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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve never seen someone keep it a secret- almost everyone I know (and I talk to a lot of parents) has their kid do some kind of academic enrichment or tutoring.   It’s just part of the culture here combined with the fact that everyone is looking to accelerate their kids (chapter books in kindergarten, algebra in 6th grade, DE classes in high school).  [b]No matter how smart your child is they can’t do that without a lot of outside help. [/b]

The more interesting question is why are we in such a rush (my eldest was taking math classes in HS that my engineer brother was taking in his Junior year of college).   We’re all locked in a weird arms race. [/quote]

[b]Is that because the school sucks? [/b]Ours does algebra in sixth grade, for example. So why would we need outside help? Tutors are foreign to me and I’ve never heard of anyone doing kumon or similar so I’m just unaware of all of this. [/quote]

Most of the time that is exactly the issue. I know of very few people who use tutors or outside supplemental classes because their children ar dumb. People are doing this because their children are smart and not being stimulated enough at school. Kumon, AoPS, RSM are largely for acceleration, not catching up. [/quote]

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