Tutoring
Tutoring is very common here, which is a part of the culture here in Hong Kong, especially in Asian countries. I heard about in Western countries, only the students who are falling behind in class or wealthy in their families, so they need to take extra classes after school.
In general, in Hong Kong, about 80 % of students take tutorial classes after school. For most primary school children, most of them study there because their parents are forcing them to go there, worrying about their studies. They are afraid of their kids losing at the starting line. It is quite miserable to see that tiger parents organise too many extra-curricular activities, around 7 per week, and they don’t realise that their children are overwhelmed. Not only they need to cope with the school work at school, but also the homework assigned by tutorial centres. In Hong Kong parents’ mindsets, if teachers do not assign any work to their children, this means that students are not learning anything.
Regarding the secondary school students, at this stage, parents can’t force them to take extra lessons anymore. Still, there are couple of reasons why they take these lessons; first, follow the crowd; second, prepare for the public exam; third, strive for knowledge.
Students see their friends taking classes after school, that put them at a disadvantage. They might be afraid that school teachers haven’t taught knowledge, skills and strategies which they are supposed to know. As a result, because of the fear, they choose to go there, accompanying with their friends.
Entering into university in Hong Kong is most of the teenagers’ dream. They tend to believe that knowledge can change your fate; if you entered university, you would be guaranteed to have a good future in your life. However, we only have approximately 7 universities here in Hong Kong and the competition is getting fiercer and fiercer each year. Students do not trust their own abilities and believe that they need extra help from those centres.
For those for want to excel themselves, they want to know more, believing it would better for them to have a tutor to guide them, giving them feedback about their progress. This group is the minority, but it still exists.
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Tutoring
Tutoring is very common here , which is a and a part of the culture here in Hong Kong, and especially in Asian countries generally. I heard about it that in Western countries, that only the students who are falling behind in class or wealthy in their from wealthy families use tutors, so they need to take extra classes after school.
In general, in Hong Kong, about 80 % of students take tutorial classes after school. For most primary school children, most of them they study there because their parents are forcing force them to go there, worrying about their studies. They are afraid of their kids losing at the starting line. It is quite miserable to see that tiger parents organise too many extra-curricular activities, (around 7 per week,) and they don’t realise that their children are overwhelmed. Not only do they need to cope with the school work at homework from school, but also the homework assigned by tutorial centres. In Hong Kong parents’ mindsets, if teachers do not assign any work to their children, this means that students are not learning anything.
Regarding the secondary school students, at this stage, parents can’t force them to take extra lessons anymore. Still, there are couple of reasons why they take these lessons; first, to follow the crowd; second, to prepare for the public exam; third, to strive for knowledge.
Students see their friends taking classes after school, that puts them at a disadvantage. They might be afraid that school teachers haven’t taught enough knowledge, skills and strategies which they are supposed to know. As a result, because of the fear, they choose to go there, accompanying with their friends.
Entering into university in Hong Kong is most of the teenagers’ dream. They tend to believe that knowledge can change your fate; if you entered university, you would will be guaranteed to have a good future in your life. However, we only have approximately 7 universities here in Hong Kong and the competition is getting fiercer and fiercer each year. Students do not trust their own abilities and believe that they need extra help from those centres.
For those for want to excel themselves, they want to know more, believing it would better for them to have a tutor to guide them, giving them feedback about their progress. This group is the minority, but it still exists.
(Can you please the comment section below as well?Thanks!)
When I was an adolescent a teenager, I used to take lessons after school. Based on my own experience, some tutors can give your you hints and strategies in order to help you get good results in the exams. For example, a math tutor taught me some calculation techniques so that I’ve known how to figure out the answer in a faster way, which helps me save more time in the exam. It is really important to choose the right tutors as some of them are not as good as you think. Don’t trust those advertisements 100%. With regards to children, parents should not arrange too many activities for them after school and it is necessary to have consents from their children. But not too many, the most important things is to have a work-balanced lifestyle.
Notes: Karry, you know English very well, from your studies in HK and in Brissy. In some of your writing you say "the" too often (e.g. only the students which are falling behind). When talking about a group, it is indistinct so we don't use "the". Only use "the" when you need to identify which group, etc. Some of your writing has extra detail that is not essential, so I cut that out ( by striking through it). It is the way you think in English, based on your Cantonese idea of how to make sentences - I have the same English thinking problem when speaking in Russian, but R people make sentences differently. It's hard to break habits and to be fully fluent in the style of the new language. The only other thing to correct was some phrases, which I put into more fluent English. It just made it sound more natural, in my Aussie English. And to strive, to follow, etc.
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When I was an adolescent, I used to take lessons after school. Based on my own experience, some tutors can give your hints and strategies in order to help you get good results in the exams. For example, a math tutor taught me some calculation techniques so that I’ve known how to figure out the answer in a faster way, which helps me save more time in the exam. It is really important to choose the right tutors as some of them are not as good as you think, don’t trust those advertisements 100%. With regards to children, parents should not arrange too many activities for them after school and it is necessary to have consents from their children. But not too many, the most important things is to have a work-balanced lifestyle.
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