I have a part time job that involves giving law tuition to this diploma in law student whom we shall call X. I'm 25. X is 29. X has a diploma in IT. He says he wanted to study law after a calling from God. Which is fine with me. He says he couldn't afford my fees, which is fine with me. I reduced them to the point it was negligibly profitable for me. What is not so fine however, is that he lacks a command of the English Language. I spent 30 min in the 2 hour lesson explaining to him when to add "s" to words because that indicates plural. And he didn't seem to get it.

To the essay question "Judicial precedent is not meant to be followed. It is only a guiding principle. Discuss." this was the sentence he wrote for me:

" Yes I agree. Judicial precedent case and fact judge decide future judge decide fact however it should not be followed."

Me: Wrong. We went through this last week already, remember?

Him: What's wrong?

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His exam is in two months. I'm supposed to teach him Contract law, criminal law, public law, and common law reasoning and institutions.

A friend who heard what happened later said: "maybe you should ask him if his Chinese is good, then it could be a calling to study law in China."