《新报》专访：名校中三优等生，每月补习费高达$5800元，还要花费每小时200～250元请人代*写*作*业*。。。
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Parent pays nearly $6,000 a month in tuition fees
Maureen Koh | The New Paper | Tue Mar 6 2012
Her son is a straight A student in a top boys’ school here yet this mother spends $5,800 a month on his tuition.
Her son, who is in Secondary 3, attends classes for English and mathematics at a premier tuition centre in Thomson once a week – two hours per session.
He also takes a 21/2 hour weekly Chinese class in a popular language school.
And he gets one-on-one tuition – each for about two hours – for physics, chemistry and biology with a private tutor.
All these classes are on top of the regular supplementary lessons that his school gives.
Madam Irene Tan, a housewife who is in her early 40s, says: “It’s money that we can afford and it’s totally well-spent.”
She agreed to this interview on condition that we do not name her only child or his school to avoid getting him into trouble.
She is married to a businessman and lives in a bungalow in Bukit Timah.
She says: “All parents just want the best for their child’s education.”
To top it off, she pays people to do her son’s homework when he can’t cope with the combination of school and tuition assignments.
She pays $200 per hour if they have to swing by before midnight and $250 an hour when it’s later.
Madam Tan is not the only one willing to pay through the nose for intensive tuition to help her child.
Mrs Pauline Soh, who has two daughters, one in Primary 4 and another in Sec 2, spends “close to $4,000” on their tuition classes.
Her daughters take English, mathematics and science at an elite tuition centre.
Her younger daughter, who is in a Gifted Education Programme primary school, also gets tuition for Higher Chinese.
The older girl is in an independent school.
Mrs Soh, 40, a civil servant, who lives in a condominium in the east says: “My husband (who is also a civil servant) and I don’t have the time to coach our children.”
She adds: “Education is an expensive affair here but the paper chase makes it necessary for us to equip our children with the best education possible.”
Mr Frank Chan, 46, prefers to spend his money on extra tuition for his pair of twins, who are in Primary 6, than go for holidays.
The marketing manager, who lives in a terrace house in the east, says: “We can always go for holidays when the boys grow up. Right now, it’s more important to focus on their Primary School Leaving Examination.”
The twins have tuition in English, mathematics and second language, which cost about $2,000 per child per month.
This does not include fees he pays for a private music tutor.
In fact, primary schoolers are not the only ones getting loads of extra coaching. Some parents spend big on the little ones.
Madam Cathy Ho, 39, hires a private tutor to prepare her five-year-old son and six-year-old daughter for primary school.
She pays the tutor, who gives her children individual lessons in English and mathematics separately, for $800 a month.
They also take Chinese classes at a language enrichment school at $1,500 for 12 lessons for each child every three months.
In addition, Madam Ho’s daughter takes abacus and mental calculation preparation classes at an enrichment centre. That’s another $320 a month.
Madam Ho, a creative director, who lives in an apartment in a Jurong condominium, says: “Some of my friends have called me crazy but I don’t care.
“When my children make it to a better school and do well, I’ll be the one having the last, and best, laugh.”
记者发现，受访的80名家长有一半承认他们已经或者正准备聘请补习老师帮孩子完成功课。。。。
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Parents hire tutors to do kids’ school and tuition assignments
Maureen Koh | The New Paper | Tue Mar 6 2012
Her child is burdened with so much tuition, school assignments and co-curricular activities (CCAs) that he is finding it tough to cope.
Madam Irene Tan’s son, a Secondary 3 student in a top boys’ school says: “It gets so crazy some days that I just want to give up school. I don’t mind the lessons but I hate doing all the stupid homework.”
So what does Madam Tan do?
A. Cut down on tuition?
B. Help him with his assignments herself?
C. Hire people to do his school and tuition assignments when he is too tired to do them?
Yes, it’s option C.
Madam Tan says: “If my son does not get enough sleep, he will not be able to focus in class and that’s definitely a no-no.”
She pays the specialised tutors $200 per hour if they have to swing by before midnight and $250 an hour when it’s later. She found out about the tutors through word-of-mouth as they do not advertise.
