Thanks, good idea, I should ask the department chair what they think. |
The trick to learning calculus is to work problems. She should do every problem in her calc book and ask the teacher for sample tests. It's not enough to have someone explain how to solve the problems. You need to do problems and then do some more. |
Agreed. I did buy her a book of additional problems but she's got so much HW already she can't even get to them. She needs to go back to square one but there's so little time. Excellent suggestion re: requesting sample tests. |
That class is not required to graduate. Nobody forced her to take that particular math class. You had to okay it. My son is awful in math. Next year, he will be a senior and will have to take a math class but it's not going to be pre-calc. It will be the first year he has a choice in math courses. He can take stats like I did in 12th grade. I was awful in math too. |
You're being rude. OP said the child was placed in the class and never struggled with math before. Clearly the school thought it was a proper placement too. Something else is going on. Maybe it's the teacher? Maybe the child hit her math ceiling? Maybe it is the difficulty of the unit they started with? My view is that if they won't let her drop, get a 2 or 3 time a week tutor and make sure she passes. In the end, the grade at the end of the year won't matter as much as showing how much work she put in to it as a senior. And the PP was right about not applying to a math heavy major. She doesn't need to go through this again. |
I don't think this is right. At DC's school, if you took advanced math as a jr, the only option was calc as a senior. So there may be no other choice. That said, if DD was on a track that ended in calculus, such struggles manifesting as a senior is odd. |
Too busy is just an excuse. She needs to pass math to graduate high school. Drop activities. Do extra problems. |
A learning specialist is overkill. Calc isn’t required and is a hard class! |
Being awful in math is not genetic. Stop projecting your insecurities onto your son. |
Op here. I meant with schoolwork, not extracurricular stuff. She’s not doing any activities. |
She needs to make it a priority. It's a graduation requirement. She may find it the hardest and least fun, but it's where she needs to spend her time. Crank through problem after problem. She wants to go to college, right? Learning to prioritize what work is most important is a skill that she needs to learn. |
If she's not doing activities and doesn't have time, then the issue is time management. I bet she'll have 30-60% more time in her day if you take away her phone. |