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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unless your kids are super smart and far advanced in math comparing to peers, summer Geometry Honor is not a good choice. I made the wrong decision not to stop my daughter taking it last summer and regretted my choice now. [/quote]

My daughter moved to Fairfax county in 6th grade so had no chance to take Algebra I in 7th grade. She is talented in math but still summer geometry did not soak her well enough into a good understanding of geometry concepts and proofs. The consequence was quite obvious, she was not AIME qualified in 8th largely because she could not solve geometry problems fast enough.    [/quote]

If you want your child to do well in math competitions you probably should have them taking math competition classes and not regular math classes. DS is in 6th grade and has already learned a ton of Algebra and Geometry in his math competition classes.

I would argues that summer Geometry is a pretty bad idea for any student because it rushes the material and does not allow a child who is just being exposed to it to really get comfortable with the material. A kid who has completed RSM or AoPS Geometry track before 8th grade would probably be fine doing summer geometry because they have already been exposed tot he material in a reasonably rigorous manner. But just taking geometry int he summer is not a good plan for learning geometry. [/quote]

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