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Summary: From a parent of a Kumon kid
Review: My wife and I felt that our daughter was not challenged enough in school so we enrolled her in Kumon. After just a year, we were totally blown away. Her progress exceeded all our expectations. Yes, she was already a straight A student even with very minimal effort before Kumon, but algebra in second grade? However, that is only the appetizer. Her study habits and her self confidence has shot up the roof. We don�t have to tell her to go do her homework, she does it willingly and with great ease and speed that she has a lot of time left to do other things like her being captain of the soccer team, ice skating practice and her piano lessons. And yes she gets nine hours of sleep (except Friday night, her sleepover night with friends) and a lot of T.V. and computer time in between. Neither is she the nerdy type, like I said, she literally oozes with confidence, she�s quite popular in school. All her teachers admit that she is head and shoulders above her peers that she just runs circles around them both academically and socially. I read this book to understand what was going on and everything I read I see unfold right in front my very eyes. Now, I don�t know how profitable a franchise Kumon is. It seems to me that one of the reviewers of the book had a bitter experience. I have to admit though that if the reading program is the same for non-native English speakers, it may not help very much as a way to learn the language. As far as the book and our experience with the program is concerned, I give it five stars. Every parent should at least investigate if Kumon is right for their child.
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Summary: From a parent of a Kumon kid
Review: My wife and I felt that our daughter was not challenged enough in school so we enrolled her in Kumon. After just a year, we were totally blown away. Her progress exceeded all our expectations. Yes, she was already a straight A student even with very minimal effort before Kumon, but algebra in second grade? However, that is only the appetizer. Her study habits and her self confidence has shot up the roof. We don't have to tell her to go do her homework, she does it willingly and with great ease and speed that she has a lot of time left to do other things like her being captain of the soccer team, ice skating practice and her piano lessons. And yes she gets nine hours of sleep (except Friday night, her sleepover night with friends) and a lot of T.V. and computer time in between. Neither is she the nerdy type, like I said, she literally oozes with confidence, she's quite popular in school. All her teachers admit that she is head and shoulders above her peers that she just runs circles around them both academically and socially. I read this book to understand what was going on and everything I read I see unfold right in front my very eyes. Now, I don't know how profitable a franchise Kumon is. It seems to me that one of the reviewers of the book had a bitter experience. I have to admit though that if the reading program is the same for non-native English speakers, it may not help very much as a way to learn the language. As far as the book and our experience with the program is concerned, I give it five stars. Every parent should at least investigate if Kumon is right for their child.
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Summary: circuitous info
Review: This is what you call blowing your own horn...! The book doesn't even feature sample worksheets so you would have an idea how they look or how they might work. The information you'll get is circuitous and redundant; they have nothing new to say after the 20th page. It's also a wonder: If the Kumon method is a proven effective oriental way of learning math, how come there are very few Kumon centers in Japan's equally-oriental neighbors China and Korea? It's true: Kumon is not so welcome in these two countries.
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Summary: sexist issue
Review: What I don't understand about these Kumon publicists is why they give too much honor to Mr. Toru Kumon, the founder of their math-learning method. The learning method was germinated out of a MOTHER's love for her child -- not necessarily from a father's love. Mrs. Kumon, not happy with her son's disappointing grades in math, urged her husband, a math teacher, to tutor him. Mr. Kumon REFUSED to help his son because the former was a high school teacher, but the latter was a primary school student. But Mrs. Kumon kept nagging: "You help other children, but you won't even help your own child!" Because of this, Mr. Kumon finally realized his error and so was able to develop his learning method. If it weren't for Mrs. Kumon, Mr. Kumon's star would never have shone. But now the sexist bosses of the Kumon Institute wouldn't allow Mrs. Kumon's star to shine -- most probably because of the pro-patriarchal customs of the Japanese. This is most ironic since more than 90% of Kumon instructors are women. This book is totally non-inspirational for female Kumon instructors and even ordinary female teachers. It's an insult to the female sex. Besides that, it's a boring book.
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