Has being a Sylvan Learning Center student benefited your academic performance?

Question

I'm currently working at a Sylvan Learning Center, and have mixed feelings about it because for the past six years, I have been either privately tutoring (one- on- one) or teaching whole classrooms. Although I certainly feel more challenged working at Sylvan (3:1 student-teacher ratio, all on different subjects), I am wondering if this kind of environment is helpful for Sylvan "graduates."

If you have completed a lot of hours at Sylvan Learning Center (200+, for example), or have stopped going to Sylvan, I want to know how well the experience benefited you in school, work, etc.

The main issue I see with Sylvan-- and it seems to be the main issue with many-- is the "corporate" aspect of the learning facility. I don't believe school and business should collide any more than school and religion, but perhaps I'm an idealist.

Any information is helpful. Thank you. :-)

Answer 1

Last year my 3rd grader completed 90 hours , but then we stopped in the summer. I was very skeptical of Sylvan because it's expensive, it's not one on one, and it can be a huge time commitment (we did 4 hours per week 2/session).

But, after dropping out for the summer, I'm thinking of going back. Last year the teacher said she could not believe what a difference just the first month did for my daughters confidence and improved math / reading. The reading specialist in our school thought the tests Sylvan used were very comprehensive.

So while I'm still hesitant, we did have a great experience and I think it really benefited my child. I just really hate to spend that kind of money and not get one on one. But I can't seem to find the right one on one tutor that provides the same results as Sylvan did.
Hope that helps.

Answer 2

well i went there for 2 years i went from 50s -60s to 80s in every class then went my state testing went though the rough and i got straight 5s the highest you can get