Mathnasium worth it? Not working for us..

[Anonymous]

Can you get an older child to study with them? A high schooler who has already studied Alg I/II and Geometry?

My daughter has helped some friends study before and has also been helped by other friends in the past as well.

It seems kids do well when they help each other during those after class study group or whatever it is called. Sometimes they have also used video chat to study and help each other.

Just a suggestion since you said private tutoring is out of the budget.

[Anonymous]

My son, who has always struggled with Math, did Mathnasium for about a year in 7th grade twice a week and grew to hate it; it didn’t align closely enough with what he was working on in class for it to seem to him like a good use of time and you don’t work on homework or study for tests with Mathnasium—you work through their system. He did improve a fair amount in math over the course of the year, but hated Mathnasium so intensely by the end I switched to a tutor, which he likes much more. I haven’t been able to justify the cost of twice a week for the tutor to myself, so he gets less time but it is clearly focused on and responsive to what he is working on, and he definitely prefers this set up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you get an older child to study with them? A high schooler who has already studied Alg I/II and Geometry?

My daughter has helped some friends study before and has also been helped by other friends in the past as well.

It seems kids do well when they help each other during those after class study group or whatever it is called. Sometimes they have also used video chat to study and help each other.

Just a suggestion since you said private tutoring is out of the budget.

A high schooler who is capable of tutoring math usually has lots of other academic commitments and would not have the time or desire to take on an unpaid/low paid tutoring position, except for a really good friend or close relative. My DD would rather study for her own classes than help some rando dumb kid for free. She's probably do it for her best friend.

[Anonymous]

Your kids sounds as if they need intensive math remediation one-on-one. Mathnasium is never going to cut it.

You need to put up the money for a good tutor who will see them several times a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you get an older child to study with them? A high schooler who has already studied Alg I/II and Geometry?

My daughter has helped some friends study before and has also been helped by other friends in the past as well.

It seems kids do well when they help each other during those after class study group or whatever it is called. Sometimes they have also used video chat to study and help each other.

Just a suggestion since you said private tutoring is out of the budget.

A high schooler who is capable of tutoring math usually has lots of other academic commitments and would not have the time or desire to take on an unpaid/low paid tutoring position, except for a really good friend or close relative. My DD would rather study for her own classes than help some rando dumb kid for free. She's probably do it for her best friend.

My 9th grader, who helps out her friends every week because she's in Honors Precalc and they're in Algebra 2, would only take a paid tutoring job if it was interesting money ($50/hr min) and the kid wasn't too dumb or difficult. She's got other fish to fry, as PP said.
When her older brother had difficulties in math, I paid a Prep Matters tutor enormous sums of money to get him up to speed in AP Calc. Some in-demand tutors are paid more than $400/hr in this area. You can also get a cheap online tutor living in a low-cost-of-living state at $30/hr...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you get an older child to study with them? A high schooler who has already studied Alg I/II and Geometry?

My daughter has helped some friends study before and has also been helped by other friends in the past as well.

It seems kids do well when they help each other during those after class study group or whatever it is called. Sometimes they have also used video chat to study and help each other.

Just a suggestion since you said private tutoring is out of the budget.

A high schooler who is capable of tutoring math usually has lots of other academic commitments and would not have the time or desire to take on an unpaid/low paid tutoring position, except for a really good friend or close relative. My DD would rather study for her own classes than help some rando dumb kid for free. She's probably do it for her best friend.

My 9th grader, who helps out her friends every week because she's in Honors Precalc and they're in Algebra 2, would only take a paid tutoring job if it was interesting money ($50/hr min) and the kid wasn't too dumb or difficult. She's got other fish to fry, as PP said.
When her older brother had difficulties in math, I paid a Prep Matters tutor enormous sums of money to get him up to speed in AP Calc. Some in-demand tutors are paid more than $400/hr in this area. You can also get a cheap online tutor living in a low-cost-of-living state at $30/hr...

