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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, how far beyond Calculus does your student need to be?

They will complete Calculus in 10th grade. You have set this up. And then what? And why? And why so young?[/quote]

PP above you. For my kid, it's because she was perenially bored in class. [b]Math is the one topic where kids can advance quickly. She can't skip an English class, or a Social Studies class.[/b] I think Honors Pre-calc is the year she stopped reading in math class, because otherwise she couldn't quite follow the teacher. This year, she still reads in every other class, even APUSH. Also, she rather likes math. She will do multivariable in 11th and whatever extra math is available in 12th. The point isn't advancement per se. It's making my daughter feel like school can be interesting.
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Why can’t kids accelerate in other content areas?  Who is stopping parents?  Why is it just math?  Why can’t kids take HS History classes early?  Why not Biology or Environmental Science?  Why can’t a 6th grader take English 9?  Inquiring minds want to know. [/quote]

[b]Math is just easier to measure and plug into a system. You don’t really need age-based maturity for it. if kid is ready intellectually, they’re ready.[/b] Other subjects are different, they rely a lot more on maturity, discussion, and real-world context.
It’s pretty reasonable to teach trig to a 7th grader, but not so much the heavy stuff you get in English literature, like complex relationships, or social studies topics like war, ethics, and social justice.
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Really???? In my experience, most students who hyper accelerate in math tend to be great at memorizing rules and procedures, BUT when asked the question of why something works or is true, they lack the ability to do so. This part of mathematics is important, not just memorizing. Like other people who have posted before, students need to time to develop their ability to articulate the process at arriving at their answer as well as learning the mathematical content. [/quote]
Math is math. You either get it or you don’t. Some 6th graders pick up algebra concepts pretty easily, while plenty of 10th graders still struggle with the same basic concepts, even after going over them multiple times. FCPS is just trying to handle those different learning needs in a practical way, which most teachers support. There’s no reason to hold back 6th graders who are ready for algebra, and at the same time, other students can take the time they need to learn the same algebra at their own pace. Many graduate 12th with just Algebra, and that's ok. [/quote]

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