The tutors are on her mobile phone’s speed dial.
But how does that help her son?
Madam Tan says: “They will finish whatever homework (that is) left while he goes to bed.”
The tutors do what he can’t finish so he can get some sleep. And, they don’t have to explain the workings or formulas.
She says: “It’s not like my son doesn’t know how to do it. He just does not have the time.”
Madam Tan insists it’s fine because it has not affected her son’s grades.
“The tuition that he gets is to help him master the subjects and prepare him for the major tests and exams,” she said.
“And he has managed to consistently score As for all the subjects.”
A check on the boy’s result slips showed that he has not slackened even after the specialist tutors were hired since last year.
The New Paper on Sunday polled 80 parents outside some elite tuition centres and found that nearly half had hired or will hire such tutors.
One such parent who also gets tutors to do her daughters’ homework is Mrs Pauline Soh. Her daughters are 11 and 14.
But her reason for wanting such tutors is different from Madam Tan’s – her tutors are hired to help with her children’s assignments from the elite tuition centre.
Given that the centre demands students get consistently good results, Mrs Soh, 40, a civil servant, says it can get tough for her daughters to cope with “mounting school assignments plus the extra homework”.
He daughters take English, mathematics and science at the tuition centre.
Aside from the academic classes, her daughters also has ballet, piano and art classes. Her younger daughter also gets tuition for Higher Chinese.
The older girl is in an independent school.
She says: “It took my daughters nearly a year before they were given a place in the tuition centre.”
Mrs Soh, who lives in a condominium in the east, says: “After all that effort, it’d be such a terrible waste if they had to give up their spots for others on the waiting list just because they cannot finish the work.”
She adds: “I try very hard not to let the tutors help with the school homework as well so that my girls won’t be too spoilt.”
She sets aside an extra $500 to $700 a month for the specialist tutor for each child.
Mr Ong Kwee Lam, 39, who has a 10-year-old son, says he knows of friends who have paid for such services.
The architect reckons that if the need arises when his son gets to secondary school, he “will not hesitate” to do the same.
Says Mr Ong: “It’s nothing illegal. At most, you can only argue whether it’s morally right or wrong.
“It makes no difference if my child ends up copying his homework from his classmate. At least, with a tutor, I can be sure that he’ll get it right.”
A secondary school teacher in a top girls’ school says she has not come across any such cases among her students.
But she admits she has heard about it from her peers in other schools.
Says the English head of department: “It came as a shock when I first heard about. It’s so totally wrong.
“How can any parent condone this or, worse, encourage it?”
The teacher adds: “Should we discover that any of our children here are guilty of this, we’d not hesitate to haul them up for disciplinary action.”
Madam Dawn Chionh, 44, feels it’s fine for parents to send their children for intensive tuition but not in this manner.
Her daughter, who is in Secondary 1 in an Independent School, also has tuition at an elite centre.
Madam Chionh, a housewife, says: “What kind of values are we teaching our kids? That it’s okay to ‘delegate’ your work?
“It’s downright dishonest.”
Mr Wong Ju Ping, 36, managing director of Lynn Tuition Centre, says he has heard of this practice among his students.
Says Mr Wong: “Teaching is like selling; you cannot make a sale unless someone buys. You have not taught unless someone has learnt.
“Parents who resort to such tactics (think) they know what is best for their children.”
But, he adds: “Perhaps they could allow their children to learn experientially so they will adopt greater initiative and self-direction, which happen to be two of the skills under the (Ministry of Education’s) 21st century learning competency framework.”
Tutors, why do this?
The New Paper on Sunday spent two weeks searching for tutors who do homework for students and found five of them through parents.
All have education backgrounds. Here’s what these people who call themselves “specialised tutors” do:
What is expected of you?
When I get a call, I’ll go down to the student’s home. I am usually shown to a desk where stacks of homework are left on the table.
The parent or the child will tell me the order of priority in which the homework should be done.
And these subjects are…?
It can be anything from English to mathematics, science, physics and even history or geography.
