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[quote=pettifogger][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=pettifogger][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1 had one kid take functions and one not take it. They areboth fine. It’s a very very very hard class.[/quote]
I'm getting confused here. Isn't true that Functions and Pre-Calculus cover the same stuff at different speed? Are you suggesting that Functions cover more in depth?[/quote]

There's another recent thread on this, it doesn't appear that there is any extra depth, just more acceleration. In that sense it would not be worth doing it over the other path unless kids can handle it without too much difficulty. In that case it would make sense in order to allow room for an extra semester of the fun upper level electives before graduation (e.g Complex Analysis, etc).[/quote]

There is more depth as well as acceleration. -- F(x)s mom[/quote]

~Another Functions mom[/quote]

According to Peter and the current functions teacher, there is only acceleration. As a functions parent, I know very well what DC is learning in the class, but have no way of knowing how the pre-calculus class goes, so I can't give first hand comparisons.
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This makes sense. One can't normally speed up the course by 50% (3 semesters covered in 2) without also sacrificing depth. But obviously a magnet course shouldn't be watered down, so the only way to get it done is to increase the amount of homework by 50% as well. There's no surprise to what others have said regarding workload, etc. The bottom line is kids shouldn't take this course for "pride" or similar type of reasons. They should also not worry about missing anything, as the same material is covered in the 3 semester version. The only reason it makes sense is if kids already know some of the earlier material and can handle the really fast pace so that they can have an extra semester for upper electives.[/quote]

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