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If you are paying for a tutor for your presumably average child, that is why your child is performing at a higher level. Why is school time insufficient for an average student without a learning disability? If the schools/teachers are so incompetent why not find a better school district or private school rather than paying a tutor? I don’t understand this mentality? Are the schools so bad that you need to do extra? Is 6-8 hours a day in school not enough for a child? How many hours of learning per day is enough for an average student?[/quote]

I find your logic confusing. If the child is performing at a higher level, then doesn't that mean that the tutoring is useful? Isn't the point to actually learn something??

Also you keep harping on this notion of the average child. Yes, dearie, even parents of average children want their children to do well. They're not trying to masquerade as geniuses, as you seem to be thinking, nobody is saying 'oh look, my child is so smart she was born knowing geometry!'... Such a childish mentality!

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How do you, as a parent, know when to decide if your child is learning enough in school? I don’t understand the point of school? Is it just for social interaction? [/quote]

A child is learning enough when they are consistently stretched just a little bit outside their comfort zone: not too much to get discouraged, not too little to get bored. [/quote]
School used to provide this for students, really! Even here in the US of A! Are schools really that bad now? Or are the students just so exceptional now?[/quote]

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