Reply to Mathnasium worth it? Not working for us..

Forum Index » Tweens and Teens

Reply to "Mathnasium worth it? Not working for us.."

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t know how to advise you as I used Mathnasium for both of my kids successfully. But I did so at the elementary level, not high school. So it might be that their method is less effective at helping kids catch up at that age and grade?

I will also say the problem might not be Mathnasium, but your kids. I spent a crazy amount of money on a private tutor but it didn’t help my kids with math as a teen. What helped was them getting their ass kicked enough and me holding them accountable with consequences for them to get over their shitty attitude and push through the learning curve and making the commitment to invest the necessary practice time to get good at math.

[b]The problem I see with most kids who struggle with math at the high school level is their negative attitude and lack of willingness to put in the practice hours to get good. A tutor might help with that but they also might not. Your kid really holds the keys here.[/b][/quote]

Not always.  I had trouble with a specific math class in high school.  I had never needed help or tutoring for anything.  But this math I could not get.  I got a tutor, did all the work and with that help I got a C.  I would have failed if I didn’t get help on the specific class work because I just couldn’t do it.  Statistics is hard for me too and it was required so I had to do it.

I started out strong in math even though I never liked it.  It got harder every year.  Make sure your two kids are in the appropriate class and not above their ability.  A tutor would help more so because they will help specifically with your kids homework and class work.  Also ask the teacher if she has open times where students can come in and get help.   [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics