withdraw now, or stick it out?
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Anonymous
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DC goes to a well regarded private MS. We are very happy with several aspects of the school, but are very displeased with the math instruction and feedback. DC has gone from loving math to hating it. Its not the difficulty - last test DC got 100 without studying.
We met with the school about this in September and decided to give it a chance. Nothing has changed. This year will likely be wasted on the math front. I am thinking of moving DC to our local MS on Monday. I have spoken with them and I think DC will be happier in their math program. The rest of the subjects are weaker. Its clearly a trade off, but I think math is the most important subject. Advice? |
Anonymous
| Aren't you on the hook for paying the whole year's tuition? |
Anonymous
Unfortunately, this is a drawback for many privates. Math instruction and the level of classes is not as strong as in public. Private does offer many other areas which kids can thrive in and find interest in. It really depends if you think all the other good things should be sacrificed for Math. HS does get better especially if your school offer more honors and AP classes in HS. It really is a personal decision which way your child would benefit more. You also need to think a few years down the road about your HS choice. |
Anonymous
| What happens when your child has a bad math teacher in the public school? Bad (or uninspiring) teachers are everywhere. As the PP says, what's the whole package? Can you go to a Kumon program for enhanced math? (Although my personal belief is leave the kid alone to pursue other things if they're passing math) |
Anonymous
| How does your kid feel about it? Does he want to go to the public school? Is he begging you to pull him out? |
Anonymous
| Pull out method is not reliable |
Anonymous
thanks! 
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Anonymous
Yes, that money is gone. But we will have to hire a tutor or find other ways to supplement if we stay, so we are looking at additional costs. |
Anonymous
| Pretty drastic to do it now, especially when you're heading into the unknown. |
Anonymous
| If math is most important to you, then, yes, probably pull your son out. If you care about things like: learning to think outside the box, learning to write well, and getting more individualized attention, I'd probably keep him in and look to supplement math. Also, middle school is tough on kids. Pulling your kid out mid-year could be socially disasterous. |
Anonymous
DC wants to stay and is resigned to the terrible math situation. If he doesn't move now we will get a tutor and move next year to public. I cant bear the thought of going through the application beauty contest again. |
Anonymous
This is an odd post. You would pull your kid out of a school that's better for him in every way except for math to swap it for an unknown, just on the basis of one conversation with someone at the public school? Then continue to pay your monthly tuition bill, or just blithely disregard the $30K you've already spent for the year? |
Anonymous
| it would be fairly easy to supplement on math with outside programs such as John's Hopkins CTY online. |
Anonymous
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You are way overestimating the local public middle school's ability to teach math.
Take math into your own hand. That is what I am doing. Math is the easiest to supplement on you own. |
Anonymous
He used to do CTY and it was OK. How do you do it, and do you plan on supplementing through high school? |