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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do so many kids get enrolled in AOPs or RSM? How bizarre. Is it to get a leg up? To look good for TJ? Is it a cultural thing?[/quote]

Distance Learning math was awful. DS was bored and loves math so we enrolled him in AoPS. He asked to do it the following year, but we changed to RSM because he wanted to be in person and did not want to drive to Tyson's for AoPS. He enjoys being in a class with other kids who like math and want to be doing math. He likes that the math at RSM is more challenging and makes him think. He also asks to participate in math competitions.

We were at a RSM event for Pi Day and ran into three families that we know who are checking out RSM because their kids have seen the location and asked about joining.

DS has some classmates who are attending so that they can continue to be on grade level in the Advanced Math class and I have seen a few AAP parents post that they use RSM in order to keep their kid on grade level for AAP. But there are kids who are there because they just like math. [/quote]

It just seems like it wasn’t done 20 or so years ago at all. [/quote]

No, it wasn't.  Parents have forgotten what childhood was like.[/quote]

Or maybe you are projecting your version of childhood on other people. My kid wants to go to RSM. He has the choice to go or not and he chooses to go. He also chooses to play a rec sport. He asked to try fencing with some friends so he is doing that. He plays with his friends after school and on the weekends.

And he has tried things and dropped them, different sports and activities.

Just because some kids don’t want to do math classes or STEM classes or drama classes or music classes doesn’t mean that other kids are not interested in those activities.

If your kid likes sports, go for it. If you have a kid that doesn’t want to do any activity, fine. Mine likes math. And sports. You worry about your kid and I’ll parent mine.[/quote]

It wouldn’t even occur to me to suggest to my child to take an additional math class. He loves math and is good at it, but I don’t see the purpose of doing more school after school. I highly doubt that young kids are asking to take math courses. This is originally an idea a parent has and probably becomes a routine.[/quote]

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