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[quote=Anonymous]Enrichment does not make any one smart. Enrichment can provide a boost by providing exposure, additional explications, and practice.

We sent our child for math enrichment because the math at school was not challenging and he enjoys math. We didn’t want him to lose interest in the subject because the work at school wasn’t engaging. The math classes challenged him and provide additional practice. He was exposed to math competitions, which he loves, and has been learning how to approach difficult math problems in a creative manner. We like that the program has homework and has always required that he show his work, so it has helped him develop good study skills and a good approach to completing math assignments.

Does it give him a leg up over his peers? Maybe. He tends to do better in math than his friends and he doesn’t have as much homework as most of them do in Algebra 1. He is less stressed about his math grades because he feels comfortable and confident in his math skills. I would guess he would get the same grade in math without having done math enrichment but he might need to work at it a bit more.

It was ours son’s choice to take extra math, we offered it and he said yes and has continued to say yes. It is something he is interested in. We would not make him attend if he didn’t want to.[/quote]

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