'Your son is stupid as hell': Tutor who fails to get loan from student's dad

A tutor recently asked his student's father for advance payment and loan but was turned down.

In response, the tutor told the man that "your son is stupid as hell" and "only God can teach him".

According to the netizen Justin Lee, who on May 2 highlighted the incident in the Facebook group Complaint Singapore, his cousin had one lesson with his tutor whose tutoring service was found online in late-April.

Mr Lee shared screengrabs of the exchange between his uncle and the tutor.

The tutor had asked Mr Lee's uncle for payment for the one lesson that was completed as well as an advance for the next three lessons.

He was charging $60 per lesson. In total, he asked Mr Lee's uncle for a payment of $180. The tutor also asked for a $500 loan on top of the $180.

"It will be a great help as my mum is in the ICU because of leukaemia," wrote the tutor.

Mr Lee's uncle replied: "I am sorry to hear that but I don't think it's right to do this."

Despite the reluctance from his student's dad, the tutor pressed on. "Are you able to lend me $500? I will repay you by giving lessons."

When Mr Lee's uncle refused to pay an advance or give a loan, the tutor told him to "look for another tutor".

Mr Lee's uncle relented and wrote "you can go teach someone who will lend you money", to which the tutor replied: "Sure, your son is stupid as hell. Only God can teach him."

Netizens advise Mr Lee to file a report with the police or Ministry of Education.

A Facebook user going by the name Hey, who claimed to be a friend of the tutor's, commented: "When I first saw the post, I was shocked and appalled.

"But upon closer inspection of the messages, there seems to be something weird going on. The messages look fabricated (time stamps are wrong, his name at the top was cut off and the 'online' status doesn't even look the correct font).

"Furthermore, the typing style seems the same between the two people in the chat (sometimes there's space before and after a comma)."

Hey added that his friend was not the sort to display this sort of behaviour.

Another netizen pointed out that the exchange between the tutor and the student looked fake, highlighting the timestamp of the second message from the tutor showing to be three minutes before the message from the student.

The New Paper has reached out to Mr Lee to verify his account of events.