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This private tutor not so lucky to meet a parent who call her desperate for money when she reminded for payment. Why can people be so chao kuan and still taunt others? https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/woman-lashes-out-tutor-asking-payment-calls-her-desperate-money#Echobox=1664874052

Copied from sunday times From $220 monthly takings to $20,000 In the first three months of becoming a full-time tutor, Mr Phang Yu Hon earned a mere $220 monthly from his one student. Now, the physics tutor has close to 90 students and earns about $20,000 a month. The 41-year-old gave up his research engineer job after four years at the Ministry of Defence in 1994 and decided to tutor full-time. 'I had been giving part-time tuition and found I had a flair for teaching,' said Mr Phang. He said it is not uncommon now for an entire extended family of children to attend his sessions. 'Word gets around and, year after year, cousins, siblings, the whole family, they come back to me for tuition,' he said. Mr Phang has turned one of the rooms in his three-room Bishan flat into a mini-classroom, with desks, chairs and a whiteboard. On weekdays, he gives lessons from 7 to 9pm. Weekends are packed with classes from 12.30 to 9pm. Until two years ago, MrPhang was 'running around the island' giving individual one-on-one sessions. 'Group tuition can be achieved only by tutors who have reached a certain degree of stature and experience,' he said. 'When I started, I gave individual sessions, driving around Singapore like a taxi driver.' The full-time tutor of 14 years was a Raffles Institution student. He graduated with first-class honours in electrical engineering from the National University of Singapore. She makes study a fun ride for students With her help, 95 per cent of her students score As - in maths and science. And every top student in her tuition groups is rewarded with a ride in her 'cool' two-door Renault convertible. Ms Laura Oh, 26, is a Nanyang Technological University materials engineering graduate turned full-time tutor. She specialises in maths and science subjects from primary to junior college level. A private tutor for the past 10 years, she now takes home a 'substantial five-figure salary' each month. She believes her popularity derives from selling more than knowledge. 'It's a whole package - friendship, values and customised assessment material,' she said. Ms Oh has about 80 students under her charge: 15 come for one-on-one sessions and the rest for group tuition. She is so popular that there is a queue of 31 students waiting to join her classes. One parent, she recalled, even rang her every two days to check if there were any vacancies for her son. Ms Oh, who is single, is also a shrewd businesswoman. She has 10 full-time tutors working for her. Very often, students attend lessons at her Loyang condominium unit. Otherwise, she goes to students' homes. While she said tuition 'is now a necessity because everyone is so competitive', she feels a good tutor helps a student shorten the learning process so as to hit 'his peak'. Ever energetic, she has also written a series of children's stories revolving around the adventures of her and her dog, titled Laura And Chester. The stories involve maths and science concepts, told in a fun way. Maths guru 'saves' kids A poster in the room at Goldhill Centre reads: 'Miss Loi's temple, enter and be saved.' Joss Sticks is the name of Ms Celine Loi's tuition centre, where at least 20 students walk in every weekend to work on their maths. The full-time tutor of eight years has about 80 students under her charge now, each paying $60 a lesson. The maths guru earns a five-figure monthly income from tutoring. News of her centre spread by word of mouth and also through her website (www.exam papers.com.sg). The interactive webpage of the 33-year-old, who is single, is laced with humour. For example, students can avail themselves of her services for the 'effective prevention of last-minute Buddha foot-hugging syndrome', a Chinese idiom for last-minute exam cramming. Ms Loi also sells exam papers at about $60 a subject on her site. The maths graduate from the National University of Singapore has at least 10 students on her waiting list now. She also has no qualms in 'sacking' any student. 'I tell those who refuse to work hard and do not need tuition not to come back,' she said. Her 'favourite' ones are those with an F9 grade. Every year, a month before the final exams, Ms Loi gets SOS messages from at least 10 such students. 'I had students who scored less than 10 marks for their preliminary exams and ended up with an A in the O-level exams,' she said. Ms Loi typically has a 3 to 10pm workday. On school holidays and weekends, she works from 8am to 10pm. But when the exams draw nearer, she works past 11pm at times. 'Sometimes, I get gastric pains because I don't have time for meals,' she said. 'I also don't have much personal time.' Anyone in MCF doing full time tutoring also earning 5 digits income? Share ur trade secrets leh!

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