Do your kids have tutors?
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Anonymous
| 5th, 8th, 10th. Youngest was behind in reading so during COVID did a few months of online reading tutoring. Other than that, none. They are all average to above average students and all teachers at their school have regularly scheduled afterschool availability, so a few times when they needed something explained they asked their teachers. |
Anonymous
| Yes, when they needed it. We've had them at different times all throughout elem, middle and high school. Just depended on when the kids needed them (3 kids). |
Anonymous
| Not yet - kids are 10, 12, and 4. I am looking for a tutor for my 4 yo though (he is starting K in the fall). I worry that his IEP for K will not be robust enough. He has undetermined learning and motor disabilities. He still doesn't know any letters or numbers, except the first letter of his name. |
Anonymous
| No never. The thought has never crossed my mind. But if one had dyslexia or needed extra help of course we would. |
Anonymous
| We started a tutor in 2nd grade for a dyslexic kid, and 1st grade for one that needed OT/fine motor help. Have been going on and off for 1.5 years. |
Anonymous
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DH. I’m an engineer, so I’ve been the kids’ tutor as needed. I’m comfortable through AP Calc, certainly AP Physics.
My oldest is a paid tutor in MS math for neighbors. |
Anonymous
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My younger son does a Lindamood-Bell tutoring program because he struggles to comprehend classroom instruction.
I don’t see why anyone would resist a tutor they can afford when their child is struggling. If your kids are fine, lucky you! |
Anonymous
| Uh, y’all. HOW THE F old is this group?? Gen AI is 100x better at this than a 15 year old math student, no one should be paying for a tutor in the year 2024. |
Anonymous
Hmm. You sound very smug, but I can assure you many people gifted in math are not capable of tutoring. I struggle tutoring my kids because math is so intuitive for me. I don’t know how I do it, I just know the answer. I look at a calc problem, visualize the math in my head and know what the answer is. I can’t explain to my kid how to do multiplication tables. |
Anonymous
| How do I sound smug? I simply stated that I’m qualified and I’ve done it. |
Anonymous
| Yes. We started the summer between 2 & 3rd for my average/slightly above average DC to just stay on level for math. We do nothing for reading/language arts for which DC has been consistently above grade level. |
Anonymous
| Yes, I have one child who struggles in school but does not have any learning disabilities. tutors in reading and math have helped immensely. |
Anonymous
Most 5 year olds learn from their parents because we all have the ability to work with a five year old. You don’t have time? My child when younger loved to play educational games with me. One game she loved was a game to identify states and their capitals. When they had a test with a blank copy of states in the US and no list they needed to fill in names of capitals and states. She did it in ten minutes and got them all correct. That wouldn’t have happened if we didn’t play that game 100 times. We now play games about countries around the world which we both love. Same with math. We played numbers games, cards, coloring math games. Reading books. I think what we did was equal to tutoring at that age but more fun. My son has a tutor in middle school because of a learning disability. The tutor is able to travel to the school during free time so it all stays in school. |
Anonymous
You’re smart to do that. |
Anonymous
You have a healthy child with nothing standing in their way. Your child will do well. |