Why Wishing for the Perfect Teacher Doesn’t Work
The average kid with math issues has some kind of deficiency, some concept that they don’t know like they should. No one wants to have to retake anything. What teenager wants to sacrifice any part of summer or a day off to take care of problems?
The kid who’s a lousy in math thinks he’s just as entitled as the good student to be free of homework and school assignments on winter break, summer break, spring break, holidays, or weekends. That’s wrong, but so are the parents if they’re not doing anything about it the rest of the time. I’m not saying that parents never try. Since adults are held accountable, it’s their fault that the dilemma is allowed to continue.
Often parents think their kid’s experience in a new math class will resolve all of those math issues. I’m talking longstanding math troubles that kid’s had for years. The struggle has thrived that long.
Maybe it never occurs to Mom and Dad that their child is being exposed to more advanced math with each course with every day, week, month, semester, or year. They need pre-algebra to learn Algebra I. That’s followed by geometry and Algebra II in some order.
It doesn’t occur to parents that their kids’ math dilemma isn’t going to be solved by wishing on anybody’s part. How many How many times can someone say, “maybe this time” until realizing it takes more?
Learning to ride a bike involves skills, guidance, and sequence–not magic or luck–and math is the same way. It isn’t different for anything that we learn in life, even after K-12. College or a job with OJT (on-the-job training) is still a form of higher education. It makes people worthwhile to an employer or business.
Don’t hesitate. Do something.
