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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Glad to see this topic. NCS MS math teacher at 8th grade is using this as a somewhat bullying mechanism. Some girls are doing great the first and second trimester, but their scores slipped a bit the last trimester. The math teacher kept telling her “you are not selected to go to an honor algebra 2 class” or “oh well, I might consider if your score gets better” the girl is under a lot of stress right. How dumb is this! What is the difference between a 94 and 95? What is in this teacher’s mind of showing his so called recommendation power to a 14 year old? And this teacher told some other girls - you are on the waiting list. I don’t know what I will do with you. I will let you know when I am ready. Talking about toxic? [/quote]

NCS is very particular as to who moves ahead in math going into US. I know parents who have tried to push their daughters ahead and the school holds firm and really believes their reasoning for placements. Be careful what you wish for, the advanced math track (especially taking geo over the summer before 9th, peers of my DD said no to this due to summer commitments) is no walk in the park and US is much more demanding than MS, across the board. You need to consider whether getting a higher grade in a lower level class with less stress is better for your daughter than pushing for the hardest track and slogging through with a B or worse. [/quote]

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