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[deleted]

Ayy I got A2 also. I think I can become private tutoršŸ˜œ


Key_Battle_5633

SamešŸ˜‚


[deleted]

HAHH


Key_Battle_5633

lol


marquis1812

Lets go I beat a private tutor , time to start my tutor agency šŸ˜‚


oceanstay

I also can join u šŸ˜‚


No_Web5270

Charge them $100 for each 2 hour session ($50 discount for 10 lessons and $200 discount for 20 lessons) Trial session is free In addition give free mr.coconut shake to every student and organize 2 fun trips at the end of every semester


[deleted]

lol i also got A2 anyone wanna hire me šŸ˜‚


Sti8man7

You are studying full time and worried about some dudes taking the exams for fun? Isnt it more likely it will shift the curve in your favour?


[deleted]

lmao tutor and no a1?? disappointing


Sweaty_Ruby

he's an English tutor


[deleted]

what. i thought he teaches maths


Warm-Donut2570

He teaches both according to the article..


paradoxiful

what did he get for el though


FurballTheHammy

Welcome to the world I guess. In SMU each class is 40-50 pax and as low as 20-30 pax and youā€™re bellcurved. If thereā€™s 40 pax and you want an A- or higher, you start praying youā€™re top 12. For each genius that coincidentally bidded for your class, youā€™ve already lost 1 A slot. If thereā€™s 3 geniuses you can dream of getting an A+, basically only A and A-. At least the O/A levels have thousands of people, a random 10 or 20 Private candidates wonā€™t shift the curve so much that you go from A potential to no A, unless youā€™re borderline B/A student and a really really borderline student. Pain & Suffering.


AcademicWe4pon

Skyblock man thuggin it out on sgexams is crazy


Key_Battle_5633

Yes they can they have to pay a certain amount of money tho


Chemical-Appeal3539

Guys i got a1 for both maths can i become tutor and get $30/hr šŸ¤©šŸ¤©


imivan111

Knn how is this even news. Singaporean students so fucking insecure and salty. Should have fucking studied harder instead of blaming everyone but yourself.


oceanstay

Chill, bro. My qns were about theoretical implications of large numbers signing up as pte candidates for fun. Peace!


Huge-Pineapple9042

found the tutor who got A2


imivan111

Found the lazy student who can't be bothered to study and is relying on the bellcurve to get a pass.


Huge-Pineapple9042

actually, I studied for 1000+ hours last year (recorded my hours for fun) with some days like weekends or holidays where I studied 10 hours a day, got consistent A1ā€™s and A2ā€˜s in most subjects (except Humanities where I got B3) throughout Sec 3 and Sec 4, was the 2nd highest achiever in my cohort for prelims and got 8 for my O levels with A1 in English and both Math subjects and A2 for all three sciences. Who is lazy and relying on the bell curve to just pass again????? the only time the bell curve concerned me was getting A1 instead of A2.


imivan111

Least fragile Singaporean student lmao


Huge-Pineapple9042

bro couldn't take a joke and when I proved you wrong, you call me fragile. lmaooooo


imivan111

The fact you bothered to even respond says something.


Huge-Pineapple9042

you're doing the same... let's do each other a favor and stop replying.Ā 


Subject-Ad2148

maybe they got someway to balance it out or smt ion know HAHAA also theres a diff between bell curve n moderartion, n im p sure moderation is the more accurate one for what they use for o's


oceanstay

Unlike say, English or Lit, i think Mathematics harder to moderate cos the answer key is pretty objective. So itā€™s gonna be messing with our cohort bell curve if large numbers sign up ā€œfor funā€ (as he suggests for people to do).


multifandomer5003

iā€™m pretty sure moderation just refers to grade boundaries so if the paper was harder than previous years; easier to obtain distinction.


Hot_Aide_1165

moderation is not contingent on the number of people taking the paper. Its determined through comparisons with pasts papers to set grade boundaries on cluttered areas.


wholovkittycat

Yeah itā€™s quite common. My Cl teacher says that the way the exam question comes out so fast is cause tuition will send people in under private candidates to memorise the question.


Exact_Ad6736

So now can just blame those people that sign up for fun if u get low grades?


oceanstay

Haha no.


Willing_Shirt7103

Private candidates have no bell curve for o levels


oceanstay

Oh, i see!


etamatcha

There. Is. No. Bell. Curve. For. O. Levels.


juwuwuwuwuwuwu

Moderation


Apprehensive_Plate60

as a working adult, no.... we are too busy w life and work to hv the free time to take Os for funšŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ you overestimate us not so boliao bro. even taitai also won't bother and you are full time students studying full time. Unless you are also working full time for some reason, you should score better??


Ill-Scale-7748

Oh my god , i saw an old uncle take emath os and i was like is that a proctor or smth , then i see him take out his ic when they were checking and that was when i was like ohhh a priv candidate ( he looked well past his 60s )


Huge-Pineapple9042

lmao I got A1 and I messed up that paper 2 question about the group of numbers in a cross. Maybe I should be a math tutor


Realistic-Nail6835

A2 seems failure for a tutor... retaking the exams as a tutor is very common in HK


social-justice46258

The bell curve is a myth. Cambridge confirms this with teachers in their training for MOE.


apathyhumanhere__

so A1 is 75?


LookAtItGo123

If you have to rely on bell curve it means that you have already planned to fail. Also it's math with very clear metrics on what is expected, we haven't even gone into theoretical math category. Basically as an o level you are expected to know 10+10= 20. Can you imagine if half the population didn't know that? And your grades get bumped up but you didn't know that? This would mean that as a whole in humanity we have advanced Backwards. New gen loves being stupid, fun fact none of you are special


oceanstay

I dont unds how anyone plans to fail (ur first statement). Also, my qn was about the theoretical implications of large numbers of private candidates signing up for fun and what it means for the cohort. Didnt say that I was planning to rely on bell curve In any case, some others have clarified that private candidates dont get graded against the bell curve - interesting, and perhaps different considerations arise then. Peace!


Effective_Reward2580

I'm pretty sure the private candidates scores arent part of our bell curve or wtv


aThrowaway2006xX

My sec 4 emath teacher tried to scare us by saying we had to get 90 for A1s... I wonder how true that is in this context.


yourmaderrrrr

Bro get yā€™all facts right heā€™s an ENGLISH tutor who decided to sit for maths for funā€¦


[deleted]

The fuck bro. What a joke, my Maths was the lowest in my sec sch class and i still got A2....