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[quote=Anonymous]I love geometry, but most people don't care about it and it doesn't hurt them. Honors geometry and some trig that will get covered in precalculus.

Encourage her to consider honors algebra 2 next year.

More of a concern is the anxiety. My kid has anxiety too, and it interferes with math confidences and work, even though DC gets the answers correct. There's a huge fear of making mistakes, so there's a night and day difference between churning out answers to already taught stuff vs paralysis on new problems. 
(This is bad because math is like weightlifting. You get better by struggling and building the "muscle" , not by reading and memorizing)

It's strange that a kid is doing well in advanced physics but struggling in  honors geometry or algebra 2. Can you dig in to figure that out? Was she having trouble with gender relations /stereotypes in the class (Just guessing). Or a similar anxiety/ fear of the unknown?

If she's teaching herself some math, maybe it's fine to be the low stress version in school, and challenge yourself at home with the AoPS or other enrichment material. [/quote]

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