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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree about noticing mostly immigrants using these math tutoring businesses.

I attribute it to a few things.

—immigrants are nervous where there kids will fall
—immigrants tend to view education as the way to improve class
—immigrants tend to stick together and they share info on tutoring places
—Immigrants move around a lot and want something consistent since curriculums Country to country and even district to district [/quote]

We supplement because your country's public school DO NOT TEACH. Period.[/quote]

Agreed. I believe immigrants have more realistic expectations of the types of challenges kids will face after college. They have a strong belief that what is covered in school does not (for the most part) promote independent thought and enough critical thinking to help kids solve problems in the real world (certainly very often true in math class). Why should kids fail later on in adulthood when it really hurts? Let them fail now when they're still playing, let them learn, and parents guide and help them get back up. It is sad to watch parents who do not pay any attention to their younger kids, leaving them to the school in younger grades, only to see them stress out in late middle and high school realizing that they have gone through the motions and not learned much and are having a hard time because they were used to easily getting good grades with minimal effort, but can no longer do so.[/quote]

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