It’s usually homework from the school or tuition centre which the child cannot complete.
But you don’t teach the children?
No, I just take over and complete everything while the child plays, watches TV or sleeps.
How is the homework done?
If the assignments require the students to complete in their own handwriting, I write the answers on pieces of paper, which the students copy later.
But I prefer homework that has to be typed out because I can charge more.
How much do you charge?
Anything from $150 an hour, up to $250 an hour for higher secondary students.
If all the work is done by me (as in typewritten), there is a 20 to 50 per cent surcharge.
What are your working hours like?
Totally flexible; I’m on call 24/7.
But I avoid making any plans after 9pm as that’s usually when the frantic calls of distress come in.
I get an average of two calls a week. When it’s the period of continual or semestral assignments, the calls go up to as many as 20 a week.
How do you think this will benefit the children?
It’s just a job. Don’t take the moral high ground with me. You pay me, I do my work.
Mum, how could you even think of that?
It’s really interesting how fast this mother can change her mind.
Two weeks ago, it disturbed me when nearly half of the 80 parents outside some elite tuition centres told me they had hired or will hire tutors to do their kids’ homework.
Whatever the reasons – however justified the parents thought they were – it just was not right, I felt.
If your child is a straight A or even a “high B” student, does he or she really need tuition? And this comes from a mother who (like her husband) never believed that tuition was necessary. I am also not the type who sits down and coaches my son in his schoolwork.
When I first wrote about this in The New Paper on Sunday in November last year, some parents reacted strongly. And negatively.
Among the barrage of e-mails I received was one from a mother who first accused me of “boasting that your son is intelligent”, then promised that I’d “live to regret (it) because when he gets to secondary school, he’ll be nothing”.
In chasing this story, I was yet again taken to task.
Madam Irene Tan, who wagged her finger at me, said: “How can a mother treat her child’s education so lightly?
“Just because your son is in a reasonably good school does not mean he will turn out to be a success in the future.”
I was indignant, though I did not bother to clarify then.
But the thing is, my son has never had the need for tuition. He coped well in school and while he didn’t top his cohort, he managed to score two distinctions and two As for his Primary School Leaving Examination.
He spends most of his free time feeding his voracious appetite for books.
He reads everything including thrillers, autobiographies, manga comics and football magazines.
When he’s not reading, he’s down at the neighbourhood football field trying to polish his skills in the hope of morphing into Manchester United’s Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez.
Games on his laptop are restricted to a total of two hours over the weekend, and there’s no TV on weekdays.
And he is a happy child. But lately, things have changed a little – since he started Secondary 1.
Most school days, he returns home only after 5pm and deals with lots of homework. He usually manages to finish the work and hop into bed before midnight.
Until this week. And this mum’s heart broke.
He had so much homework that he went to bed at nearly 1am. Five hours later, he was expected to be up and ready for the school bus to pick him up for another 10 hours in school.
I promptly updated my Facebook status, attracting several likes and comments.
Someone suggested: Help him do his homework.
Another recommended setting aside the homework for another day.
In that instant, I understood why some of these parents resorted to hiring those tutors.
The tutor would allow him to get some much-needed rest. Then, he could be fresh and ready for lessons the next day.
But when I told my son, it was his turn to be indignant. He said: “Mummy! Don’t you know that’s so dishonest? How can you even think of it?”
Ouch!
