My Success Stories

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 S came to me when she was in P5. She was one of the top ten students in her class and her parents felt that she needed extra coaching in Math and Science to propel her to the top. We accepted the challenge. It was a breeze teaching her but the challenge was in ensuring she was mentally up to the task of becoming the top student in her school. She was highly motivated and what she needed was a coach who was able to train her to answer tricky problem sums with ease and be a punching bag to debate answers in her science worksheets and exam scripts. We were up to the task and eventually she scored a school record aggregate of 278 for her PSLE. She topped not only the school but also all the schools in the North Zone. 

 T came to me when he was in P3. His reading and comprehension skills in English were below par and his spelling was below his grade level. He also had difficulty in Math and was averaging about 40 marks in his exams. We took him in and focused on getting him to pass Mathematics for a start. Within a few months he was showing  visible improvements in his MCQ and Open Ended Questions. Over time his confidence surged and failing Math was not an option. Over the years he gradually managed to be promoted from a mixed ability class to high ability class. He became more concerned about topping the class and doing better than his peers. In P6 his Math marks soared to over 80 and his other subjects also showed significant improvements. 

 V came to me when he was in P5. His parents were distraught as his previous tutor felt that he had a learning disability and would not do well in PSLE. We took V in and observed his performance over a few lessons. Based on our observations we assured his parents that V is normal and just lacked confidence. Eventually he did well enough in PSLE to go to either Normal Academic (NA) or Express stream in secondary school. We advised the parents to put him in the NA stream to give him the time to learn at his own space and that we had the confidence that he would be promoted to the Express stream if he continued to perservere. He responded well to our coaching and performed very well in Sec 1 and, as we had predicted, he was promoted to Sec 2 Express. Eventually he finished his ‘O’ Levels with better than expected results and went on to pursue a course of his choice in a polytechnic. 

 M came to me in P5. She needed a tutor who would be able to answer all her questions in Science. In actual fact she wanted someone whom she could argue with about her disagreements in the way science questions were answered. She would never let us rest until she was satisfied with our explanations. Sometimes she won these regular arguments with her sound reasoning but most times we helped her understand the nature of these questions and why they needed to be answered in a certain manner. Eventually she went on to achieve an A* in PSLE for Science. 

 E came to me when he was in P3. He was an average student who needed coaching to do well in PSLE. He did reasonably well in all his subjects and went on to the Express stream in a school of his choice. It was in secondary school that we realized that he was willing to commit to hard work to do well. We used the teaching of Math to help him understand that practice makes perfect and currently he regularly tops his class and this success and work ethos has helped him to cope better and improve in his other subjects. 

 D came to me in P5. He had great potential and his parents knew that but he needed someone to motivate him. So we pushed and pushed. He worked well with me and understood why he was being pushed and eventually emerged as  one of the top students in his class. In the PSLE he did well enough to score an aggregate of 265 and secure a place in RI. 

 A came to me four months before his ‘O’ Levels. He had been failing in his Math since Sec 3 and as a result his confidence and interest in Math had suffered. As he was a determined student we customized our teaching to meet his needs and managed to help him pass his Math. 

 Y came to me when he was in Primary 2. He was an extremely hardworking boy who was always willing to go the extra mile to get the grades he wanted. His dream was to do well enough in PSLE to enroll in Raffles Institution. His dream became the driving factor in the work we did together to prepare him for PSLE. 7 years later I am happy to report he is thriving well in Year 2 or RI's IP programme.  

 M came to me when she was in Secondary 3. She was an average student who just needed the right tutor to unlock her potential. Within a few months she realized she was capable of achieving more than she ever thought was possible. Today she is studying Physics at NUS.