-maylee- said:
hey guys,
I haven't had a chance to read through the entire forum, but so far I'm a bit sceptical. Since this forum is anonymous, how do I know that you guys aren't all promoters/current tutors for a particular company? I mean it's pretty easy to *say* so and so tutoring is crap and this company is better, but don't you think it's a little bit dodgy?
I don't know, it's just that I'm looking for a tutor for my little brother and with so many varying views on a single company, it seems a bit confusing.
Different people have different views on the colleges. Personally, I hate coaching colleges, so I would say they're all crap, but some people really like them. There were girls at my school who would officially practice Dr Du as a religion if they could and others quit after two or three weeks.
Everyone's experiences in coaching colleges are different. And it does depend on whether the tutor's teaching style clashes with the student's learning style, just like in school. I went to a coaching college up until Year 10, realised how much money I was wasting since I was basically doing revision I could do at home and quit. Never looked back since.
I would suggest that your brother go for a private tutor/really really small group (no more than 4 people) if he wants outside of school help. Tutoring is meant to build up on what he's learnt in class and their objective is
not to teach the entire HSC course in three months, half a year before Year 12 officially begins. I also find that some coaching colleges cater for all abilites in the one class so the more "advanced" students are getting pulled back until everyone is at the same level/understanding. Private tutors can work at the pace needed etc., etc.