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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There’s a problem here when families advise against doing more math when a kid can handle it because of lack of opportunities and offerings.

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Eh. I chose not to have my kid double-block in math because it seemed like acceleration for acceleration’s sake. There’s no reason to take calc BC in 10th grade except bragging rights. There’s no reason for most high schools to offer math beyond Calc BC, honestly. It worked out really well for my kid to do DE math at a university senior year. He’s majoring in math at a top school.

You don’t have to participate in the arms race to have a great outcome.[/quote]

You are missing the point.  Lots of kids are unable to do dual enrollment and have no opportunity to go past Calculus when they want to and are interested.

No one is accelerating for acceleration sakes.  Kids are bored and want more who can handle it and are shut out.

It is a lack of opportunities and offerrings in what is suppose to be the best IB school in the district.  And the other neighborhood high schools don’t even offer Cal BC.[/quote]

Yes, you are pushing acceleration for acceleration sake.

The topic of this thread is a kid who “is not thrilled about the early start and the extra work.” You read those words and conclude that if that kid isn’t pressured to take on the extra work, it will hurt some other hypothetical kid who is “bored and wants more.”

This is exactly the kind of reasoning that turns middle and high school into a relentless pressure cooker, a race to nowhere.

Geometry in 8th is enough. Kids who are “not thrilled” about the idea of doing more should not be pressured to do more. [/quote]

I’m the PP and my statement was a generalization for kids who love math and want more, not specifically about OP’s kids.

Yes there are kids who want more and are bored and not challenged.  No one is pushing them at all.

It’s just tiring how parents on here try to justify the status quo and don’t demand more. [/quote]

I think you aren't hearing the parents of kids who did accellerate and are saying, it wasn't worth it. And no, your kid won't be bored. There are plenty of other courses to take. [/quote]

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