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[quote=Anonymous]I do agree that Algebra and Geometry are different.  I was one of those who found Geom a breeze but had to work a bit at the Algebra I, and then definitely even more for Algebra II.

That said:  my parents tried to "slow me down" on mat also.  I wanted to take algebra in 8th grade (which was the "advanced" thing to do back in the late 80s) and they thought they were being the sage voice of reason in advising me not to, that there was no rush, etc.  I always hated how this made me a year behind my friends, and it sort of inculcated in me a belief that math "wasn't my thing."  Granted, it wasn't really my thing up until that point, but I do believe it could have gone either way, and by my parents telling me repeatedly that "mat wasn't my thing," I think made it sink even more into my head.

Now, before you go scratching your head, DCUMers, and be like, "Why would a parent do this to their kid?" they were really just trying to be the old-fashioned kind of American parents we all talk about:  "Why not let a kid just be a kid?" "What's the rush????" "Can't a kid just ride bikes during the summer time for gosh sakes? "  etc.  They truly thought they were doing the best for me.  In retrospect to this day, however, I think I should have gone with Algebra in 8th grade.  I had always been in the "smart group" and not being in that from that point on always killed me.  It smarted.  [/quote]

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