A day in the life of a tutor

By Chee Kai Bin

December 2009 FEATURE
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Some professions are more common in a certain place than others. Social values and economic mores are reflected in this fact. Penang, populated by people who view education as an effective route to a good life, has therefore a large number of private tutors. This is the story of one of them.INSIGHTS into socio-economic trends in any Asian city can be gained by studying the chaos of its shop lot signage. If one understands the language, a sense of some...

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