American Tutoring Culture Analysis

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Bergen County’s Tutoring Culture Reminiscent of Friday Night Lights, students report back to “Mr R” as if they had just finished their championship game. A typical exchange usually sounds like a star quarterback either apologizing for a missed opportunity or celebrating a touchdown. The only difference is that there is no championship game but instead an exam or test. Alex Robayo, aka “Mr R”, a private academic coach and founder of Path to Success Tutoring, LLC, feels this long term approach is ideal for building a strong foundation for the future. With the advent of the Common Core standards and the new SAT exam, tutoring has taken on a new role. No longer can you teach the tricks to beat the test or exam, but instead you need to build …show more content…

It is estimated to grow close to 30 % by 2017 to $14 billion in the US and $103 billion globally by 2018. Some tutors range from $35 per hour to as high as $485 per hour, the latter being the Cadillac of private tutors. Large companies like Princeton Review and Kaplan have jumped into the private one-on-one business employing pricey college professors. With demand growing, small mom and pop tutoring and test prep centers have sprung up and flourished. Affluent school districts and elite private school mostly discourage the use of tutors and encourage students to struggle through the material. “Working through it builds character,” comments a science teacher when asked about their students getting tutored. “But nowadays they all want the easy A.” Jennifer B. has a son in an elite private school in Englewood and wishes to remain anonymous due to any possible backlash from the school. She spends close $40,000 per year on tutors and another $10,000 during the summer for extra enrichment classes; all of this is on top of the $37,000 she pays for private high school. “I wanna tell myself that I did everything possible for my son to get into an Ivy League school. I don’t want to leave a stone unturned,” she comments as she looks at her daughter’s

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