The student culture in Hong Kong revolves around periodic stress from school examinations, especially with how heavily they make up the grade for the semester, and are a strong indicator of whether one will pass or fail the academic year. However, IBMYP makes a distinction for itself, and seeks to take the heavy stress out of those stresses, and to solve this, they are more project-oriented, requiring students to turn in assignments and give presentations for their academic marks.

Where most other streams stick to in-class learning and classroom lectures, IBMYP also encourages students to do research for themselves, and places emphasis on laboratory experiments and procedures, especially for those taking IBMYP Sciences. This allows students more freedom to learn, and will give them a more hands-free learning experience instead of the usual style of simply reading over notes to learn concepts.

While this is may be seen as a pleasant difference from the typical ‘40:60 homework:examination’ ratio that most are used to, this may also be a weakness in the sense that since most students are used to only dealing with exam-related stress during a particular month, and adjusting to the new change in curriculum may be new for them. Another possible weakness is that without the specific feedback that examinations usually give, a student may be unsure of which topic they are weak at, and will not know whether they are studying in the ‘right’ way or not.

Despite this, Tuttee is a remedy to this problem. Our tutors are experienced in teaching students who are also new to the IBMYP curriculum. We emphasize on a steady pace of studying, and will make a personalized profile of our students’ learning pace, their learning style and the conditions they work with best, and will work with them to find an ideal schedule for them to learn. Project and research-based studies are also our forte, and we help students with pointers and personal discussions to develop their presentations into a more legible and distinctive form.