Any way to accelerate math in HS

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is taking AP Calc and AP Stats both this year. She got her AP languages out of the way early and has freed up space as a result.

OP is trying to get her kid to Calc in 10th. Why is unclear. As far as I know, only magnet HS have enough math classes after Calc to support that. Having to send your kid to Montgomery college and fit in AP classes sounds like a nightmare

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Anonymous wrote:I wish all of these posts better articulated why people want to accelerate far beyond the norm. Is the child truly uniquely gifted? Bored because they go to top math camps each summer? Transferring in from a different math configuration? Hoping to graduate early? Preparing for a big math competition? Not going to finish their senior year in the US due to an expected move? Most of these post comes across as over the top parents who are just trying to get ahead of the Jones’ and it is so hard to answer helpfully when there is no context about the actual kid and their unique situation.

My kid doubled Geo and Alg II. In our case it was creative thinking for his IEP. My kid loves math. Alg II was the carrot that got him out the door and off to school in the morning. Geo at the end of the day kept him content at school knowing that math was coming.

We’re doing the same first/last period with physics and pre calc next year. He’ll also have to take bio as a 9th grader but that doesn’t incentivize him like the math based science classes do.

He sounds adorable.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Take honors Alg 2 in 9th and the honors precalc in summer school.

This is so dumb. These poor kids

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Study Algebra 2 independently and then ask for a placement test for 9th.
The math classes only get harder after this, so it's generally only worth doing if you can already pass the class you want to test into, (and mocking 750+ SAT Math before you take Precalc class) and are in the class to review and brush up.

Also it's only worth doing, and dealing with "running out of math classes", if you are a math specialist and doing well in extra curricular math like Mathcounts/AMC/AIME. Otherwise colleges see you as a fragile math student who isn't learning in depth.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Take honors Alg 2 in 9th and the honors precalc in summer school.

This is so dumb. These poor kids

I need stuff to brag about at the club!

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Take honors Alg 2 in 9th and the honors precalc in summer school.

This is so dumb. These poor kids

No, the kids doing this are fully capable. The curriculum generally is severely watered down and way below the abilities of many.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Take honors Alg 2 in 9th and the honors precalc in summer school.

This is so dumb. These poor kids

No, the kids doing this are fully capable. The curriculum generally is severely watered down and way below the abilities of many.

OP's child hasn't even taken Algebra yet and she is already planning for math brilliance.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Take honors Alg 2 in 9th and the honors precalc in summer school.

This is so dumb. These poor kids

No, the kids doing this are fully capable. The curriculum generally is severely watered down and way below the abilities of many.

OP's child hasn't even taken Algebra yet and she is already planning for math brilliance.

That is fine. She knows her kid while you don't.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Take honors Alg 2 in 9th and the honors precalc in summer school.

This is so dumb. These poor kids

No, the kids doing this are fully capable. The curriculum generally is severely watered down and way below the abilities of many.

OP's child hasn't even taken Algebra yet and she is already planning for math brilliance.

Math brilliance is apparent very early in life.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish all of these posts better articulated why people want to accelerate far beyond the norm. Is the child truly uniquely gifted? Bored because they go to top math camps each summer? Transferring in from a different math configuration? Hoping to graduate early? Preparing for a big math competition? Not going to finish their senior year in the US due to an expected move? Most of these post comes across as over the top parents who are just trying to get ahead of the Jones’ and it is so hard to answer helpfully when there is no context about the actual kid and their unique situation.

Yes, I think ppl should think about the drawbacks/how it will play out before accelerating math beyond normal acceleration.

My kid was bumped up during ES (we aren’t in MCPS) by the school, definitely not our idea. This started a journey of bussing to the MS in 5th and to the HS in 8th. In 5th the bussing resulted in him missing lunch and in 8th he missed his history class and had to basically do that class as independent study. All to arrive at BC calc in 10th. And what for—our district only had stats as a class beyond calc, they told us he could enroll in an evening college class for his senior year. Seeing this writing on the wall, we ended up moving him to private where he’s at least able to take LA, MV, and DE at school in 11th and 12th. After all this, math is his least favorite subject by far and he has zero plans to take a math class in college (will use AP credit for calc for his degree). So, yes, the beyond normal acceleration was absolutely not worth it.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish all of these posts better articulated why people want to accelerate far beyond the norm. Is the child truly uniquely gifted? Bored because they go to top math camps each summer? Transferring in from a different math configuration? Hoping to graduate early? Preparing for a big math competition? Not going to finish their senior year in the US due to an expected move? Most of these post comes across as over the top parents who are just trying to get ahead of the Jones’ and it is so hard to answer helpfully when there is no context about the actual kid and their unique situation.

