“My son is a genius.” I thought he did not know the meaning of the word “genius” and looked at him curiously. He explained that his son got 95 percent marks in Arabic, a subject he started studying a few months back, after arriving in Africa. I said ‘he must be really smart, does he have anybody to help him?’ It was then that I came to know that he had a private tutor for Arabic. It was the same person, who teaches him in class, makes the question paper and corrects the answer scripts. Obviously, he can coach a student based on the question paper he has made and also manipulate the results. He continued, “Not only did he get 95 percent, he has the highest marks for Arabic in the class.” The other students were studying Arabic for years. This parent really thought his son was a “genius” and did not realize that the high tuition fee he gave was behind the results.
In another incident, a boy had a private tutor for English. Soon afterwards, the boy started showing remarkable improvement in his results. This particular tutor was not teaching at the boy’s school, but he happened to be a good friend of the English teacher at the boy’s school. He found out what questions were likely to appear for the exam and coached the boy accordingly. Also, he would ask the English teacher at the boy’s school to manipulate the results and agreed to do likewise for him, if need be. The parent was very happy with the results but after sometime there was a disagreement about the tuition fee and the boy stopped the tuition. Immediately, his marks started falling, since the teacher at his school was asked to fix him for not being co-operative about the fee.
Though, in many cases tuition does help a student, it is not always what it seems.
In another incident, a boy had a private tutor for English. Soon afterwards, the boy started showing remarkable improvement in his results. This particular tutor was not teaching at the boy’s school, but he happened to be a good friend of the English teacher at the boy’s school. He found out what questions were likely to appear for the exam and coached the boy accordingly. Also, he would ask the English teacher at the boy’s school to manipulate the results and agreed to do likewise for him, if need be. The parent was very happy with the results but after sometime there was a disagreement about the tuition fee and the boy stopped the tuition. Immediately, his marks started falling, since the teacher at his school was asked to fix him for not being co-operative about the fee.
Though, in many cases tuition does help a student, it is not always what it seems.
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