230604 (I)

I think tuition services in Singapore is an underground flourishing profession (profession?)

why underground?

Non Tutors: They do not contribute to the GDP of our nation. They do not need to declare how much they earn as tutors. No income tax, No CPF, and government can't do much about them either. They are legally undergrounded!

Tutors: We still buy goods like everyone else, so saying that we don't contribute to the nation's GDP is false. We have no CPF, we're worse off! When we are old, our children might send us to old folks home! Who knows right? We don't have any benefits (eg.medical, dental), and have no safety net for old age! Not to mention, We are the backstage operators of the Singapore Education.. without us, where will de Ace students get their A's?? Infact, the government should support us all the more. If not, the next generation of [insert party name] leaders will not be scholarly enough!

i'm glad to say that i've just joined this syndicate

the kiasu Singaporean in me prompted me to search the web for those online tuition agency (prob not registered). Off hand, i could recall registering myself with over 5 agencies ... cool! now i'm bound to get a tuition assignment... Not gonna be beaten by other tutors ... hehe ... i even scoured the newspaper ads looking for tutors ... i registered with another 4 ... now i'm an employee of..... technically speaking ... 9 companies! hahaha..

underground huh ...