为什么会有这么多的功课？！
我的同事也帮孩子做功课。 据他说，学校太多课外活动了，孩子还要上补习，实在没时间做功课。。。
他的孩子在德明上学。
花自己的钱, 无可厚非,
不准备给孩子补习，所以觉得太夸张，新加坡的TOP又如何？看看哪天成为什么大人物了再说。。。。不相信有哪个诺贝尔奖得主是这样补习的。。。
厉害的不补习人家也就是厉害，用钱堆出来的，不予置评。。。再说了，小时了了~~~~~
6000。。一年60000。。。哇。。够读一张英国皇家音乐硕士出来了。。。。哈。。。。这些钱就花在考这种O、A水准上。。。。感觉不合乎经济效益。。。。富豪家庭另当别论。。。
这个世界上优秀的人不多，能拿诺贝尔的更少了。。。都是平凡人，孩子要开心，快乐，健康成长才最重要。。。这些升学压力太恐怖，真难想象这些孩子会ENJOY其中，不可思议。。。。
我完全不给孩子读书的压力，因为我知道，这个世界孩子越来越少，各国大学学生慌越来越严重，僧少粥多，以后要读什么书，稍微努力点，连考试都免了，直接申请入学都不是问题。。。。何苦搞得紧张兮兮的呢。。。哈。。。
完全就是新加坡人的怕输心态。。。不可取！
怪不得偶是个笨蛋，偶家没钱。
就这种未来会？
这孩子将来工作了，家长是不是还要请人帮孩子完成工作 ？:)
啊！补得太夸张了！
为自己的孩子喝彩！至少没放掉我那么多的血就考到EXPRESS的成绩了，哈哈，（自我阿Q一下）。
TOP BOY’S SCHOOL: 嘻嘻，这是RI吧，可是又花那么多钱在CHINESE补习上，也有可能是HCI，家长又住BUKIT TIMAH。家长们还敢送孩子们进名校吗？
我也为自己的孩子喝彩一下，没有怎么补习可以跟这些花巨资补习的孩子坐在一起混到毕业，已经是很强了。
早知道这种情况了，以前老板的3个女孩都从小学到JC一直读莱佛士。每个孩子，每一科都补习，从小学到JC，孩子也乖巧，最后学医科了。
变态变态，全民全科皆补习，新加坡教育以后完全可以改办私塾教育了，理外理拼爹有没有钱了！！:@！！
最可笑的是国人还趋之若鹜，认为这里是公平的:L
新加坡教育有其弊端， 教师师资力量薄弱， 教师水准有限。
在学校里可以真正学到有效的系统的东西能有多少？
说真的，若单单只靠学校，有谁敢说学校能教得出孩子的知识性系统性连贯性足够呢。我们明显看到， 这边学校教育基础都打不牢。
孩子不得不靠自学才能出彩。 如何自学？
新加坡领域小， 政府又急需要大量人才， 毫无疑问， 国家追求的是精英教育， 政府希望可以以各种奖学金方式吸引更多人为国家效力。
这样的局面， 自然形成了补习教育方式，实质上也是为了达到自学的目的。
父母自身有能力教孩子的， 家里自教。没能力的， 只能出银子了。。没银子的， 只能靠孩子自身了。。大环境必然造就各尽所能的方式。
补习费用多少， 实际上是看到孩子背后父母的艰辛付出。
成绩至少要靠自己上考场考出来的！
比国内很多靠玩游戏规则公平得多！
这边补习是常态了，穷人有穷人的补法，富有富的补法。有多少钱办多少事吧，话说补了以后成绩好也行啊，还有多少补了也不行的。
天下乌鸦一样黑，国内何尝不是这样呢，前一阵就有国内高中老师惊叹尖子生都是有钱人的孩子。朋友的孩子也是这样用钱堆出来的尖子，请清华数学系的毕业生辅导奥数，女儿马上进初赛，以前是边都摸不上。请名师补物理一堂课800RMB。因为不惜工本效果明显。只要孩子肯学绝对名师出高徒。
我也小抱怨一下这里的小学，上课时间短，一位老师教几门功课，比如我女儿的班主任老本行英文老师，也教数学，我严重怀疑她的数学水平，平日里稍难一点的题孩子做对了她先打叉后面又改回来，拜托那时才小一，汗啊~~
还有这里的华文，游戏场，脚车…..我们的孩子就学这种土得掉渣的只有新加坡人能看懂的华文？！你不这样写老师要扣分。郁闷死我了~
回磐：女儿小一上学期的华文老师是个中国女孩，教得很好，她班里的大部分学生去好班了，但好班都被新加坡老太们垄断了，唉….
