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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks, everyone, for the responses. This has been very enlightening. I'm a bit embarrassed to admit it but I feel like I've been living under a rock. We do have the means to get DS a tutor but just never occurred to us to get one because we didn't think he "needed" one. This is not to say things have always been smooth sailing but we have been fortunate that DS has always been good about self monitoring and hunkering down on his own when he needs to. As another poster mentioned, if a student is in advanced classes, it was assumed it's because they can handle it. I realize now that's a very old school way of thinking so absolutely no judgment placed on those parents who are doing all they can to give their kids an advantage. I also appreciated the comment about tutors getting deeper into the content and helping better prepare them for college.

This reminds of the time when I first discovered how many of DS' teammates on his travel team were getting private coaching on the side. Lol! Again, we were a little late to the party. Yes, we are fortunate to have the means to give our DC the advantages they need to help them be successful but neither DH nor I grew up wealthy, so we didn't have access to these types of opportunities so I guess we are somewhat ignorant to how common this is and how the game is played. Plus no one seems to openly talk about it IRL. Thank goodness for DCUM!  :D [/quote]

You are us, we are you. We felt so dumb when we realized this (same with the sports). Sigh.[/quote]

Not OP but I am also surprised by this thread. I have a junior and eighth grader in MCPS and neither of them have had or needed a tutor. They are in honors and AP classes and get great grades. Not bragging but just to say I’m not being clueless, it just never occurred to me to find a tutor since they haven’t had a hard time in classes. [/quote]

They may have simply gotten lucky with straightforward teachers.  I think every school has a few notorious teachers who are impossibly difficult. My kid has one now and, trust me, your kid would be having a tutor as well! It’s quite unfair the schools allow this to happen, but that’s another story! [/quote]

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