Algebra 1 at 6 grade?
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Anonymous
Then your kid is very special. The magnet coordinator and the previous one have been very clear that no one does algebra in 6th grade if they haven’t done AIM in 5th and even then they strongly discourages it. |
Anonymous
Look, I don’t know where you get that from but I have an 8th grader CURRENTLY at TPMS and I can tell you that Algebra 2 is offered at TPMS and the kids are not bused to Blair. It is taught by Ms M a beloved long time TPMS teacher who also teaches magnet geometry. |
Anonymous
Surely there is something in the Internet more fun than writing weirdly insulting lies? Here's a pleasant video about magnets: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2RamSFoo0jw&pp=ygUMbWFnbmV0IHNvbmcg Imagine it's DCUM admin Jeff Steele singing the chorus! |
Anonymous
Just so it’s clear the above is NOT the reason people try to prevent this. The real reasons are that AlgII and above require more abstract thing and more application of skills. Allowing kids to mature helps with this. Also, Maryland requires 4yrs of math in HS. Students taking Alg1 in 6th will most likely have to go to the HS in 8th for Alg2. A class that typically has a range of 9th-11th graders. Some of ya’ll nor your kids are prepared for what goes on in HS. Further, the student will then be taking Calculus in 10th grade. So the question becomes what are they going to take Jr/Sr year especially if they aren’t planning to major in something that requires really advance math. |
Anonymous
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vCgGZ_cgO88 At 24:46 Sarah Manchester starts explaining that some students take Alg in 6th, and she teaches Alg 2 in 8th this year. She makes a point to not state the exact criteria. Then she gushes over how great the Algebra 2 class is, which I imagine makes a lot of people salty, especially since the class is probably small size with more attention to each student. Near the end (~58minutes?) in the Q&A she emphasizes that once they get to middle school students are not allowed to skip any (more) courses, regardless of ability or how much outside enrichment they do. |
Anonymous
| Mom and teacher here: best advice I was ever given was to not push my kids too far ahead in math. Here’s the problem: they have to take 4 years of math in high school regardless of which classes they’re in. This means that kids who soared ahead in middle school end up taking awful classes like AP trig in high school. And they end up hating math. Let your smart kid coast a little. Especially because some of these kids struggle in some or the writing heavy classes. |
Anonymous
So do I and they take it at Blair because it's not offered at TPMS in years |
Anonymous
You don't realize you're talking to parents who have older kids who thrived in advanced math classes and are here because they also have younger kids, and/or parents who are mathematicians or use a lot of math in their careers, Mrs Mom and Teacher. These nomikers don't do anything to make you more credible. Do you not understand that some kids are BORED STIFF in "regular" math classes? My child who took Algebra 1 in 6th grade said it was the only class where she learned a little bit of new stuff that year. She hated school because it was so dull. She can't wait to get on to more challenging material, and I have no doubt she's ready for it, with a mathematician parent. Really, your comment just irritates me to no end. Your narrow little mind thinks every student is cut from the same cloth. It's supremently disappointing you bring that mindset to the classroom. |
Anonymous
Correct, one of the only accurate statements in this thread. |
Anonymous
Ha! |
Anonymous
This is bad info AP Trig doesn't exist. AP Precalc is new next year, and it's for low-level students not advanced students who take honors Precalculus. A student in the hyper advanced track at a non magnet school can take: for example: 9: Precalc 10: AP Calc BC 11: AP Stats 12: Multivariable calculus in school or dual enrollment at Montgomery College. Even if they have to pad with a filler class at a bad school that won't offer a 4th advanced math class, they can coast through that filler class in *lhigh school so they can work more in classes that are tougher for them. These kids are smart enough to hate Maryland for its stupid laws and hate MCPS for not offering good classes, not hate math that they've enjoyed their whole life. |
Anonymous
Here is video of a teacher saying she teaches Alg 2 at TPMS this year and it's great: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vCgGZ_cgO88 |
Anonymous
I’m not sure why you are lying. Ms Manchester teaches it at Takoma Park right now. This is a fact which I know because she teaches my kid and is proved to you by the link from THIS YEAR that another poster shared. I assume you don’t even have a kid at TPMS. |
Anonymous
| These threads make me so angry. MCPS should either offer Algebra 1 to no one or should have a publicized, communicated and fair process for students at any/every school to qualify to take this path if it is believed that there are 6th graders for whom this path is appropriate. Like, they all need to take a placement test. Or they all need X score on the MAP. This is not a hard concept, and parents get upset because they don’t have a good placement process County-wide for any 6th graders as it relates to math. So it all feels shady and unfair. |
Anonymous
Always good to see the liars called out. I guess we won’t hear from PP again, nor an apology for spreading pointless misinformation. |