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[quote=Anonymous]As a high school math teacher, they SHOULD eliminate Algebra in 6th and 7th grade. The course at that level is so watered down that the kids who enter my high school Algebra 2 and up courses are way behind in both Algebra skills and Algebra concepts. One example: They may be able to factor basic quadratic equations where "a" = 1, but have no idea how to do it when the factoring gets a lot more complicated, and have very little idea of the mathematical concepts behind factoring in general, so that they can apply those concepts to solve the more complicated factoring problems. I much prefer my Algebra 2 students to have taken Algebra 1 in 8th at the earliest, or ninth, because they have more mature brains and can usually learn the math faster and the concepts more in depth. I don't have to spend so much time reviewing Algebra 1 concepts that I can't get all the way through the Algebra 2 course, which then means I have to spend too much time reviewing Algebra 2 concepts in Trig/PreCal, etc. [/quote]

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