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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, you should complement. Have your child enroll in RSM or AoPS either concurrently or shortly before. That's what we did. School instruction is insufficient in multiple ways. First, students aren't doing any problem solving in school (all they do is textbook worksheets and SOL prep); second, they don't do any mathematical writing in school; third, the school curriculum is abridged for an advanced student [b](e.g., no complex numbers in Algebra 1, no linear programming[/b]). Fourth, school math is much less fun.

In short, if your child is gifted and interested in math then you cannot rely on the school curriculum.[/quote]

Is this a joke?  Why would there be complex numbers in Algebra I?  You sound nutty.[/quote]
When covering math at a level appropriate for mathematically gifted students you introduce complex numbers before the quadratic formula. For instance, AoPS's [url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/aops-cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/products/intro-algebra/toc.pdf]textbook does so in Chapter 12[/url]. [/quote]

Complex numbers have never been part of Algebra I.  If you want to pay money to have someone teach your DC ahead, fine, but it's not "abridged" or "appropriate".  
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Not sure why you're putting these words in quotes, nor is it clear what the antecedent to "it" is for your remark to make any sense, but you sound mathematically uninformed. Are you sure you're in the right forum? This forum is for parents whose kids are academically advanced.[/quote]

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