tutors/parental help?

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Registered: 07-28-2007
tutors/parental help?
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Sat, 09-15-2007 - 11:25pm
Almost alll of the kids in my dds old school were either tutored or had a parent who oversaw their homework.

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Registered: 02-14-2000
Sat, 09-15-2007 - 11:38pm
My youngest ds is a senior in high school and my older ds is 20.
Pam
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Registered: 03-27-2005
Sun, 09-16-2007 - 8:08am

Connor is 13 and a high school freshman.

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Registered: 10-24-2006
Sun, 09-16-2007 - 10:11am

My dd(16) usually doesn't want/need my help.

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Registered: 10-16-1999
Sun, 09-16-2007 - 10:55am

I've been completely "hands off" with my DD's homework for about 2 years now, other than checking periodically to see that it's done and checking her grades every couple of weeks.

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Registered: 05-23-2006
Sun, 09-16-2007 - 10:56am

You say,

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Registered: 05-23-2006
Sun, 09-16-2007 - 11:14am

School is THEIR job, not mine, and it's preparation for college and adulthood for them to handle their job independently.


That is absolutely true that school is their job not the parent's.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sun, 09-16-2007 - 11:33am

I would find out what your school offers

We are in public here and I have no experience with private, but here the math teachers team up so that there is always a math teacher available before or after school. Kids at any level can come in for help at those times. There are also classes that offer retakes on tests IF you attend a help session.

My son was not one to tell my these things so I have to investigate on my own. He has language and learning problems but only one of his classes is considered special ed so he is pretty well mainstreamed and needs every break in the book. Here we have teachers who give 5 points for bringing in a box of kleenex!

Check out all those options first(again, no idea if they exist in private schools-we are subject to 'No Child Left Behind' so they go above and beyond; one High School is jazzing up a 12 yr old car and holding a drawing for it from names of those who had less than three unexcused absences a semester in an attempt to increase attendance)

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sun, 09-16-2007 - 12:35pm

I would help my boys only if they asked, and if I were able to.

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Registered: 10-16-1999
Sun, 09-16-2007 - 3:11pm

Being an adult isn't just knowing all the answers, but knowing where to go for help when you know you do not know the answers....


I agree wholeheartedly, and I'd never discourage my kids from asking questions, either of myself or of the teacher.

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Registered: 05-23-2006
Sun, 09-16-2007 - 5:21pm
Maybe I was the one who misunderstood! I can't even imagine a parent "helping" with homework in that way...... it would have never occured to me..... but then again a lot of parents do a lot of things FOR their kids that I wouldn't consider doing for mine...... Interesting!

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