Kumon instructor is a real bi****

[Anonymous]

My son is only 7 and she's nice to him. I wait in the lobby while he's doing the worksheets, which means I can hear everything. Anyway, she's a bit*** to some of the older kids. The way she communicates is crude. She knows how to be sweet when new parents come to learn about starring Kumon. She's south asian and my husband says it's more common over there to be stricter. He grew up being hit in school, so his standards and a lot lower 😆 I don't necessarily want to pull him now, but I can see her behavior causing him to wait to won't down the road.

[Anonymous]

Op here. Oh god. I had a lot of typos. The last sentence is I can see this causing him to want to quit.

[Anonymous]

Kumon instructors are usually high school students. Bring it up to the manager--they can help her to learn proper communication skills. It is a learned skill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kumon instructors are usually high school students. Bring it up to the manager--they can help her to learn proper communication skills. It is a learned skill.

Op here. I am speaking about the owner. The instructors are all nice. I never hear them yell. This lady yells A LOT!

[Anonymous]

A lot of people who work with kids are shockingly bad at working with kids.

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

[Anonymous]

Just pull him now because you aren't the type of parent who is going to be willing to make your child do math 365 days a year. It is a slog and some kids will complain and slack off. Your job is to support the instructors there.

We are a Latino family and my kids didn't get pushed in elementary school at all- there were such low expectations. Add to that teachers just assumed my kids were NOT advanced in math because they were Latino (they both look stereotypically "brown Latino" ). Kumon gave them the experience of someone setting high standards for them. They were rewarded for doing well at Kumon by the staff AND negative reactions were given for slacking off instead of making excuses for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just pull him now because you aren't the type of parent who is going to be willing to make your child do math 365 days a year. It is a slog and some kids will complain and slack off. Your job is to support the instructors there.

We are a Latino family and my kids didn't get pushed in elementary school at all- there were such low expectations. Add to that teachers just assumed my kids were NOT advanced in math because they were Latino (they both look stereotypically "brown Latino" ). Kumon gave them the experience of someone setting high standards for them. They were rewarded for doing well at Kumon by the staff AND negative reactions were given for slacking off instead of making excuses for them.

Why are you generalizing about the op? She didn't mention her kid was having trouble doing the work. It's okay to abuse kids verbally, according to you.

[Anonymous]

Take your money to RSM or AoPS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just pull him now because you aren't the type of parent who is going to be willing to make your child do math 365 days a year. It is a slog and some kids will complain and slack off. Your job is to support the instructors there.

We are a Latino family and my kids didn't get pushed in elementary school at all- there were such low expectations. Add to that teachers just assumed my kids were NOT advanced in math because they were Latino (they both look stereotypically "brown Latino" ). Kumon gave them the experience of someone setting high standards for them. They were rewarded for doing well at Kumon by the staff AND negative reactions were given for slacking off instead of making excuses for them.

Some kids get yelled at for, as you say, slacking off, but it's hard to know if they are slacking off since Kumon doesn't provide a lot of help. They may just be frustrated or bored because they aren't getting help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of people who work with kids are shockingly bad at working with kids.

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just pull him now because you aren't the type of parent who is going to be willing to make your child do math 365 days a year. It is a slog and some kids will complain and slack off. Your job is to support the instructors there.

We are a Latino family and my kids didn't get pushed in elementary school at all- there were such low expectations. Add to that teachers just assumed my kids were NOT advanced in math because they were Latino (they both look stereotypically "brown Latino" ). Kumon gave them the experience of someone setting high standards for them. They were rewarded for doing well at Kumon by the staff AND negative reactions were given for slacking off instead of making excuses for them.

NP. My sympathies, we’re a Black family and teachers assumed the same about my son. It was sweet he made it into next year’s accelerated programs despite these biased teachers.

I’d keep an eye on that teacher. It can be so incredibly difficult to teach new concepts to students. But there’s strict and then there’s crossing the line.

[Anonymous]

I legitimately assumed this is the experience most parents seek at Kumon since they think it conveys “rigor”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just pull him now because you aren't the type of parent who is going to be willing to make your child do math 365 days a year. It is a slog and some kids will complain and slack off. Your job is to support the instructors there.

We are a Latino family and my kids didn't get pushed in elementary school at all- there were such low expectations. Add to that teachers just assumed my kids were NOT advanced in math because they were Latino (they both look stereotypically "brown Latino" ). Kumon gave them the experience of someone setting high standards for them. They were rewarded for doing well at Kumon by the staff AND negative reactions were given for slacking off instead of making excuses for them.

NP. My sympathies, we’re a Black family and teachers assumed the same about my son. It was sweet he made it into next year’s accelerated programs despite these biased teachers.

I’d keep an eye on that teacher. It can be so incredibly difficult to teach new concepts to students. But there’s strict and then there’s crossing the line.

Op. I feel she treats the black students the worst!! If only their parents knew some of the stuff, she says to them.

[Anonymous]

Kumon is stupid. Your kid can be super awesome at math without Kumon.

[Anonymous]

It is cultural.