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06.20.08, 19:54 PM General Topics
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Hi NYC parents! Are families in the city tutoring over the summer to get an "edge" on the next school year? What happened to an unstructured summer?! [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.20.08, 07:54 PM Flag
 

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An unstructured summer is not really an option for most parents who work, and have to fill the summer with structured activities when school and after-school care is not in session. But this is nothing new. I went to camp and summer programs, as did my mother, and my grandparents actually met while working at a summer camp. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.20.08, 08:00 PM Flag
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Thanks. I wasn't criticizing camp. I was just stunned to learn that many of the parents at my school are engaging reading and math tutors for the summer not for remediation, but to be ahead at least a grade level when school starts. At first I thought it was the parent population in my city (two tt colleges), but it turns out people in public in the suburbs are also tutoring - feels a bit like an arms race! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.20.08, 08:07 PM Flag
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So it isn't structure you object to, but tutoring. Personally, I feel that if you are going to fill a child's summer with activities, there is nothing wrong with adding some balance and having academic activities as well as social, cultural, athletic, and leisure activities. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.20.08, 08:11 PM Flag
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It is insane. Typical ny. I don't know where or how most of the posters on UB grew up, but I grew up in middle class suburbia - and no one would have ever considered tutoring during summer break. Oddly enough, I was at the top of my class at the end of the year, and the top of my class at the beginning. I didn't "lose" anything. Give these children a break. They need to bored and inventive, they need to chill and just relax, process. I understand if both parents work you need childcare, but that has nothing to do with academic work over the summer [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.21.08, 05:05 AM Flag
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