What math tutoring/enrichment is your 4th grader doing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From a parent whise kidding college —let your kids advance in math. AOPS is the best! Also make sure they do a lot of writing at a young age. And reading — these things are hard to catch up later in K-12. Of course, let them have fun too! But academically, these are the things I wish we had focused on.

What did you focus on instead? What would you have dropped to make room for these?

[Anonymous]

Dual enrollment at UCLA. It's quite a commute, but my 9yo handles it well. DD thinks Terrance tao is a bit dumb, though. Hopefully we can get a recommendation from him so DD gets into AAP next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Want to make sure my child who is new to AAP is able to keep up. Send recs!!

Don’t listen to negative comments. If you child enjoys math, go with RSM or AoPS.

There are some schools where teachers are amazing and do their jobs. In such places, your child will thrive even if they come unprepared, but have the necessary aptitude.

What some parents fail to say or realize is that there are many teachers and schools where math classes are almost like track meets. Teacher does a pre-test at the beginning of the unit, and decides how much of explaining, if any, is necessary. If your child ends up being one of the very few not familiar with the concept, tough luck with getting proper instruction and practice.

Every family should do what they see fit. We do AoPS.

At our school, this is actually necessary, even if no one wants to admit it. Personally, I think that enrollment of so many of AAP students in enrichment classes, only perpetuates the problem. But, I, myself, cannot fix that issue.

So, yes, we do enrichment and we do it due to the lack of proper instruction at school.

[Tuk24]

It really depends on the child and their willingness to learn math. Math is a vast subject, and the more you practice, the stronger your foundation becomes. Both AoPS and RSM are excellent programs. We do travel soccer, swimming and RSM. Don’t pay attention to negative comments—they’re not worth your energy.

[Anonymous]

Tuk24 wrote:It really depends on the child and their willingness to learn math. Math is a vast subject, and the more you practice, the stronger your foundation becomes. Both AoPS and RSM are excellent programs. We do travel soccer, swimming and RSM. Don’t pay attention to negative comments—they’re not worth your energy.

DC goes to Curie, along with a bunch from our community. Does ice hockey, baseball, and cello.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Tuk24 wrote:It really depends on the child and their willingness to learn math. Math is a vast subject, and the more you practice, the stronger your foundation becomes. Both AoPS and RSM are excellent programs. We do travel soccer, swimming and RSM. Don’t pay attention to negative comments—they’re not worth your energy.

DC goes to Curie, along with a bunch from our community. Does ice hockey, baseball, and cello.

Of course, all of you grew up in cram schools like Narayana Coaching Centre, spending your whole childhood cramming for a test. So you do the same to your kids. Tuition mentality is hard to let go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Tuk24 wrote:It really depends on the child and their willingness to learn math. Math is a vast subject, and the more you practice, the stronger your foundation becomes. Both AoPS and RSM are excellent programs. We do travel soccer, swimming and RSM. Don’t pay attention to negative comments—they’re not worth your energy.

DC goes to Curie, along with a bunch from our community. Does ice hockey, baseball, and cello.

Of course, all of you grew up in cram schools like Narayana Coaching Centre, spending your whole childhood cramming for a test. So you do the same to your kids. Tuition mentality is hard to let go.

Dude, we’ve already been over this. You couldn’t make it through Narayana, it was beyond what you could handle. Leave your personal limitations where they belong.

[Anonymous]

Of course, parents who expect little often raise children who achieve little!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Tuk24 wrote:It really depends on the child and their willingness to learn math. Math is a vast subject, and the more you practice, the stronger your foundation becomes. Both AoPS and RSM are excellent programs. We do travel soccer, swimming and RSM. Don’t pay attention to negative comments—they’re not worth your energy.

DC goes to Curie, along with a bunch from our community. Does ice hockey, baseball, and cello.

Of course, all of you grew up in cram schools like Narayana Coaching Centre, spending your whole childhood cramming for a test. So you do the same to your kids. Tuition mentality is hard to let go.

I know exactly what you mean by cram school, for I have been to one in South Africa. But I have to confess, it’s through hard work, sweat, and relentless persistence that I discovered the true strength living inside me, the strength that carries us beyond every limit. If a cram school is an economical way my parents enabled that discovery for me, praises to them! Praise the Lord!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Tuk24 wrote:It really depends on the child and their willingness to learn math. Math is a vast subject, and the more you practice, the stronger your foundation becomes. Both AoPS and RSM are excellent programs. We do travel soccer, swimming and RSM. Don’t pay attention to negative comments—they’re not worth your energy.

DC goes to Curie, along with a bunch from our community. Does ice hockey, baseball, and cello.

Of course, all of you grew up in cram schools like Narayana Coaching Centre, spending your whole childhood cramming for a test. So you do the same to your kids. Tuition mentality is hard to let go.

Dude, we’ve already been over this. You couldn’t make it through Narayana, it was beyond what you could handle. Leave your personal limitations where they belong.

Go back to cheating.

[Anonymous]

All Curie and Narayana does is encourage cheating. That is why you see so much cheating from these two centers. Parents are the enablers.

[Anonymous]

This is the same tendency that continues in the job market. See how many were fired from Fannie and Freddie for the TANA scandal.

[Anonymous]

My children are all going to RSM, which is an excellent program with a solid grounding in math. Highly recommend.