Me again. I don't think you get what you pay for at either extreme of tutoring spending. But a solid, intelligent math tutor who will actually teach your child instead of doing their homework for them, will run you $100/hr on average.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you get an older child to study with them? A high schooler who has already studied Alg I/II and Geometry?

My daughter has helped some friends study before and has also been helped by other friends in the past as well.

It seems kids do well when they help each other during those after class study group or whatever it is called. Sometimes they have also used video chat to study and help each other.

Just a suggestion since you said private tutoring is out of the budget.

A high schooler who is capable of tutoring math usually has lots of other academic commitments and would not have the time or desire to take on an unpaid/low paid tutoring position, except for a really good friend or close relative. My DD would rather study for her own classes than help some rando dumb kid for free. She's probably do it for her best friend.

My 9th grader, who helps out her friends every week because she's in Honors Precalc and they're in Algebra 2, would only take a paid tutoring job if it was interesting money ($50/hr min) and the kid wasn't too dumb or difficult. She's got other fish to fry, as PP said.
When her older brother had difficulties in math, I paid a Prep Matters tutor enormous sums of money to get him up to speed in AP Calc. Some in-demand tutors are paid more than $400/hr in this area. You can also get a cheap online tutor living in a low-cost-of-living state at $30/hr...

Wow your son is dim

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you get an older child to study with them? A high schooler who has already studied Alg I/II and Geometry?

My daughter has helped some friends study before and has also been helped by other friends in the past as well.

It seems kids do well when they help each other during those after class study group or whatever it is called. Sometimes they have also used video chat to study and help each other.

Just a suggestion since you said private tutoring is out of the budget.

A high schooler who is capable of tutoring math usually has lots of other academic commitments and would not have the time or desire to take on an unpaid/low paid tutoring position, except for a really good friend or close relative. My DD would rather study for her own classes than help some rando dumb kid for free. She's probably do it for her best friend.

High school kids who work at Mathnasium in my town make only $15.50/hr. Their turnover rate is high due to low pay.

[Anonymous]

I will be happy to tutor your kids for 100/hour. I can't believe you are paying so much money.

[Anonymous]

Both Kumon and Mathnasium are wastes of time and money.

[Anonymous]

RSM has math classes for each math class at the high school level. The classes teach the same material and then expand on it. It would expose a student to the concepts again and reinforce how to approach the material. It also assigns homework. I would think that it would be more what a high school parent would be looking for to help a student then Mathnasium or Kumon.

[Anonymous]

this changed my life in a bad way, i got depression and i had suic!dal thoughts(can't put the real word or i might get reported, sorry if this offends you or makes you sad) im not a dad im still in school but i wanted to give a bad review, this is what happen to me.0/10 worst place EVER.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both Kumon and Mathnasium are wastes of time and money.

No experience with Mathnasium.

Kumon has worked well for us as a math supplement / reinforcement. School does not give students enough practice doing math. Our kids are at or just above grade level, so we are not using it for remediation.

School also teaches multiple ways of problem solving instead of focusing on teaching and practicing one method that always works. Kumon focuses on teaching one method that always works.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can you get an older child to study with them? A high schooler who has already studied Alg I/II and Geometry?

My daughter has helped some friends study before and has also been helped by other friends in the past as well.

It seems kids do well when they help each other during those after class study group or whatever it is called. Sometimes they have also used video chat to study and help each other.

Just a suggestion since you said private tutoring is out of the budget.

A high schooler who is capable of tutoring math usually has lots of other academic commitments and would not have the time or desire to take on an unpaid/low paid tutoring position, except for a really good friend or close relative. My DD would rather study for her own classes than help some rando dumb kid for free. She's probably do it for her best friend.

My kids worked there. They both got 750+ on their math SATs. Probably they could've made more money per hour elsewhere, but it's close to our house and was steady work when they wanted it. I suspect that listing their jobs on their college apps helped them both get into their top choices.

[Anonymous]

If your kids need help with what they are doing in school then they need a tutor. These math schools are not for that.