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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think parents say that to justify sending their kids.   It’s the same classes.  They accelerate kids in slower math tracks.  It adds an extra class to the day and little choice in classes.  It’s great for some kids but look at it carefully.  We declined. [/quote]

The same classes?  No it is not.[/quote]

Functions is a consolidated math class.  They aren't going deeper if they are doing two years of math into one.  They are doing less math and a child who started Algebra in 6th.[/quote]

Please translate into English. [/quote]

PP is saying that, if a student start Algebra in 6, they are doing precalculus in 9th, therefore completing precalculus at 9th, same as blaire students. Since Blaire students packed the most dense material (algebra 2 plus precalculus) into 1 year, they have probably covered it in less depth than a MCPS student who started algebra 2 in 6th and spread it over more time.

In theory. In practice, I am assuming most blaire students are coming with a much stronger background than a mere MCPS algebra 2 in 6th. My own kid, who bill be applying to Blaire, is only in MCPS geometry in 8th. However, he has been doing much more advanced math through aops, contests math etc. And they are a mere candidate, not an actual student.

I am assuming most of the actual students there are like that, or better, allowing teachers to teach as if the students have already mastered large parts of algebra 2 and precalculus despite appearing new to this material. That's a very different from an average MCPS precalculus class where many students were accelerated without actually grasping the material and very few are already fluent in what will be taught that year.

Many years ago I went to a magnet HS myself. I didn't have any computer science background, like, literally knew nothing, but a lot of kids did it as their hobby, and the teacher just moved through the material as if everyone was doing high level programming for several years. Catching up with these kids was incredibly difficult. I am kinda assuming Blaire math is something like that.[/quote]

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