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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not sure, but if you have to worry about this - don't have your kid take Algebra.  [/quote]

Just don't have your 7th grader take algebra, period. I've had more than one HS math teacher bemoan that it's even offered. Kids need another solid year of fundamentals. Your genius will still rise to the top, don't worry. We're opting out our 6th grade AAP student from the Iowa test all together.[/quote]

My kids have thrived throughout high school math after taking Algebra in or before 7th grade.  Holding them back, as you propose, would have been a wasted year with the boredom potentially turning them off of math altogether.  It's probably true that *your* kids need another solid year of fundamentals, but many kids who are smarter at math do not.

I have not encountered a single high school math teacher who has bemoaned having my kids accelerated into their class.  [/quote]

Why would the teacher complain to a parent? It's an extremely common complaint that HS math teachers have, but complaining to the parents won't change anything. Your kid is already in the class, the damage has been done. [/quote]
What damage?   My kids have always had easy As and easy 5s on the AP tests.  The teachers have gushed over how great they are.  You’re literally the only person who thinks they would have benefitted in any way from waiting a year for Algebra. [/quote]

Of course they did.  :roll: [/quote]

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