Singapore's tuition industry - Entering the tuition industry without stellar grades - am I fighting a losing battle? ?

In Singapore’s tuition industry—where many tutors have strong academic credentials—how can late bloomers with non-stellar grades still build credibility? Would it be more realistic to differentiate as a specific type of educator (e.g. mentoring-focused, applied learning, confidence-building), rather than competing purely on academic results? For context, I would consider myself a very late bloomer. Managed to make it from what we termed as a 'neighbourhood' secondary school -> poly -> university (one of the big-3 ones). How can I land myself up as a tuition teacher despite having so much stacked against me? And parents only looking for indicators of credibility relating to paper qualifications or grades?

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