What math did your non-mathy kids take in 11th and 12th?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand the concept of saying your kid is struggling in an honors class and yet you are talking about still putting them in honors or AP for the next level? Why would you make the kid continue to struggle? It’s better to get an A in a grade level class than a C in an honors or AP class. Not to mention the stress level.

+1. I have an 10th grader. We are all thinking about how a course reflects on a transcript compared to the other kids in the school and how a college will view our kids. I also have one kid in college. Fit is so much more important than prestige. You want a college where your kid is mostly on par with their peers; not a reach where they have to study all the time while everyone else is out having fun. It's okay if your kid is not a math kid. Most likely they will not go into a math based career.

Is it worth the stress of an advanced class just to keep up with the other kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand the concept of saying your kid is struggling in an honors class and yet you are talking about still putting them in honors or AP for the next level? Why would you make the kid continue to struggle? It’s better to get an A in a grade level class than a C in an honors or AP class. Not to mention the stress level.

+1. I have an 10th grader. We are all thinking about how a course reflects on a transcript compared to the other kids in the school and how a college will view our kids. I also have one kid in college. Fit is so much more important than prestige. You want a college where your kid is mostly on par with their peers; not a reach where they have to study all the time while everyone else is out having fun. It's okay if your kid is not a math kid. Most likely they will not go into a math based career.

Is it worth the stress of an advanced class just to keep up with the other kids?

Exactly. I actually have a family member right now who is attending a college way above his academic level because of the exact situation you describe. it’s awful for everyone involved-especially him. Some kids are meant to be average (i’m saying this as someone who is academically average and has at least 1 academically average kid). It’s not a bad thing. Most people are actually average and some go on to be insanely successful simply by being really good at their chosen profession. Having taken the most AP classes is not a reflection of someone’s worth. Drop down the math level and don’t make your kid struggle to stay above float.

[Anonymous]

Mine took regular pre-Calc as a junior and regular calc as a senior. The plan was AP stats as a senior since they plan to study psychology and it seemed most relevant but a scheduling error on the schools part left them without the class. I’m still really mad the school refused to fix their error but my senior has been doing well in the class at least.