天下乌鸦一样黑，国内何尝不是这样呢，前一阵就有国内高中老师惊叹尖子生都是有钱人的孩子。朋友的孩子也是这样用钱堆出来的尖子，请清华数学系的毕业生辅导奥数，女儿马上进初赛，以前是边都摸不上。请名师补物理一堂课800RMB。因为不惜工本效果明显。只要孩子肯学绝对名师出高徒。
我也小抱怨一下这里的小学，上课时间短，一位老师教几门功课，比如我女儿的班主任老本行英文老师，也教数学，我严重怀疑她的数学水平，平日里稍难一点的题孩子做对了她先打叉后面又改回来，拜托那时才小一，汗啊~~
还有这里的华文，游戏场，脚车…..我们的孩子就学这种土得掉渣的只有新加坡人能看懂的华文？！你不这样写老师要扣分。郁闷死我了~
回磐：女儿小一上学期的华文老师是个中国女孩，教得很好，她班里的大部分学生去好班了，但好班都被新加坡老太们垄断了，唉….
同意他说的，但是国内也是要自己考出来的。有特权阶层的，不光中国有的，新加坡也有的。国人没有必要迷恋新加坡的。
讨论补习的问题，不至于扯到迷恋新加坡的。请不要随便给人贴标签！谢谢！
今天在Kiasu parent论坛上读到这样一段话：
“I read of the 2 tier tutor article…getting 2nd tutor to coach kids for first tutor’s hw.”
哈哈，竟然有人同时请两个补习老师（补同一科）， 第二个老师负责辅导孩子完成第一个老师留的作业。。。
这种极端的、少数的例子
将成为大众炮轰现行考试制度的口实
这2年，一些学校的考试一窝蜂追求难度
脱离了平时的学校教学的实际程度
脱离了绝大多数的学生自学能达到的程度
逼着学生去补习，甚至补习了也难以应付
新加坡的中小学教育如果盛行这种东西
显示教育被引向了歧途，走上了极端
完全违背了教育的宗旨，脱离了大众
我想，刊登上面的例子
目的不是引大众去效仿
而是给教育部提醒
关注“少教多学”被部分学校滥用的现象
催生了教育脱离实际的虚浮办学之风
追风盲从的结果
是毁了孩子、也毁了教育
请你可以仔细的读我的贴吗？我给中国贴上了什么标签？？？？
谢谢！
炼成了学习机器！;P
笑话：
【中国式父母】
5岁：孩子，我给你报了少年宫。
7岁：孩子，我给你报了奥数班。
15岁：孩子，我给你报了重点中学。
18岁：孩子，我给你报了高考突击班。
23岁：孩子，我给你报公务员。
32岁：孩子，我给你报了《非诚勿扰》…..
俺只能感叹一下
真是有钱人啊~~~~
新加坡教育面临的几大难题（尤其是名校）：
1. 科目多于国内，但是课时又少于国内。
2. O水准内容高于国内中考水平，A水准内容高于国内高考水平。
3. 活动远多于国内，尤其是名校的很多学生，每周5天，2天6点到家，3天8点到家，周末还经常要参加学校活动。剩下给学习的时间其实有限之极，更何况学生已经经过了10个小时体力和脑力的煎熬，很难再有很多精力在家学习。
4. 作业难度在逐年增加，从10年前的只有做在本子上的习题，逐渐发展成集网页，小组专题等各种形式的作业：project, research paper… 学生的能力无疑比10年前的一代提高了很多，但是很多学生无法负荷。
不过这也是为什么，新加坡一直都坚持用等级制度而不是分数制度，在如此的重压下，能考80几分就是可塑之才了，没有什么追求完美分数的必要。
不要怪新加坡的教师水平问题，在教育部坚持老师薪水不应高过就业市场中值(median)的准则下，很难招到顶尖的人才。
不过教育部也有它这样坚持的道理：老师，学术水平固然重要，但是更需要的是一个愿意从事教育的心态和坚持；在教育部眼里，在平凡的薪水下仍然愿意留下来的人，才是他们需要的合格敬业的老师……
