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Any one knows how much he pays his ex-students to teach for him?

I found out that YourTutor is a web-based chat tutoring service that is offered FREE by so many libraries. They signed up with this companyto provide free tutoring to their library members (and children). This is one-on-one tutoring. It is too good to be true! Any one has tried it? I suppose...

LOL, I never go to doctors that is not concentrating on doctoring. I also ask around if the doctor kills his/her pet fish. If they do, I don't trust them knowing how to treat humans. Truong is a successful business man. I have all due respect for him in that. But I would not trust him as a...

Math is pretty much innate. However correct teaching methods can be of help. I think you need to look at one-on-one tutoring for a short time to diagnose the problems and the learning style of your kid. Also, try my assessment site Online Assessment Home where I have quality tests and...

Guys, any one out there know of this allegation?

It's been a great year. There are a lot of kids doing extremely well on my site. The ones in NSW who got consistently good results mostly gain entry to OC and selective schools. The tests for 2010 will soon be available for kids comnig back from school holiday. Have a great new year!

Smacking is reasonable only up to certain age. Often it should end at 5 years old when kids start to develop a sense of justice and fairness. At that point smacking (or violence) would not be very effective and will start to generate resentment. Obviously rewarding positive behaviours is the...

You don't even need all the stuff in general math to teach primary school students. However there is a difference between what you know and what you teach. I only mean that teachers should know a lot more for their own development. It affects their ability to teach. For example, when I studied...

Actually I think general math is extremely useful in every day life. I had a look and it has all the stuf you need to do in every day things like working out profit, cost, interest payment, tax, simple statistical prediction, ... I would even recommend that all people who study advanced math...

A couple of weeks ago I went to a bookshp and happened to pick up a set of test samples for general mathematics. I was quite surprised by the content. It looked rather easy. So today I went to the BOS site and downloaded the past papers for HSC general math 2006 - 2008. I have not worked through...

This is bad. The weather has been a bit awful. The antibiotics will and the sickness will make your mind dull for at least 2-3 weeks. The bottom line is that you will not do as well as you should normally do. I think you have serious decision to make. If you get to near the exams and still feel...

Then you don't have to do them. Wait until next year when you feel happy and ready. It's all in the mind. But when the mind is not ready, it's a mistake to go ahead.

If you are only a week away, you should be taking holiday! A tired mind won't do well in exams. It's often that many students think they are not ready so they study right to the end. Those who feel that they are ready now and want to do it right now are the ones who would have more confidence in...

Let me give you a bit of my older perspective and wisdom. I think you say it well but a little more of input about life after HSC will help you to put things into perspective. I have seen cases where some kids knew that he woul do poorly in the HSC. But at the same time the parents and the kid...

Yes and no here! Yes: you would waste time on it if it is your worst subject in the sense that it won't add into your final score. No: you may need 3U to enter some Uni courses even though you did not get the mark from this extension unit. Some good Uni courses are only offered to students...

I find that top OC kids and selective school kids are learning mathematics about the level of normal kids in some places in Asia. While kids and their parents seem to have a false impression of how good they are, they just have no idea that in Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Singapore normal kids have...

- Make yourself interesting so students won't fall asleep (good humour) - Know your subjects inside out and always look out for a new way to solve an old problem and communicate this freshness to students - Be prepared to go back to ground zero when a student cannot understand you explanation -...

You are lucky to attend a school with more European background. So your case is now more of an exception! Caucasians also send their kids to tutoring too but in a more subtle way and they don't talk about it. For example, all the expensive workshops, science camp, ... where teachers are actually...

Your experience is about right. If you are only doing self-study, you don't always get things right. Imagine that a complex problem is a search-space. When you self-study you search this space yourself and often arrive late because others are given the short cuts. It's to your advantage later...

Re: Fairfield Troung's recommendation - English People told me that he hired ex-students to teach. Pay them cheap. Get the fresh stuff they got from their HSC. I think that makes perfect business sense as a coaching place for students who want high HSC marks. It's interesting that he...