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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Math tutoring is popular EVERYWHERE in the world, OP. It's by far and away the most tutored and supplemented subject.

It makes sense: elementary school teachers are rarely math-oriented (they're usually humanities-oriented), and kids don't tend to get quality mathematical reasoning training when they're young. When they get to secondary school, it all starts to unravel for some kids who don't have a natural aptitude for mathematical reasoning. And since every year of math builds onto the last, weaknesses show up very quickly, unlike in other subjects.

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I don’t think most elementary teachers are humanities oriented, just Education oriented. Most can teach phonics and reading along with the 4 major mathematical functions, and then it’s a mixed bag after that. Plenty of elementary teachers are horrible writers and spellers, and struggle with applying math in even simple ways (fractions, coming up with word problems for algorithmic problem etc). [/quote]

In other words, they're too dumb to be effective teachers. I agree with you on that, for a large portion of the elementary teachers in the US. Part of the reason for this is that educators are not respected in this country. No one who is actually smart wants to toil away for years on a mediocre salary and be yelled at by parents, when they could be making a lot more in other careers. Non-western countries have a lot more respect for teachers. Even in Europe, there's still a modicum of respect left. In the US, it's zero.
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Dumb is quite harsh. My DC school has some accomplished teachers who went to universities better than my own. 
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