Hong Kong's rock star tutors.

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Imagine getting rich and famous, with your face plastered on huge billboards--for being a popular high school tutor. That's the case in Hong Kong, where tutors have as much celebrity cred as actors and rock stars. Many of the top tutors, who get students ready for all-important college-admissions tests, have their own music videos and Facebook fan pages and can earn more than $1 million a year. Tutoring companies market the tutors as celebs--giving them pop star haircuts and designer clothes--to enhance their appeal. Hong Kong's public universities accept only 18 percent of high school grads, and students are...