty good chance that I wont actually study anymore than I used to when I was doing it. I do get reasonable marks ( sitting on 72WAM as it stands , which imo is pretty good considering I have had two pain in the ass computing courses take it down a fair bit ) currently, yes they could be better.

I dont know, some people seem to think that uni marks is a criteria for a good tutor , and there are tons of people on here trumping the fact that they have HD WAMS , does that actually get students to tutor? Yes, I understand you want to know that the person hasnt completely lost the plot and went from 99+ATAR to failing uni subjects , but does it really matter all that much? One would think that your ability to tutor hsc maths would be in your hsc maths marks, not ( so much ) your uni marks.

But yes, will most likely stop doing it , looks like theres a pretty good chance that I am doing it in vain and I have quite possibly just alerted people to the free tutoring so now people are going to be cheap and go there where they dont have to pay a cent.

 

[deterministic]

If you had to ask yourself this question, you shouldn't do it anymore.

 

[cutemouse]

I have had two pain in the ass computing courses take it down a fair bit )

Indeed your posts in the COMP1921 course forum were rather amusing

 

[Bored Of Fail 2]

If you had to ask yourself this question, you shouldn't do it anymore.

just wanted to see if anyone else thought there were any benifits in continuing it

 

[Bored Of Fail 2]

Indeed your posts in the COMP1921 course forum were rather amusing

both comp 1A and 1B were my worst marks out the 8subjects for first year ( both like 63 or something shit )

 

[Bored Of Fail 2]

but now no more computing courses, and I am onto my commerces course this year , should be able to have a WAM of atleast 80 ( possibly 85 ) by next year

 

[slyhunter]

No more.

 

[Bored Of Fail 2]

No more.

no more what :S

 

[slyhunter]

Don't continue lol, you seem to dislike it heavily now.

 

[Bored Of Fail 2]

yeh I wont then, im gona fuck off the cheapskate that has been getting it so good with me for nothing

 

[sinophile]

What do you mean by voluntary tutoring? Are you helping your friends out or something?

 

[Bored Of Fail 2]

What do you mean by voluntary tutoring? Are you helping your friends out or something?

no there is somethin that "Arc" does with "Shack Youth Services"