Tuition is a common thing to do for many students in Singapore for one reason or other. Whenever we think we need help in our studies, we attend tuition lessons. We expect our tutor to teach us things which we do not quite learn from our teachers at school. We receive personal attention. We rely on our tutors to help us pass or do well in our examinations. In extreme cases, we believe lock, stock and barrel what our tuition teachers tell us, more than what our school teachers tell us, to do really well in examinations. I do not believe that tuition is the key to our success in examinations. However, I think other students must have their own reasons why they attend tuition lessons. I am going to present my reasons on why I do not agree that tuition is the key to examination success and why others may not hold the same view.
I think as a full-time student, knowing what I must do as a learner in school is what keeps me going, doing my studying the best I can. We are already spending a lot of time in school. I take six subjects and sit major examinations so that I can move on to the next level of studies. My awareness of what I am doing at school keeps me focused on what I am doing. When the teacher speaks, I pay attention closely. When I have a question, I ask for help without hesitation. I know I need to read up on my Science and practise my Mathematics regularly without being told repeatedly what to do by my teachers at school. That is my responsibility as a full-time learner.
I also believe that my self-discipline holds the key to my success in examinations. Some people may say that school is not all about examinations but examinations are the closest thing for me to be reassured that I am doing fine in my studies. Self-discipline makes me pay attention to my studies. I read up the chapter before my teacher teaches it in class and revise the chapter he has taught in class the previous week. I also juggle my studies with my co-curricular activity so that I can do equally well in both. This is self-discipline which is realistic and practical.
Tuition is not the key to examination success at all because if a student does not know how to use his time well, nothing beyond school is going to help him. Effective time management allows me to pay good attention to all my school subjects. I learn how to pay more attention to my weaker subjects without compromising my time to be spent on my other subjects. I do not procrastinate and work hard to make sure that time is well utilised. In this way, I manage the way I use my time effectively.
However, tuition may help other students cope with difficulties they face in school. Not everybody knows what they want out of school. Neither do they know how to manage time well or have the self-discipline to study independently on their own. These students will need all the extra help they think they can get from attending tuition lessons after school.
Once again, I must reiterate here that I do not believe that tuition is the key to examination success. Every student wants to be successful in their studies. I want the same too. Some of us need tuition for reasons which I have already made clear above while others like me, think we can make it on our own. If a student finds tuition lessons useful, then it is good for him. If a student does not need it, then he does not need to have anything to do with it.
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