Calculus canceled?
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Anonymous
| DD’s high school has just announced that they may cancel calculus for next year, leaving her with no math course (she has taken them all). She was already without a language course (again because she has taken them all). She’s a pretty smart kid, 4.0/4.5/750/740, but she is a very social learner. Even if we could figure out how to make it happen, she does not want to transfer to a different school for senior year, and she doesn’t want to take a bunch of classes online. Any ideas? What would you do? |
Anonymous
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Strangest threads in college lately.
What math class did they enroll her in, instead? |
Anonymous
| What city? |
Anonymous
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Dual enrollment
Teacher's assistant in a lower level math and/or language class Independent study/deep dive in an area of math or language that she finds particularly interesting |
Anonymous
No math. They say she doesn’t need it because she already has the credits to graduate. |
Anonymous
I agree with the above. |
Anonymous
+1 I maxed out my high school's math by 11th grade. Senior year I took a night class at our community college |
Anonymous
| What high school in the area would cancel calculus? I can’t think of a single one. |
Anonymous
| Definitely take it at the community college or online. Too bad if she likes a social atmosphere. Not an option and she has to have math. Another option would be AP stats. |
Anonymous
I can’t think of a competitive college that doesn’t demand calculus as part of entrance requirements so this seems very bizarre. At our school juniors and seniors take calculus and beyond. |
Anonymous
Competitive colleges "demand" that you take the most rigorous classes available. Students aren't penalized by going to schools with limited offerings. |
Anonymous
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Dual Enroll in Calc 1 at the closest community college. If she doesn't like online, choose a class that meets in the evenings.
However, realize this is mainly to list as a credential on college apps. If she ends up in a STEM major and needs to complete Calc 1/2/3, it's not always advisable to jump into Calc 2 at a different college. Sometimes it's better to do the entire series at one place (and IMO with the same professor). Same advice for taking AP Calc - not necessarily jumping right into Calc 2 in college. My son received a 5 on the AP Music Theory test. At the Music Major orientation his freshman year, they recommended not skipping to Music Theory 2, but to take the entire series from the university (retake Music Theory 1). |
Anonymous
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Their mandate is not to provide the minimum courses to math to graduate!
Maybe you are in a remote Alaskan village or something. But D.C. suburban schools teach calculus in every high school. I can only guess some incompetent principal did not hire the right staff. |
Anonymous
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NP. To emphasize what the others are suggesting, dual enrollment is the answer here. Look up your closest CC. If you can't make the in-person class logistics work, then do it online. Most CCs have online options.
Note that calculus teaching quality is highly variable, among high school teachers as well as among cc and college profs. There is an element of luck involved. She can always retake in college if the situation warrants. Dual enrollment is for the rigor of the transcript. The only caveat with dual enrollment is that the grade may count for college GPA when applying to grad school. |
Anonymous
This is not in the DMV, not sure why OP is posting here. |