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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here’s what it boils down to.  I don’t think that level of diligence is necessary for a NT kid in elementary school who is giving all signals they are following along in school via standardized testing, teacher input, and your own observations of them in real life.  In middle school if you are observing issues, which is most likely executive functioning, studying and test taking skills, that’s the time to step in and offer assistance.   If they have missed some skill from elementary school they need, they will figure it out and learn it.  Just one persons opinion.  And I have two teens in high school getting straight As in the most rigorous classes offered.  Some of you are going to wear yourselves out before you get to the actual challenging parts.[/quote]
That can be fine for you and your kids, but other kids may need extra support on certain topics.  It's hardly tiger parenting to see a poor unit test score and then make sure the kid understands the subject, as math spirals and it will come up again.  In fact, most consider that good parenting.  It's far better to fill those gaps before the house of cards collapses and you have a stressed kid who is really behind and have to pay for an expensive tutor.  [/quote]

I am person you are responding to.  I agree with you.  Please note the first part of my answer that gave all the qualifiers about a kid who is generally following along and going to get it.  A kid who needs more support, I would personally press for more info.  I just wonder how many people posting here really fit that category.

Also a lot of kids have math tutors in particular by high school.  This surprised me.  Not because they missed skills but because the content moves fast if they are strong in math and a teacher has 100 kids and if they need a bit more on something this is how they’re going to get it.[/quote]

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