Another School Year Begins

Another school year begins. If you are a student, you may be grumbling. If you are a parent, you may be celebrating. Yes it’s that time again. Young children will shift between feelings of excitement and dread. Older kids, mostly dread. But us parents … yahoo freedom! Hours and hours of freedom!

Well maybe it isn’t that exciting for us parents, but it is nice to have some time for ourselves again. Remember that? As the new school year has gotten underway, all the shopping for school supplies and clothes is pretty much over. Transportation, classes, and other logistics have been sorted out. What is left for a parent to do?

Before you make plans for your free time I have a suggestion. Go back and look at your child’s report card at the end of last year. Are there any subjects that they were weak in? Maybe spelling (that’s one of mine)? How about math? That is the number one top forty hit on the “I can’t keep up with this!”  list, in school today.

You see, in courses like arithmetic and geometry, these are building blocks for every other  mathematics course your child will have to take. Whether they go to calculus or beyond, the problem is, even the liberal art majors are still going to have to pass some algebra courses  and the like. If the foundation has not been laid properly in the earlier classes, everything will get overwhelming very fast.

Getting a tutor is the best way to go, to improve the basics or solidify more advanced topics. One on one help makes all the difference for someone who is not learning to their potential. This is my experience as well. I could not say enough about what I was able to achieve when  I had the right tutor at my side.

Notice I said the right tutor. Selecting the appropriate tutor is an important part of the process. A referral service, which charges students and their parents nothing to use, is a good start. TutorZ.com is one service that will meet your needs. The number of choices and the detailed information about each tutor gives you a superior method of finding what you are looking for. I know, I’ve been there.