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<blockquote data-quote="Kjs" data-source="post: 233684"><p>Oh...been there. Sylvan and Huntington is like college tuition. We checked into it to keep him challenged years ago. No go. He wouldn't talk.</p><p> </p><p>checked into a private tutor over the summer. Had a lady respond that is a special education teacher, licensed for high school, major in math, minor in psychiatric. Just before she was to start she cancelled. found a full time job.</p><p> </p><p>difficult child often says he doesn't do his work because he doesn't understand it. So I start searching for tutors again. Then teachers tell me he DOES understand. So, he is just lying to me to get out of homework. He spends all his time on the computer playing games.</p><p> </p><p>Many High School kids tutor on the side. Many are honors students and this is part time work. However many have absolutely no idea how to handle a difficult child. When he gets upset and frustrated and doesn't understand they are speechless. (tried a student)</p><p> </p><p>The going rate which I have found for adult tutors is $30 and up per hour. Wish I could go the student route, but he would just manipulate them. Or talk up a storm. </p><p> </p><p>I did find one really good guy once. Instead of saying lets do your work, or do it. He said, "I don't know how to do this." difficult child responded in a very outgoing way to SHOW him how.</p><p> </p><p>I am the one who deals with school. If I ask him to do it after school he says, I just got out of school, I am not making it a longer school day. - and he plays on the computer. If it is a weekend or a day off - he says "I am not making this another school day". Even though as of last Monday he had 15 missing assignments. But that is NOT homework to him. It is missing work. Must watch how you say it. To him, homework is what was assigned that day. If I ask about homework he sometimes says he finished it in class and has none. when I blow up about missing work he tells me that is not homework!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kjs, post: 233684"] Oh...been there. Sylvan and Huntington is like college tuition. We checked into it to keep him challenged years ago. No go. He wouldn't talk. checked into a private tutor over the summer. Had a lady respond that is a special education teacher, licensed for high school, major in math, minor in psychiatric. Just before she was to start she cancelled. found a full time job. difficult child often says he doesn't do his work because he doesn't understand it. So I start searching for tutors again. Then teachers tell me he DOES understand. So, he is just lying to me to get out of homework. He spends all his time on the computer playing games. Many High School kids tutor on the side. Many are honors students and this is part time work. However many have absolutely no idea how to handle a difficult child. When he gets upset and frustrated and doesn't understand they are speechless. (tried a student) The going rate which I have found for adult tutors is $30 and up per hour. Wish I could go the student route, but he would just manipulate them. Or talk up a storm. I did find one really good guy once. Instead of saying lets do your work, or do it. He said, "I don't know how to do this." difficult child responded in a very outgoing way to SHOW him how. I am the one who deals with school. If I ask him to do it after school he says, I just got out of school, I am not making it a longer school day. - and he plays on the computer. If it is a weekend or a day off - he says "I am not making this another school day". Even though as of last Monday he had 15 missing assignments. But that is NOT homework to him. It is missing work. Must watch how you say it. To him, homework is what was assigned that day. If I ask about homework he sometimes says he finished it in class and has none. when I blow up about missing work he tells me that is not homework! [/QUOTE]
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