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Saturday, February 16, 2008
Beyond call centers: Online learning services with staff in India are working with metro-area kids - THOMAS LEE, Star Tribune
45/9+6=11. Where should she place the parentheses? "Well, 45 divided by 9 is 5," said Brost, an 11-year-old Edina student. "Right..." boomed a slightly accented voice from her Mac. "And 5 plus 6 is 11!" Brost declared triumphantly, scribbling the parentheses around 45/9. "Yes, that is correct," the voice said. It's common for students like Brost to get extra help with their homework from a tutor. But in this case, the voice on her computer belongs to Harmeet Kaur, a graduate student in Delhi, India. Twice a week for about an hour, Kaur coaches Brost on everything from long division and percentages to fractions and decimal points.
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