Have you ever thought of becoming a tutor in your free time? Or perhaps you’ve heard some really crazy stories that come with being a tutor. Well today, we’ll be covering the 8 most common myths of being a tutor here in Singapore. With this valuable knowledge, you can re-evaluate your decisions on becoming a tutor and truly decide if it’s the best choice for you.
Not only is this statement highly misleading, it may even give you the false impression that tutoring comes easy. True, you may have great qualifications, but teaching is a whole entire different ball game than learning. Not only do you have to relearn all your previously learned topics before starting a lesson, but you’d have to figure out the most effective way of bringing it across to your tutee.
Being a tutor could mean an extremely high hourly rate, but you’d have to consider the fact that each child is only subjected to a maximum of 2 hours of lesson and at most twice or thrice a week. If you’ve few students and lots of time on your hand, perhaps a part time job from 9-5 would give you more earning capacity.
You could never have been more wrong with this statement. Time spent does not equate to merely teaching the kid, you’d have to account for traveling time, time preparing for the lesson and over time if your tutee does not comprehend the lesson.
Communication is often key and is usually consistent with your tutee throughout the week on messaging apps etc. Don’t expect to see them twice a week only; they’ll come to you when they encounter a problem with their homework at any time of the day.
The one thing that you need is HR skills and this happens every time you step foot in your student’s house. Not only do you need to deal with the parents, but fostering a strong bond between the student and you is highly important.
This brings us back to the question of getting hated by your students. Especially younger students who may not appreciate or understand the use of a tutor earlier on in their life, you can expect to be severely abhorred by those little beings because you merely make their life miserable.
Familiarity is the killer in studies, and the same applies to your tutees. If they know your temperament and behavior, they’ll try to step over your head and get you to cut them some slack. You have to anticipate this and find ways to motivate them all the time.