When did your math oriented student start to find math challenging?

[Anonymous]

Mine was on the Functions path at Poolesville. I think 12th grade Vector / MV calculus started to get challenging.

Functions was the first math class in MCPS that he said was interesting and at the right level.

Went through CES / MS magnet.

[Anonymous]

For me Differential Equations in college was where it became clear that I didn't want to have to work that hard @ math. Up until then had no issue and barely had to study, but that seemed totally different. I switched to Econ

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Junior year of college? Although it seems to programming part is more challenging for him than the math (majoring in Computational Modeling & Data Analytics)

+1. I have a jr. right and agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kid is in H.AlgII and is flying through. Does his homework but never seems to study. Lacks exec functioning so I still check his assignments. I'll often say oh, I see you have a math test tomorrow. And he'll think about it and say oh yeah--completely nonplussed. He doesn't study and does well on the tests. I'm just wondering when he's going to start finding math difficult.

College

Not in MCPS ever for math major.

pp with the jr. son in college. No challenge in MCPS for math.

[Anonymous]

Calculus BC in HS with a hard-core teacher who took no prisoners and accepted no excuses. DS was that kid with executive functioning issues, and his BC teacher (who also taught his multivariable course the next year) got him to straighten up and fly right. He sat down and did the problem sets every night without fail, went in for help when he needed it, and got a 5 on the AP test along with most if not all of his class.

His teacher grew up in South Korea, which I don't think is a coincidence -- their math and science education system is head and shoulders above ours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kid is in H.AlgII and is flying through. Does his homework but never seems to study. Lacks exec functioning so I still check his assignments. I'll often say oh, I see you have a math test tomorrow. And he'll think about it and say oh yeah--completely nonplussed. He doesn't study and does well on the tests. I'm just wondering when he's going to start finding math difficult.

Honestly, I didn't find it difficult until I hit Ph.D level, but even Ph.D classes are easier now, so for your kid, maybe never?

[Anonymous]

For math-talented kids, never. That's the problem with acceleration. It misses the point. Your child should get enrichment or pursue other non math interests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For me, took AP Calculus as a freshmen in HS then took math at local colleges throughout the rest of hs. Breezed through all of it until I hit diff eq and it killed me. Worked my butt off and still ended up with a D in the course. That's when I knew I was not going to be a math major in college (and didn't take a single math course in college).

Diff equ has very little to do with a math major in college. Maybe physics or engineering.

It's absolutely wild that you gave up on college math before you even started, based on one bad semester at a school not designed for a student like you. You probably could have done a lot more and better in math if you rushed a little less and took time to learn more deeply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For me Differential Equations in college was where it became clear that I didn't want to have to work that hard @ math. Up until then had no issue and barely had to study, but that seemed totally different. I switched to Econ

Differential equations is a huge part of econ!

[Anonymous]

Mine was challenged by physics in I think his 3rd year of engineering.

I can barely do 8th grade math.

[Anonymous]

DS does math in pen. I think he does this just to be contrary. Even with points taken off.

[Anonymous]

HS

[Anonymous]

Eighth grader only so far. School not challenging, but some of the geometry questions in AOPS are challenging/hard for him.

Agree with other poster- depth over acceleration

[Anonymous]

In college with hard math classes

[Anonymous]

I'm really not buying the premise of the student doing everything in 5 minutes in any class above Algebra. The claims about Calculus are just ridiculous.

I would be concerned about the depth of undestanding with that minimal level of effort.

Can the student prove all the statements in the class or just memorizing some shortcuts? Is the homework plug and chug or it involves complex applications of concepts?

I'd look into some enrichment if this indeed the case, there's absolutely no point in taking a class where you spend 5 minutes outside the class.