The Case for Private Tutoring

The Case for Private Tutoring Today state-run schools are ubiquitous. Almost everyone accepts their validity and some people protest in Washington against budget cuts in the educational departments. This situation is the result of the contemporary consensus that public schools are the best and only way to educate our children. But is this really so? Cost of Schooling People think of public schools as free and private schools as expensive. But contrary of this intuition private schooling is much cheaper once you consider the source of funding (tax dollars vs. market tuition or donation). In fact, the public schools cost as much as the most expensive and elite private schools in the country. The difference is that the cost of public schooling is spread out over the entire population, whereas the private school cost is borne only by the families with students who attend them. Conformity Classes are grouped by the age of our students. The material is typically thought to a diminished degree to conform to the slow learner. For example, algebra is thought to the same extend to students who are more gifted in the social or verbal areas. Perhaps it would be beneficial for our learners to set up classes consisting of students of different age, or schools which entirely focus on a specific subject such as math and the sciences. Some parents might like schools of single sex; others want their children to be thought in a religious environment. Only private schools coupled with private tutoring seem to be able to satisfy such diversity. Compulsory Education Public schools are in a way temporary prison. Federal law forces your children to attend school (unless your state allows for homeschooling). Given the pressures children are exposed in many schools today they dread the thought of attending school. Challenged students are better off to stay at home with their parents or be taught by tutors at their own pace. The free alternative â€" private schools, homeschooling and tutoring is more humane and fosters creativity, reason and personal initiative towards learning. The key issue in the entire discussion is simply this: shall the parent or your government be the overseer of the child? We think the parent should be the primary education-giver as parental instruction coupled with private tutoring constitutes to the ideal arrangement. It is, first of all, individualized instruction, the tutor dealing directly with the unique child, and addressing himself to his capabilities and interests. Second, what people can know the aptitudes and personality of the child better than his own parents? The parents daily familiarity with, and love for, their children, renders them uniquely qualified to give the child the formal instruction necessary. Here the child receives individual attention for his own personality. No one is as qualified as the parent to know how much or at what pace he should teach the child, what the childs requirements are for freedom or guidance, etc. Almost all parents are qualified to teach their children, particularly in the elementary subjects. Whenever they are not qualified in the subjects they can hire individual tutors for their children. Tutors should be hired when the parents do not have the time to devote to the formal instruction of their children. Whether or not they themselves should do the teaching, or which tutor is the best for their child, is best determined under the overall supervision of the parents directly. The parents can determine the progress of the child, the daily effect of the tutor on the child, etc. The only reason for schools instead of individual instruction is the economic one: that the price of individual tutoring is prohibitive for most parents. Consequently, they must adopt the only practical alternative of mass tutoring, where the teacher instructs many children at the same time. It is clear that such private schools are an inferior solution to individual instruction. Whichever pace the teacher sets, an injustice is done to many of the children. Since the U.S. government enforces certain standards on the private schools, a crime against the children is committed. For if the parents selection of instruction were completely free and unhampered by law-maker coercion, they, knowing and loving the child best, will be able to select the best type of instruction that they can afford. If they hire tutors, they will choose the most competent for their child. If they can select any type of private school, they will select that type which is best suited for their child. The advantag e of unlimited development of private schools and private tutoring is that there will tend to be developed on the free market a different type of school and teaching style for each type of demand. In summary, private tutoring and schooling is not only the less costly alternative to state-run schools but it also provides a non-compulsory and personalized education to best develop our children’s unique talents.