我现在每天工作时间大概平均10.5+2小时（7：30-18：00在学校，20：00-22：00在家里），周末基本要抽出一天工作，除了和教学相关的东西，老师另外60%的工作量都和教学无关，marketing, event planning, logistic, auditing, risk management等，现在都是老师的工作范畴 。这也是为什么很多老师累得不愿意继续留下来。现在的老师，和10年前的老师比，工作量几乎翻了一翻，可是报酬却依然……应该说，如果每个老师只需要做教学工作，能力和效果绝对是远强于外面的补习老师的，只是现在，精力完全被分散了……
我同事的儿子，一年半前开始当中学老师，现在下决心放弃了。原因是：太累了。。。
所以，教育部有这样的观点：如果一个老师，觉得自己的收入太低和工作性质不相符，或是觉得工作累得坚持不下去，是因为他没有在这个行业找到动力和乐趣，这样的人不需要留……结果就是现在每年20%的turnover rate（就是说每年都有20%的老师离开教育业）。
老师说得太对了，就是酱子地。
说实话，看着儿子早出晚归，长时间的睡眠不足，我真的很心痛啊。
孩子真的没有时间像中国的学生通过反复练习来巩固所学的知识，这是差距，也是没有办法的事。
在如此高强度，高密度的课业和课外活动的竞争中生存下来的名校生的确都是强人，借助外力无可厚非，不同的家庭自会量力而行。
可是就我自己而言，家有老二，真的不想让她再上这种名校，太累了。
昨天华中给中二的家长开会，介绍中三分班。两个感觉：
1. 分得太细了，一到中三就把学生分成三六九等，真的有助于学生成长吗？
2.老师的PRESENTATION SKILL有待提高，有个明显准备不足，时间掌握不好，有的口头禅太多太频繁，有的SLIDES还有错别字。
这样的老师真的能教出国际化的一流学生吗？看来家长要多努力了，真的要靠补习了，呵呵。
昨天我没去，听说原本7：40结束的说明会拖到了8点多，家长们很郁闷。而且中三分科的要求似乎也和往年略有不同。。。
引用: 1. 分得太细了，一到中三就把学生分成三六九等，真的有助于学生成长吗？
是细了点儿，尤其是CSE。听说别的学校也是这样。。。
引用: 2.老师的PRESENTATION SKILL有待提高，有个明显准备不足，时间掌握不好，有的口头禅太多太频繁，有的SLIDES还有错别字。
我儿子的DSA录取通知书上都有错字。华中80%的老师可都是硕士以上的文化水平啊。。。
引用: 这样的老师真的能教出国际化的一流学生吗？看来家长要多努力了，真的要靠补习了，呵呵。
想起了去年“乐陶陶”的疑问：“我挺奇怪的，ｒｉ和ｒｊｃ老师不管学生，怎么出色的那么多啊？” （http://bbs.sgchinese.net/forum.p … E5%87%86&page=3）
我对我家老二已经没什么要求了。什么重点班，天才班， 名校，统统见鬼去吧。
受够了。。。
我看到的名校生都是这样炼出来的。
很多人都羡慕名校生，但名校生的苦，很多人都不知道。
我觉得吧，各家有各家的方法，所谓“有钱的出钱，有力的出力”。
也不见得都是，至少我周围朋友孩子毕业自所谓名校的，虽然也有些补课，但没一个是这样补法的，相当大比例照样拿政府奖学金出国留学，留在本地的也都进了最热门的科系。我说的这些都是新移民的孩子，学习自觉聪明是肯定的，但也不都是所谓的天才，至少都没上过天才班。
我这里指的多不是补习，我指的是名校的学业和课外活动的承重负担！
Kiasu parent论坛上的一位家长做了这样一份图表：
“The graph below illustrates what is happening in our primary schools.”
