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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Next year I will have an eighth-grader taking Alg I H… I would be concerned socially about a 5th grader in a class with her and her friends. Maybe some can handle it, and maybe some schools have enough younger kids to make a separate section.[/quote]

It has never been a problem for my kid.  The older kids don't pick on the ones who are much younger.  They just ignore them.

Also, OP could have her child take the FCPS online honors algebra class.  [/quote]
I think the issue is the things the older kids are talking about[/quote]
Not the AAP kids.[/quote]

Oh lord! My DD is an AAP middle schooler. She and her classmates are indistinguishable from non-AAP kids behaviorally, in terms of how they talk, what they talk about, what music they listen to, etc. Most of it would be grossly inappropriate for a 5th grader.

OP, no one will pick on your little one. They will in fact be protective/admiring and probably call him Young Sheldon. However, he will be exposed to typical middle school language and behavior, which IMO he’s too young for. A friend’s child who took Algebra I in 6th did fine in the class work, but struggled with other kids’ behavior and teachers’ classroom management style. Which is apparently not much different if you do the coursework online (her second child who took the same route took online classes to avoid this and can into the same issues). [/quote]

Can you give an example of things 8th graders talk about or music they listen that would be grossly inappropriate? [/quote]

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