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how much money have you spent on study guides, tutoring, study camps etc.? (1 Viewer)
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honeyissweet25
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$400 for textbooks... thats about it 
majors on the otherhand about $400 for textiles and $150 for visual arts....:S
majors on the otherhand about $400 for textiles and $150 for visual arts....:S
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Just.Snaz said:
omg tht is crazy.... almost a yr of school fees:S
ahhh damit now i feel bad
i thought we all did tutoring
i spend... 20k this year?
tutoring helps for ppl like me who cant focus for long
generally doing tutoring doesnt make u come like top in your school but makes sure that you have a safety net that u wont go below
for me its around 70% now
a year ago i wood struggle to get 50 %
i thought we all did tutoring
i spend... 20k this year?
tutoring helps for ppl like me who cant focus for long
generally doing tutoring doesnt make u come like top in your school but makes sure that you have a safety net that u wont go below
for me its around 70% now
a year ago i wood struggle to get 50 %
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Will spend 4k on english+maths next year =.=
Lulz.cccclaire said:
Also, is answer to the question - nothing, other than ~$400 of textbooks.
I'm also not a big fan of the whole tutoring thing either. I mean, I can't see much positive in a 16-18 year old spending hours upon hours on tutoring on top of their school work. Where's the time for friends, family, hobbies, sport.. a life?
And to all those that say "Well those people who get tutored are probably beating you and you're just jealous" - wrong. Even if they did beat me by ~1 UAI point or so, I'd prefer to actually have a life and enjoy life as a teenager.
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回复: Re: how much money have you spent on study guides, tutoring, study camps etc.?
I don’t understand why people would be against tutoring. If people want to enhance their knowledge, than what's wrong with it? Nothing. If people want to get others to write their essays and put it forth as their own, than what's wrong with it? Nothing. Irrational i am? I'm sorry to tell you, but we live in a result-orientated society. If you can't find a way to beat others who have found ways around beating you, then there's something wrong with you, not them. They beat you, and that’s all that matters.
If people cheat in an exam by brining in a essay and get away with it, than good on them - They found another way to get the marks needed to get into whatever they wanted to get into. And people who say that they didn’t deserve it, are wrong. They had the courage and balls to undertake actions, which are a lot of others wouldn’t have in order to succeed. Hence, they get rewarded for it. Memorizing 100000pages of work is not the only way to succeed in the HSC. And you may state that it's unethical, immoral or unfair, but the choice was also available to you, except that you didn't choose it.
We live in the information age. You have what, 7 years worth of free resources - past papers, notes on boredofstudies, real examples of top responses, experiences from past students & access to forums; in order to help you memorize and understand a couple of topics for less than a year. You have all the information you need for free. Either you're lazy or just plain stupid to not do well.
Yeah? And you should let them know that the whole point is to get through the HSC and come out at the top. We are all competing in a memorizing contest, not an intelligible contest. If you can get into you're desired course in a more efficient and smarter way, than why wouldn’t you consider that route.misbahf said:
I don’t understand why people would be against tutoring. If people want to enhance their knowledge, than what's wrong with it? Nothing. If people want to get others to write their essays and put it forth as their own, than what's wrong with it? Nothing. Irrational i am? I'm sorry to tell you, but we live in a result-orientated society. If you can't find a way to beat others who have found ways around beating you, then there's something wrong with you, not them. They beat you, and that’s all that matters.
If people cheat in an exam by brining in a essay and get away with it, than good on them - They found another way to get the marks needed to get into whatever they wanted to get into. And people who say that they didn’t deserve it, are wrong. They had the courage and balls to undertake actions, which are a lot of others wouldn’t have in order to succeed. Hence, they get rewarded for it. Memorizing 100000pages of work is not the only way to succeed in the HSC. And you may state that it's unethical, immoral or unfair, but the choice was also available to you, except that you didn't choose it.
misbahf said:
We live in the information age. You have what, 7 years worth of free resources - past papers, notes on boredofstudies, real examples of top responses, experiences from past students & access to forums; in order to help you memorize and understand a couple of topics for less than a year. You have all the information you need for free. Either you're lazy or just plain stupid to not do well.
The HSC is one big cash cow. All these Excel companies know there are tens of thousands of insecure students who will invest in their largely uninformative books to put their minds at ease.
I hope you all didn't spend too much. But then again, how much is too much?
(Don't answer that).
I hope you all didn't spend too much. But then again, how much is too much?
(Don't answer that).
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i know of three people in my year who dont get tutored at all but are coming top 3 in all their subjects (1st for most of them) - so yeh, u dont need tutoring to go well
i don't believe in tutoring, personally, just sit at home AND DO IT, honestly, ive learnt the majority of the physics course on my own, al u need is 1-2 good textbooks, and the internet is a great resource - and bam!!!! u go well
u gotta put in teh hard yeards, thats wat i rekon, and tutoring should be for those who REALLY need it (ie bottom 10% in a subject), not those who ar elike 10'tha dn want to come first - i rekon the tutoring wont help ya!!!
never been tutored in my life and proud of it
i don't believe in tutoring, personally, just sit at home AND DO IT, honestly, ive learnt the majority of the physics course on my own, al u need is 1-2 good textbooks, and the internet is a great resource - and bam!!!! u go well
u gotta put in teh hard yeards, thats wat i rekon, and tutoring should be for those who REALLY need it (ie bottom 10% in a subject), not those who ar elike 10'tha dn want to come first - i rekon the tutoring wont help ya!!!
never been tutored in my life and proud of it
No, I'm making no implication as to the value of tutoring.BackCountrySnow said:
But I was just questioning why you said "say no to tutoring", implying that others who did get tutored were making a wrong decision as if their choice is any less valid than yours.
Do you mean to say that people who get tutored don't deserve the marks they get?Dr.Chau said:
If that were the case, I guess Olympic medalists don't deserve their silver bronze and gold since they trained and obtained professional help to achieve their best.