Yes, I think ppl should think about the drawbacks/how it will play out before accelerating math beyond normal acceleration.

My kid was bumped up during ES (we aren’t in MCPS) by the school, definitely not our idea. This started a journey of bussing to the MS in 5th and to the HS in 8th. In 5th the bussing resulted in him missing lunch and in 8th he missed his history class and had to basically do that class as independent study. All to arrive at BC calc in 10th. And what for—our district only had stats as a class beyond calc, they told us he could enroll in an evening college class for his senior year. Seeing this writing on the wall, we ended up moving him to private where he’s at least able to take LA, MV, and DE at school in 11th and 12th. After all this, math is his least favorite subject by far and he has zero plans to take a math class in college (will use AP credit for calc for his degree). So, yes, the beyond normal acceleration was absolutely not worth it.

Did you are child want to do the acceleration? Because some children are begging for it.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish all of these posts better articulated why people want to accelerate far beyond the norm. Is the child truly uniquely gifted? Bored because they go to top math camps each summer? Transferring in from a different math configuration? Hoping to graduate early? Preparing for a big math competition? Not going to finish their senior year in the US due to an expected move? Most of these post comes across as over the top parents who are just trying to get ahead of the Jones’ and it is so hard to answer helpfully when there is no context about the actual kid and their unique situation.

Yes, I think ppl should think about the drawbacks/how it will play out before accelerating math beyond normal acceleration.

My kid was bumped up during ES (we aren’t in MCPS) by the school, definitely not our idea. This started a journey of bussing to the MS in 5th and to the HS in 8th. In 5th the bussing resulted in him missing lunch and in 8th he missed his history class and had to basically do that class as independent study. All to arrive at BC calc in 10th. And what for—our district only had stats as a class beyond calc, they told us he could enroll in an evening college class for his senior year. Seeing this writing on the wall, we ended up moving him to private where he’s at least able to take LA, MV, and DE at school in 11th and 12th. After all this, math is his least favorite subject by far and he has zero plans to take a math class in college (will use AP credit for calc for his degree). So, yes, the beyond normal acceleration was absolutely not worth it.

Wow. You could have saved $50K-$100K and massive hassle by putting that kid in an afterschool math program for under $2K/yr, and the kids would have received a much better math education, and developed a better college resume, and nurtured greater appreciation for math.

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Anonymous wrote:Get into Blair or Poolsville SMACS program, and you'll have the option to take function (PreCalc + version) at 9th grade, and Calc BC or Calc BC + version (called "analysis") in sophomore year.

Yes. And kids that were accelerated prior all end up in same class. Glad we didn’t waste time busing my kid around prior.

Misleading.

This (almost every case) only works if the student takes Algebra 2 in MS or private program.
Functions is the pathway for students who did Algebra 2 before high school. Most Blair SMACS students take the 3 semester "Precalculus A/B/C" sequence (4 semesters at Poolesvile) that contains accelerated Algebra 2 + Precalculus for student coming from Geometry.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Take honors Alg 2 in 9th and the honors precalc in summer school.

This is so dumb. These poor kids

No, the kids doing this are fully capable. The curriculum generally is severely watered down and way below the abilities of many.

OP's child hasn't even taken Algebra yet and she is already planning for math brilliance.

That is fine. She knows her kid while you don't.

Maybe, but the question suggests otherwise.

"My kid is taking Algebra in 7th; how do I get them into Calculus I 10th" is a very, very different question from "My kid is taking Algebra in 7th, but Prealgebra was easy and boring and they scored a 270+ on MAP-M in 6th; how do I get them into a class that will teach them something?"

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Take honors Alg 2 in 9th and the honors precalc in summer school.

This is so dumb. These poor kids

No, the kids doing this are fully capable. The curriculum generally is severely watered down and way below the abilities of many.

OP's child hasn't even taken Algebra yet and she is already planning for math brilliance.

That is fine. She knows her kid while you don't.

Maybe, but the question suggests otherwise.

"My kid is taking Algebra in 7th; how do I get them into Calculus I 10th" is a very, very different question from "My kid is taking Algebra in 7th, but Prealgebra was easy and boring and they scored a 270+ on MAP-M in 6th; how do I get them into a class that will teach them something?"

This exactly. Wanting a kid to double up because they love math and it keeps them motivated as an IEP accommodation is far different from acceleration just to be able to tell the neighbors “Larlo is three years above grade level and far beyond her peers”. The way this post was originally presented had nothing to do with the kids interest or ability in math and only about reaching a specific class in a specific grade.