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My objection is the parents (there are quite a few parents like this, but certainly not everyone who has a kid at RSM and Kumon) who do it not because their kid needs the reinforcement or because their kid likes it, but because they want to push their kid ahead for the bragging rights or out of fear that their kid won’t get their piece of the economic pie as an adult.  Honest to God, your career is not dependent on whether you took Algebra in 6th grade or even (gasp) 9th grade.  It just isn’t.  Your kid would be much better off trying a bunch of things and seeing what they like and are good at.  You can force math and science but for some kids, it’s downright painful.  You can’t bend their strengths and interests to your will as much as you may want to.
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My kids attend AoPS.  AoPS isn't set up to get kids into Algebra early.  I don't think RSM is, either.  The AoPS general sequence has Algebra in 7th grade, and that's assuming that the kid does well enough in pre-Algebra in 6th to move up.  Kids are not often skipped ahead unless they're already way beyond the AoPS curriculum.

For the most part, FCPS doesn't allow kids to skip ahead, either.  They have very specific criteria for Algebra in 6th, and simply being ahead isn't one of them.  Most of the kids taking Algebra II in 8th are there due to taking summer Geometry.    [/quote]

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