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[quote=Anonymous]Our 8th grader has been placed in Algebra 1 intensified. He had asked to be in Algebra 1 not intensified in the spring during course selections, but elected intensified for all other classes where it was an option. He saw a big difference between his 6th and 7th grade classes at DHMS when intensified started this year, enjoying the intensified classes much more. However, he's not a math kid (love english, history/civics, languages...). It looks like he placed in Algebra 1 intensified only because of the standardized assessment scores, not because of his quarterly grades, which hovered around a B- with a lot of work to get there (I think he retook every test). He does work with a math tutor weekly. We would plan to keep the tutor whether it's Alg 1 intensified or not intensified. The question is...if he asks to be placed into the non-intensified class, is he doing himself any harm in the future? Will he be behind in terms of classes he should take in high school, for college consideration... I don't want him closing any doors now with this decision when we have the ability to help him and when he responds well to being pushed, but, again, he's not a math kid in his heart and he's otherwise working hard in his other classes. [/quote]

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