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Today, we are introducing Xue Mei, the Principal of Yu Ren Chinese Tuition Centre in Singapore. She is a sister-in-Christ who strives hard in the workplace, and was featured in an interview article in Singapore’s ‘Heartbeat’ newsletter.
Opportunities for the turning point
In 1995, Xue Mei got married and moved from Sichuan, China to Singapore when she was in her twenties where she embarked on a new chapter in her life journey.
Xue Mei is intelligent and energetic. When she knew that there was a profession in Chinese tuition in Singapore, she was inspired to soar high as she hailed from a family of teachers. Her mother and maternal grandmother were teachers. She graduated with a Childhood Education degree and further studies. She was also talented in arts, dance and playing the piano and had a passion for writing. She even clinched an award in a speech competition.
What’s interesting was that the opportunity presented itself before Xue Mei contemplated and planned for it. She started teaching in Singapore because of a chance occurrence. One day, she went for a haircut. While she was waiting, a Singaporean parent found her lively and cheerful, so they started to chat. The parent knew that she came from China and invited her to give Chinese tuition to her two children. Even though they already had a tuition teacher, this parent was impressed with Xue Mei’s sweet voice. Thus, she was given the opportunity to train the children in oral Chinese. Her teaching was superb. The parent especially liked her professional teaching in reciting poems, so the parent laid off the former tuition teacher. Xue Mei took on the Chinese tuition job. She quickly grasped the Chinese materials in Singapore, got hold of the main points in teaching and discovered the issues that the children faced in learning. These two children improved rapidly in their school performance. Subsequently, the parent introduced the English teacher’s children to her for tuition......
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