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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Of are the rich people trying to keep us lower middle class people from accessing these affordable outside enrichment options to prevent our children from competing academically?”

That’s the bit where they are suspecting that wealthier people are somehow hoarding tutors.[/quote]

Everyone likes to say Khan academy and I guess that's okay but it really is nowhere near as good as the pay options like RSM or AoPS.[/quote]

It depends on what your kid needs or wants and how they learn. There are kids who are fine with going online and learning from a site like Kumon. My son would be fine learning that way. So far he has understood math pretty quickly and easily. But he prefers learning in a class with other kids. He has a strong preference for in person learning, it is why we moved from AoPS to RSM. He likes the interaction and dialogue that comes from a class.

I would see Khan as being harder for a kid who was struggling but we have not used it a ton. I don't know if there are discussion boards, I am guessing that there are, but I don't know how useful reading someone's explanation would be or how effective a kid would be in explaining why they are confused on a message board.

I see AoPS and RSM Honors/Math Competition class as classes for kids who pick up math quickly and want to be challenged and creative with math. I see the other RSM levels as more similar to a class environment with more repetition. Kumon and Mathnasium are more small group drill style? We have not used them but that is the impression I get from peoples description. Different styles will meet different needs and aptitudes. [/quote]

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