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[quote=Anonymous]It sounds like you are overly involved in your high school-aged kid's school work.  Usually papers at that level are not assigned to recapitulate what was taught in class--it's an opportunity for them to independently digest material.  Editing your high school kid's papers for grammar, word choice clarity, and typographical errors?  Sure.  Studying the material for him and explaining it to him?  Not ok.  This is not your education, it's your son's education and it is a disservice to him to do all the work for him.  Part of learning challenging material is that it IS hard. What is he going to do when he goes to college?  A lot of college courses are taught so that you don't go over 100% of the material you are expected to learn for an exam in lectures, and you are expected to do problem sets and read the textbook independently, speaking with the instructor as you need to when you don't understand concepts.  No one is going to spoon feed him everything he needs to know for the rest of his life.

It sounds to me like this class is taught at level that is good prep for college, which a lot of students, sadly, do not get in high school.  This is a good thing, but it will involve a deeper level of studying/independence/commitment on his part.  Is it an honors/AP course?  If he can't deal with that level of independence, maybe he should take a less challenging course level, or realize that sometimes you can try your hardest can and still get a B or C.  But, it is ridiculous for you to study for seven hours to try to help him in this way, and hiring a tutor doesn't really sound like it is the solution either.[/quote]

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