Algebra 2 in 8th Grade
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Anonymous
| Does anyone know what middle schools offer Algebra 2 Honors? |
Anonymous
| Basis DC |
Anonymous
| Longfellow, it's call A2/trig |
Anonymous
| Carson |
Anonymous
| Frost sends kids next door to Woodson |
Anonymous
| Kilmer is for the first time this year. |
Anonymous
| What will they take senior year for math? |
Anonymous
Haven't you heard? Every child whose parents push them into 8th grade Algebra II (often by making them take online Geometry between 7th and 8th, not because they track there naturally) is guaranteed admission to TJ. It's the golden ticket 
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Anonymous
What if TJ is not a consideration? |
Anonymous
Not anymore. They have enough to fill a class AT Frost. |
Anonymous
This was not the case last year. My current 9th grader took Algebra 2 at Woodson as an 8th grader. |
Anonymous
Then it's really hard to understand why a parent would accelerate a kid through math so quickly. The feedback parents are getting from DD's AAP Center is that HS teachers are upset about the push toward 7th, and now 6th grade Algebra because the kids who are rushed through the basics have holes in their learning that become apparent is post Algebra II math and end up needing remediation, and that they need to slow down and master the basics. Our Carson-feeder Center very actively discourages this. And, as PP pointed out, on this track, you are locking your kid into 2 years of post Calculus BC math. If your kid is the one out of several hundred who is so advanced in math that they really need Algebra I in 6th, then they belong in TJ. But the cynical part of me thinks that the increasing number of kids doing this (and especially the ones that cram Geometry into summer school to make it happen) have hyper competitive parents who want to make their kids (and by extension themselves) look good/ have bragging rights. I have a kid with a nonverbal IQ in the 99.5%, and he was fine with Center advanced math (he was pull from the normal advanced math for "extensions") and Algebra I honors in 7th. You would really have to be extraordinary for this track to not be enough. I also think a lot of the parents who accelerate are doing it to give their kids some TJ edge. That's a shame, because if they are shortchanging basic math (or Geometry by doing it as summer school) to get their kids there, they are probably harming their kids' ability to succeed in advanced math. |
Anonymous
My DC is a 9th grader and there absolutely was an A2 class at Frost last year. Maybe there was a scheduling conflict for your child?
My DC is a 9th grader at TJ this year. I can see how people might think that TJ is *the* place for kids who are strong in math, but honestly it is NOT for everyone, not even for every advanced math kid. TJ requires a tremendous amount of discipline and and ability to work in a multidisciplinary way. From practically the first day, kids are expected to be able to read and comprehend huge amounts of material and to synthesize and write about it in very advanced ways. A kid who is "only" strong in math and science and does not also have excellent writing skills is going to have a very hard time at TJ. |
Anonymous
| Our child is advanced in math because he was ready and needed something more than was offered. She doesn't take math class anywhere except school. We have no interest in TJ but did want her to be learning something in class instead of just sitting there. Why is that so hard to understand? |
Anonymous
If she is not planning on going to TJ, then what will she do for math senior year? |