那个最低的“柱子”是作者儿子的。。。惨！
不要这么说，每家的情况不一样。我先生是特殊例子。
他出差2个月时，我也是头大大的。
家庭幸福美满最重要，请不要给你先生压力。
请问你是打算怎么帮助你的小孩学科学的？
科学 的特点是内容多，知识面广。 所以1.买本书把以前没读的东西读起来（新加坡课外书版本很多，对我们来说，一本就够了，书不在多，在于会读–会举一反三），自己在书上学，划出重点来，可以应对绝大多数的选择题了。 2. 学习研究一下问答题的答题思路和方法–这是学生成绩分层的地方。。。。我们有信心在5月大考中去拿A。
另外分享一个个人的秘密，也是对这个板块一点支持和感谢： 就是在新加坡小学，我发现邻里和名校 的卷子 的差别其实 不大。。。学会 科学的学习方法 要比题海战术/书海战术的补习 更为重要！
哇。。。
看到你这么有信心。。 都要被你感染了。。 回家去举一反三。。。 也在5月的考试争取一下
谢谢分享。。
省补习费的一个途径：
http://www.khanacademy.org/
Khan Academy 是 YouTube 上有名的教育栏目，上面放满了免费课程。
“因为我知道，这个世界孩子越来越少，各国大学学生慌越来越严重，僧少粥多，以后要读什么书，稍微努力点，连考试都免了，直接申请入学都不是问题”
你这是梦境吧，我们也都这么希望，可事实正好相反。
竞争只会越来越激烈，越来越低龄化
像我们那时候，初中都没有压力，上了高中才有压力。
而现在的孩子，小学就开始有压力了。
至于你说考试都免了，直接申请入学，这在中国也许会实现，因为中国现在野鸡大学太多了，可问题是，读了一个野鸡大学出来，文凭不管用，还不是得混入民工的队伍。或者换句话说，到时候民工全有大学文凭了。
只要有效，只要有钱，都不是问题
人笨就没办法了
太好了！我儿子昨晚看了几节课，评论道：”比我老师教得强多了！“。
我儿子还给我讲了一下这个网站的历史。我懒得打出来，就百度了这样一段：
Khan Academy
Khan Academy中文名称为可汗学院，是著名的网络课程学校，在iTunes U以及Youtube上非常火爆。
Salman Khan是一位不知疲倦的互联网教育实践家，他在家中录下超过1500个小型教育讲座，主题覆盖了数学、物理学、金融、生物和当代经济学，通过在Youtube上开始Khan Academy频道传播知识。他的视频总观看次数超过了2000万，平均每日的观看次数超过7万，平均每堂课有1万人观看。现在，著名的大学辍学生、微软创始人比尔盖茨也成为Khan Academy的粉丝。盖茨通过twitter表达了赞美之意，盖茨甚至还和自己11岁的儿子一同观看了多堂课程视频。
Salman Khan现年33岁，出生于新奥尔良,孟加拉裔，MIT毕业生。3岁时父母离异，13岁时父亲去世，他与母亲和一位姐姐生活在一起。他的SAT数学成绩是满分，他从MIT获得了数学学士和电气工程和计算机科学学士，以及电气工程和计算机科学硕士，还从哈佛商学院获得了一个工商管理硕士学位。他最初是在远程帮助自己表妹学习数学的过程中开始教育的尝试。
他于2006年11月在Youtube开设了Khan Academy频道，理念是”providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere”。2009年末从Hedge Fund辞职，开始全职做Khan Academy。Khan接受过PBS和NPR的采访，他是如此形容自己的动机：“我个人的努力微不足道，却能让无数人汲取力量，我想象不出有比这更好的时间使用方式”。他的视频总观看次数超过了1750万，每日的观看次数超过10万，平均每堂课有1万人观看。Khan从未学过教育学，也没有教师资格，他凭借的是在卧室内拍摄的低技术视频，工具是200美元的Camtasia录像机、80美元的Wacom Bamboo手写板，SmoothDraw3软件的免费版，他创作的所有内容都采用创作共用3.0授权。虽然他的讲解达不到费曼的水平，但为许多无法获取到多少学习资源的学习者提供巨大的帮助。
我觉得新加坡学生的补习跟吸毒一样，上瘾的！家长依赖，跟着孩子也依赖，不问有没有必要，只是傻傻补啊补！补吧补吧，不然咱赚什么钱养儿子啊！