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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]S/o:  If you are paying 25-35k a year on school are you expecting that the school should be teaching well enough or teachers should be providing extra help after school instead of hiring a tutor? [/quote]

If you have already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on DC's education, and a tutor can help DC to better understand the material and earn an A, why would you not spend the (relatively) little additional money to work with a tutor?  The teachers are generally very good instructors, but they simply do not have the time to devote an additional 1-2 hours/week of personal time to each student who requests it.[/quote]

If your kid needs that much tutoring time, [i]have you considered whether s/he is in the right school or in the right class within the school[/i]?[/quote]

PP, I will post candidly.  DC is in the top 5 their class at a very competitive school, and has always taken the most challenging classes.  They have -- during their upper school years -- been tutored at most 1 or 2 hours a week, the additional time split between science and math as needed.  There are 7-8 weeks every academic year (Aug-Jun) in which they do not meet with a tutor because of scheduling conflicts, academic breaks, etc.  DC enjoys the time spent with their college tutor (currently a pre-med major, who charges $25/hour), because it allows them to further explore areas they are interested in, or to work on those concepts which they find more of a challenge.  This year, DC's accelerated/AP math average is 99%+, and their accelerated/AP science grade is an A as well  -- so with all due respect to your inquiry above, no, I do not question whether they are at the right school or in the right class within the school.   [/quote]

Oh, dear $25/hour?  Are you sure you're buying the very best for your DC?  In the modest spirit of your post and with all due respect and candor, I ask because my DC, a college student who was never tutored himself, but somehow managed to gain acceptance to a top 5 university, gets paid $40-$50/hour to tutor.  He likes the kids he works with and enjoys spending time with them, even though they're under terrrible stress due to parental pressure to get straight A's.  The bennie for us is that it makes him appreciate the fact that we let him have a happy childhood free of the pressure to be perfect.                   [/quote]

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