Education is really an important gift we could give to our kids. But what do you think is the best one for your kids?
Ideally, a school should be able to fulfil all the academic needs of a
child. In reality, however, many students are having trouble following the pace
of their teacher and classmates, are crushed by the competitive nature of a
class, or simply having bad luck of getting incompetent teacher in their class.
If your children are having the trouble mentioned (or not mentioned) above, I
bet right now you’re looking for a solution to help them. Thankfully, these
days, it’s not hard to find one. Tutoring services is one of the best solution
to help your children who’s having trouble keeping up with their lesson at
school.
Because the demand for better education increases, tutoring services
sprouts out everywhere these days. You can find many tutor centres and more college students and teachers
offering their service as private tutor. You can just browse the internet, go
to tutor service website, and hire private tutor from there.
As a parent, I believe you’ll want to give the best help for your
children, but there are so many options for tutoring to pick, and sometimes
you’re not sure which one is the best for your children. Today, we’re going to compare
two of the most popular type of tutoring: private tutoring and tutoring centre,
and look closer at their pros and cons.
Pros and Cons of Private Tutoring
Private tutoring has many recognizable benefits.
One of the best benefit that set this extra learning program apart from the
others is the attention it gives to your children. Private, one-on-one tutoring, make sure that your children is in the centre of the learning
process. The tutor would make custom module that help your children based on
their learning style or their strength and weakness on the lesson. During the
tutoring time, the tutor will have enough time to explain his or her lesson
slower, or even re-explain if needed, because there is no other children to
spare his or her attention to. If your children encounter any difficulty,
there’s a higher chance the tutor will notice rather than not, and work on a
solution for the problem.
Another benefit is the flexibility of the schedule. With private tutor,
should any emergency happen that make your children unable to attend the
session, you can either change the date of the tutoring or cancel it altogether
(and you don’t have to pay for that cancelled session), although this also
depends on the popularity of the tutor. Private tutoring also offers
flexibility of the tutoring place. You can arrange for the tutoring session to
be held at your house, if you’d like. That way, you don’t have to drive and
pick up your children every time from a building in the city. Having tutoring
session at home also ensure that you can still supervise the session without
being overbearing.
There are so many other benefits as well, from its effectivity in
helping your children to actually reach their academic goal, to its practical
and easy way to find and hire a tutor online. However, of course private
tutoring also has cons side, just like every other thing in this world.
For the cons of private tutoring, the most glaring
one is of course its price. Tutoring is expensive. You can probably find some tutors with cheaper rate online, but
remember that most of the time, quality came with price. If your children are
still in elementary school, hiring college students is probably alright.
However, the older your kids are, the more you’ll want to give him real tutor
with experience that can catch up with your kids’ grade, someone who has the
expertise and recognition for tutoring.
Pros and Cons of Tutoring Class
Tutoring class have three clear advantages for you and your children.
First, it is usually budget-friendly. Compared to private tutoring, where you
have to pay for the tutor alone, in tutoring class the cost can be
significantly lower because there are many students that can shoulder the
tutor’s fee, as well as the operational cost of a class.
Second, your children will have fellow classmates, and this can motivate
them to attend the class routinely and actively. Friends can also motivate them
to give their all, especially when their friends started to get successful
result from the class – like getting better grade or getting praised by the
teacher.
Third, it puts less pressure on the children, compared to private
tutoring. On private, one-on-one tutoring, your children are the only centre of
the attention of the tutor, so every mistake they made will be immediately
noticed. While this can also be a pro argument, since it’s better for children
to learn about their mistake early then correct it; it also can make children
overly cautious and burdened, which may impact their enjoyment for learning.
Meanwhile, the cons of tutoring class are pretty
obvious. First, it is not that much different from a class at school, with
significantly reduced number of students. I means that your children still need
to compete with other children to get the tutor’s attention, albeit not by that
much. Second, because they attend the class with other children, they may get side-tracked
into using their class time to talk or play, instead of studying. The class-like environment
could be distracting instead of helping them to focus.
Now, you must already have a clear picture about private tutoring and tutoring
class, including their positive and negative points. However, just the pros and
cons aren’t actually enough information to make a decision. Pros and cons for
both type of tutoring will change according to your personal situation. There
are three things that you should consider as well: your budget, the quality and
availability of tutor and tutoring class in your area, and the most important
of them all: your children’s personality and preference for learning. Only
after gathering all those necessary information you can pick the best option to
help your children achieve their best potential.
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