Thursday, February 17, 2005
i got a new tuition kid.. and indian gal from srjc.. she made more motivated to give tuition..
i've been giving tuition for such a long time, that it seems like i'm just earning my pocket money thru tuition (which is true), but the satisfaction of seeing my tuition kids improve is also one of the motivating factor to keep me going.. of cos, it's very discouraging to have kids who sack me after a few months.. or even after the 1st lesson.. and i've already sensed it on the lesson itself.. the type of kid who will "sack" me are 1) not interested in learning 2)dun understand wat im talking abt becos they dun go for lectures 3)find me boring, monotonous etc.. which is true.. haha.. but if given kids who are keen to improve on their grades, push themsleves to understand the material, im very happy to give them all my attention..
i've been teaching this indian gal for 3 times, going on to the 4th this coming sunday.. the 1st impression of her is she's not hopeless, she's keen on improvement, and tries very hard to understand wat is being taught, however, her problem is in application part bah.. overall, still not too late to pull up her grades.. on my 3rd lesson, her mum, an indian lady, gave me an ang pow!! even tho they shdn't have, altho it's the CNY.. so i was delighted on that day, furthermore, it's $15 (altho odd an odd sum, but still v happy)!!
and there's this day i was asking her whether she has her integration test coming up, and she told me : "we din hav our integration test so far. but i got back my curve sketching results and i got a C, im quite satisfied with the C lah, cuz this is the 1st time i got above a D for my math test. thx 4 the coaching in that topic. really found it very helpful :)" boy, i was touched.. 1st time to see this kind of appreciation shown to me, the tuition teacher.. well, not really, the other time was my tuition kid who called me from australia straight after getting his O level results and telling me his improvement.. i was very touched as well.. it keeps me going.. and makes my effort worthwhile.. if i can't get a job, i will give tuition full time.. hee..
| posted by clouds at 2:03 PM
