I tutored a well behaved homeschooler today. This brings me back to when Catherine was a child and I thought about homeschooling her because I thought this would be a great idea that would allow us to spend more time together as a family. I did eventually send her to public school and I find myself tutoring her about 3 to 5 hours a week on the material she learns in school because there are many students in her class. The ratio is now 30 students to 1 teacher. When I substitute teach the elementary levels I can feel the extra kids in the classroom. YES! 10 more extra kids. I quickly pass out the work and then quickly explain it and then quickly collect this again. I do this about 8 times in a day. As you can read, I feel like I spend more time passing and collecting papers then I do explaining the material. I know why Catherine could fall behind in class if I didn't spend the extra time tutoring her.
However, I chose not to homeschool because of my own selfish reasons. I felt that I could trust the school that she attends. At the end, I know that it is my responsibility for Catherine to learn the material given to her in class. I congratulate the parent of the student who I tutored today. This mother really cares about her kids. Math is a difficult subject to teach and if she ever reads this then I would be happy to teach her how to teach math to her son. As for now, I have added them to my schedule of clients to tutor.
I would like to add something about how I tutor to my blog. I tutor from a variety of sources and books. I want my student to be exposed to a variety of sources and opinions. I believe a child learns best when the information comes from many sources and not just one textbook.
