A friend's child is in middle school and has average academic performance. They enrolled in a tutoring class with a teacher for less than a thousand, which includes a meal and tutoring alongside his own child. When the kids were younger, it was fine, but later, a friend of a friend’s child heard about the progress and also joined. The new child had many issues, chatting and playing small games with the friend's child, and the teacher's own child started to do the same to fit in, even their academic performance declined. The teacher noticed the situation was not good; he initially wanted to dismiss the last child who joined the tutoring class and not take care of them, but after thinking it over, he decided not to take care of any of them, treating them all equally.
Without the tutoring care, this friend, who is not a problem-solving expert from a small town and doesn't know some of the questions, found a mobile app for over 20 yuan a month to help with problem-solving. This price is a discounted rate for the first year. For renewal, it would be over 2,000 for three years. Upon hearing this, it seemed quite expensive. However, she felt it was still cheaper compared to the tutoring care. But for someone like me who prefers free options, it still feels expensive. Registering with a different phone number would allow for the discounted price again, or finding other free alternatives.
I had seen reports before that when ChatGPT came out, it directly took down many online problem-solving training companies. So I recommended it to him to try. Those apps are also products optimized with AI. I tried 360 Nano and Kimi and found they all have problem-solving functions. It makes sense. Cursor can handle even simple programming in just a few sentences.
Additionally, the function for erasing test papers in Yuanfudao or some other tutoring service is better than what I do with Photoshop, and the YuanBen photos that another blogger 飞絮落叶雪 – 今天的点滴积累 明天的丰厚回忆 emailed me are quite useful. I estimate they also have AI typesetting and test paper searching functions. They are indeed much stronger. Ten free uses each month is enough. Sometimes I’m lazy and just scan through to check homework. I never deleted this app and later found the test paper erasing function useful, but handwritten test papers cannot be used; once you use it, it turns into a blank sheet. Haha.