The education system demands a whole lot more from students today than it did about a decade or more ago. The education system makes an ambitious attempt to get students to move on the fast track and stay ahead of the curve. It is undeniable that all this is a chokehold for students as they feel deprived of a much-needed breathing space study in their own pace, to comprehend and internalise what they are being taught.
Academics has unfortunately turned into a survival-of-the-fittest ‘contest’ and in order to survive and thrive, what is being taught in schools is insufficient. There is a need for the extra push and hence many are turning towards the option of tuition.
To be more specific, home tuition is gaining significance over the past few years and this is because many have realised that it is extremely effective in pushing students to achieve excellent grades.
Learning is not just about reading textbooks, highlighting keywords from lecture notes or rewriting model essays. The way to go about doing this is understanding new concepts, internalising facts and figures, reasoning out why things work the way they do, discovering, questioning, hypothesising, deriving and creating.
Every individual has their own way of storing and processing information. Everyone has different neurological changes occurring in their brains while learning the same thing because everyone has unique neural pathway formation and this is what makes everyone unique. As long as students use the methods and strategies that they are comfortable with to understand concepts or memorise formulas, they can successfully excel in their academics. Most home tutors understand this phenomenon and realise the importance of being accommodative to their student’s needs.
Home tutors would customise their teaching style in order to fulfill their students’ learning needs. A home tutor will be able to figure out many things about their student (their learning pace, their strengths, and weaknesses, etc.) within the first few lessons.
In school, teachers would be unable to carry out customised teaching as it is pretty much impossible because in a classroom of many students, all of them are unique and a teacher cannot accommodate to all his student’s learning needs. This goes the same for tuition centres that have small group tuitions. Hence, a teacher who teaches a group of students is restricted to teach in a neutral manner, which often leaves some students understanding the lessons while leaving others confused.
Tutors would generally have the patience to deal with students of all types; even if they are a little stubborn or obstreperous. Good tutors are always unbiased with their students; they are trusted educators, and they make an effort to understand their students’ concerns and dilemmas.
The vicissitudes of modern life demand tutors to evolve and adapt, hence, home tutors do more than just educating their students. They go above and beyond and play an active role in guiding them to travel on the right path; to make the right decisions and choices. Tutors will go the extra mile to explain the pros and cons of certain academic-related decisions or career-related decisions and ensure that their students are well-informed and mature enough to do what’s best for them in the right way.
BOTTOM LINE
Children may not understand the impact private tuition could potentially have on them and hence it’s up to parents to explain the importance of it. A home tutor is could make a significant impact on a child’s educational journey as it helps them in so many ways beyond just excelling in academics. A complete human being is one who is not only who has a good education, but also one who lives his life with the right values and discipline. Home tuition creates that complete human being together with a conducive social environment, parent’s support and care, and the right circle of peers around the student.
