Gene2025-11-06T21:33:26+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor, Structuring Lessons
Dealing with a Student Who Chooses Free School Tutoring Over Private TuitionOne student stopped her tutoring because she gained access to free tutoring at her school. Despite my efforts to convince her and her parents that continuing with me would be better since she was accustomed to my ..
Markus Curry2025-11-05T22:00:08+11:00Posted in All Categories, Motivation & Interest, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor
How to help students tutor students who clearly don’t want to have tuition?As discouraging as some students’ attitudes are, nothing should negate the fact that as tutors, we have an opportunity to take a closed and negative mind and replace it with an open and positive one. In ..
Markus Curry2025-11-06T21:00:50+11:00Posted in All Categories, Parent Advice, Senior & High School Learning
Understanding the Challenges 📚Sometimes it can be a variety of reasons why your child isn't reaching their potential in high school. Due to a nexus of factors, some students might not perform to their best ability at certain times. There are a lot of reasons for this which ..
Gene2025-11-07T20:47:47+11:00Posted in All About Exams, Senior & High School Learning, Study Habits
I now have a struggling student who will be in yr 11 this year. Things will be far more serious and I want to make sure I do the best possible job I can, that she also is motivated to keep things from going downhill. I have dedicated ..
Gene2025-11-06T22:42:44+11:00Posted in All Categories, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor
Identifying the IssueI am not getting a good response from one student; she openly resents having a tutor and is passively aggressive toward me. She is rude and does not complete the homework I set for her. I have tactfully picked up on her rudeness and explained to ..
EzyMath2025-11-06T06:33:01+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons, Senior & High School Learning
Why Holiday Tutoring is EssentialI have a couple of students who are going into year 11 next year. They absolutely need tutoring during the holidays to make next year less stressful for them. There are many gaps to cover, and working ahead will give them a confidence boost. ..
EzyMath2025-11-06T22:06:32+11:00Posted in All Categories, Problem Solving & Independence
I am still unsure how to help him think more about the questions rather than depending on me. I have explained how to look for similar questions in his notebook and also with the worked examples in the notebook but even when I offer clues rather than just ..
EzyMath2025-11-06T22:29:58+11:00Posted in All Categories, Motivation & Interest, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor
One student’s parents want to stop tutoring after his exam but i think he needs to continue as we've only really just begun and i feel he will just forget everything and go back to how he was before.This is a really common situation 🤔. There are two ..
EzyMath2025-11-07T19:41:03+11:00Posted in All About Exams, Teacher & School Issues
My year 12 student's teacher appears to be a little inadequate 🤔 e.g. he does not teach some concepts in the topic that end up in the exam. My student has been asking his friends what their teachers are telling them about the topics that will be tested ..
EzyMath2025-11-06T21:26:58+11:00Posted in All About Exams, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection
One student received an 'E' at the end of semester reports. We were all in a bit of shock because she had been improving immensely-- her understanding as well as problem solving skills, especially when making things visual for herself. I can't help but feel responsible. What has ..
