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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am getting sick of the whole "wealthy hire tutors to spoon feed their kids."  The people that I know who hire tutors (very few) have kids who are struggling either with a poor teacher or an LD. [b]The idea that most are rigging the system by buying special assistance for their child is so overblown. [/b]The tutor is needed to help the kids grasp information that is needed to pass, not move a kid from an A- to an A.  Poor kids have access to Khan Academy, libraries and non profit tutoring groups.  If you are worried about any child having access to homework help, I hope you are volunteering to help.[/quote]

You are uninformed. My kids go to best schools and competition is fierce. Type A parents play every angle there is to eke out a little extra. Tutors aren't just for geometry struggles. Tutors can also help kids learn Mandarin outside of school, and other things like that to get an edge on classmates.[/quote]

I like how the PP plays down the tutor's role in helping the affluent kids pass. How is that not an advantage? Poor kids, who struggle, just fall through the cracks. And that doesn't even get into the fact that rich kids usually go to vastly superior K-12 schools, where they are a grade (or two) ahead of the kids in poorer districts. Also, nice deflection with the "I hope you are volunteering line." I guess no one should ever point out obvious inequalities unless they are Mother Teresa.[/quote]

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