Reply to Why do so many high school students have tutors nowadays?

Forum Index » Tweens and Teens

Reply to "Why do so many high school students have tutors nowadays? "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a middle schooler so I’m not there yet, but I’ve heard “everyone” has a tutor. Is this because the material isn’t being effectively taught in the classroom? Is it so students perform well on standardized tests? Is it to get ahead in a subject matter? It doesn’t seem limited to struggling students... Everyone & their mother has a tutor and it’s not cheap! [/quote]

We don't.  My guess?

Over achieving parents in this area push their kids into classes that are beyond their natural ability, even with hard work, and thus need to tutor, supplement, and take practice tests to make it through wtih decent grades to get to the next level that is once again, a reach for them.  Repeat cycle each year.[/quote]

I think it's partly this but it's also partly that the idea of having a tutor has become normalized so parents are probably quicker to use one than they might in the past.  We have occasionally had our kids work with tutors and the first time we hired one, DS was really resistant.  I think to him tutor=stupid but once he started working with a tutor he got over that and saw how much it helped.  For both kids, I think it has helped reinforce the idea that it is OK to ask for help.  Neither is currently working with a tutor but they regularly see teachers after school or during their study block to get help when they don't understand something.  Being able to effectively seek out help is an important skill.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics