How A Tutor Helped My Children Pass Exams
When you have five children like me it can be very difficult to give them one to one time, especially when it comes to schoolwork and helping them prepare for exams.
A few years ago when my now 21 year old daughter was halfway through her A’Level studies she was really struggling to understand one of her subjects, and that was sociology. It is without doubt a tough subject and she needed to pass it with at least a B grade so she could go to university and study to become a nurse which was her dream.
Sadly my understanding of sociology is very limited and between the two of us we were getting very stressed. I was particularly concerned that she would fall behind and worse still lose interest because she simply didn’t understand it. A solution needed to be found and pretty quickly.
We had a chat as to the best way forward and my daughter said a number of her friends were having tuition outside of school, and that she actually knew somebody that would be able to help her with extra tuition. Problem solved!
Initially I did think that it was not necessary to have extra tuition outside of school. I would imagine most parents think this way, so I was surprised at how many of her friends were actually having extra tuition. Nowadays, 1 in 4 children in secondary education have at some point been tutored, yet parents don’t talk about it. It’s almost as thought they’re embarrassed that they could be admitting their children are falling behind. I know now that this is simply not true. Having a tutor to help your child with their schoolwork complements their classroom work, and is perfectly normal.
I would like to hope that one of my other children would like to learn a foreign language such as Spanish in school. This is something that I would encourage them to do. In addition to learning Spanish at school, I will help them by finding some Spanish GCSE tutors near me to help them become fluent in Spanish and of course pass their Spanish GCSE.
My daughter thankfully went on to pass her A ‘levels and managed to get 3 grade A results which enabled her to go to university and she is now an SRN nurse working for the NHS. This proves that extra tuition was worthwhile.
Have you ever had a tutor for your children? Would you consider using an online tutor? I would love to hear in the comments below.
4 Comments
chickenruby
March 12, 2019 at 8:53 am
I’m all for private tutoring to help a child overcome particular difficulties with certain subjects. I hired a math tutor when I was doing my psychology degree as I didn’t understand how to do statistics. It’s getting the balance right as I know a lot of parents hire tutors and pay for additional classes just because. I worked as a tutor for a family who wanted their child to get the best grades in the class I had to explain to them that unless their son’s attitude to learning and school changed, no amount of additional lessons was ever going to help him. #triumphanttales
Enda Sheppard
March 12, 2019 at 10:44 am
Tutors really have become central to the whole school experience. Our daughetr has one for Spanish and the difference has been significant even after a couple of months. #TriumphantTales
Annette, 3 Little Buttons
March 15, 2019 at 1:49 pm
You must be so proud of her! I hadn’t thought about a tutor before, but it’s something that we would consider for the future if needed. I like the idea of an online tutor as like you say, you can fit it around family life. Thank you for joining us for the #dreamteam 🙂
Mrs Mummy Harris
March 18, 2019 at 4:34 pm
I think tutors are a great idea, especially when it comes to the core subjects or a subject required to aid the dream career! Thank you for sharing this with us at #TriumphantTales. I hope to see you back tomorrow.