GOING for tuition classes outside of schooling hours is the norm for a significant number of Malaysian students, even those as young as preschoolers. But is this a necessity or merely a response to the fear of missing out?
We get participants of the BRATs Young Journalist Programme run by The Star’s Newspaper-in-Education team to share their thoughts on the prevailing trend.“I ATTENDED tuition from Year One up to the completion of my secondary school studies.Starting out, I signed up for extra help in four subjects – Mandarin, Bahasa Melayu, Science and Mathematics.
I ended up going to a tuition centre that offered a class for every compulsory subject. When I was in the lower forms, I signed up for all the subjects that were offered, namely, Science, Mathematics, Geography, History, English Language, Bahasa Melayu and Mandarin. No doubt, attending tuition classes allowed me to gain new perspectives and better understanding of complex concepts. My tutors offered creative explanations, simplifying intricate ideas and making them more digestible.
It can also turn the learning process into unhealthy competition among students. It was unsettling to see my peers comparing grades with one another, caring only about the marks on their papers instead of the value gained through their learning. Tuition should be treated only as a tool to enhance one’s understanding of a certain subject, especially if one is unable to keep up in class. What is more important here is one’s curiosity and thirst for knowledge, without which one would not be able to see the purpose of learning and cultivate an interest in it.
However, what is more commonly seen in my peers is that they would sign up for tuition for almost every academic subject, even those that they were not weak in. All things considered, while tuition exists for a good reason, we should recognise that spoonfed knowledge can only get us so far. She had to double-check with two academic rivals to see if they indeed did not attend such classes – that was me and a male classmate.
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