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If you love the school in all ways except the math program and can afford it than I agree, get a private enrichment tutor to see where your kid is and pay for enrichment to bring them to a level they will be challenged at. I totally see how some parents would be outraged to have to use resources in this way and leave for a different school ( just make sure that school has what you need) . On another note if your kid is highly motivated My kid breezed through middle school math and self taught w -
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Title says it all. I'm starting to get those old lady arms and don't know what I can do to fix or at least hold off any further decline. Anyone try products? I'm so skeptical of those ads but would love to hear if anything actually works.
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