Math concepts need clarification at the entry level more than at University level.

We have found a great finding from the students of various ethnic backgrounds.Like any other subject, Math needs understanding, practice, recitation and repetition. One can do all these acts at any age but early age like 6-13 years is much more appropriate and productive, Early and fresh brains do a lot of miracles. Addition,subtraction.multiplication,division,square roots,exponents etc are easy to understand at young age. I am surprised when a high school student (here in Canada) does not know the basic operations involved in calculating the square root of 196. He will simply punch the number in calculator and press the square root key. Even he may not know whether to press square root key before the number or after entering the number. It is not surprising because they have been taught like this. This is one example. There can be many more. Kids are just clay. We can mold them in any shape whereas high school students are difficult. Most of the calls that we receive from the parents of high school students do not lead to any concrete solution.Kids get bad grades -parents get worried- they call us-we decide everything and then nothing happens. Kids don't want any regular tutoring or learning . They simply want a tutor who can solve their assignments to get good grades. In most of the calls that we get, parents are talking to us without even talking to their children. Is it not surprising that a high school student can decide everything else except tutoring? Surely not! If they can why the parents call instead of them. It is OK and understandable in case of the lower age group.