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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone have any experience dealing with a harsh grader teacher? any point in arguing? or at this point, go the "expunge" route? 
watching my kid who gets the questions, but fails to finish them clean.

If we were to expunge the score, do we still need to finish the class?

Thanks, to the wise ones.. [/quote]

1. He can drop out now and expunge the grade and retake Geometry next year.

2. He can continue and pass the course and expunge the grade and still move on to Algebra 2 in 8th grade. 
 
3. Not sure about arguing with the teacher. DS has a harsh grader in summer geomtry as well. He had a 102 in Algebra 1 but is hovering around 97-98 so far. [/quote]

Thank you. Didn't know there's option #2 as well. Yeah I wasn't so sure about arguing with the teacher, doesn't matter how harsh he seems to be. An example, kid got points deducted by writing Triangle ABC, instead of ACB... In a way, the kid is punished more for being careless/sloppy, than not getting it/not paying attention, in my opinion. Oh well, who says life is fair.

Again, thanks for all the advice and insight! [/quote]

I took regular geometry in 11th grade, I took Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 back to back. I know tht ABC is different then ACB. That is not an unreasonable deduction. Your child needs to learn to not be careless and sloppy, that is a part of math. We stress that with DS in 6th grade heading into Algebra 1 in 7th, he needs to be more careful with how he writes his answers and to follow all of the instructions. Math requires precision, it gets to be more important as you move up in levels. One good reason to not take geometry in the summer is to really hone how you write a proof and learning the rigid, logical structure of a mathematical proof.

The only kids who should be taking Geometry in the summer are the kids who have completed geometry at an enrichment center that is fairly rigorous. I know that RSM starts Geometry in 6th grade and teaches it through 8th grade, it is an hour long class in 6th and 7th grade. AoPS has a geometry class that can be taken a number of ways. I am sure Curie has an early geometry program. Then the summer class is more of a formality with the students already knowing the material and just checking the box for FCPS. Taking geometry in the summer with no background prep is no joke. The class is compressed and thinks about math in a very different way then most kids have been exposed to. Toss in a different maturity level for a 7th grader vs a 9th or 10th grader and you have a recipe for trouble. I would also guess that there is a certain level of confidence based on success in ES and Algebra 1 honors that might cause problems. [/quote]

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