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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not really.....the 7th graders could be one year ahead and the sixth graders two years ahead....[/quote]

Maybe we can get everyone so far ahead that they can skip right from grade school to college.  Would certainly help our overcrowded high schools....[/quote]

+100   It truly is ridiculous.  I agree with PP who said depth of understanding is more important than how quickly a child can speed through math courses.  All this rushing ahead for what?  Last year at our center middle school the Honors Geometry teacher recommended that nearly 1/2 her students retake the class because they hadn't gotten the basic concepts.  Too many kids are being pushed ahead in math too quickly.  I think the kids allowed to take a year ahead in AAP (5th graders going to class with 6th graders, 6th graders being sent over to middle school to take Algebra) should be the very rare exception.  [b]Problem here is once someone hears another kid is doing it they whine and push for their own math whiz[/b].

Until last year, my high school son, who has always excelled at  math, was on a high school team sponsored by a local university.  The group took part in competitions at places like Harvard and Princeton.   My son was having a ball until some nitwit parents decided their 6th graders should be on the team.  My son eventually quit in frustration since whenever they had a meeting or a mathematician would come to speak, these kids couldn't sit still and would act up so it was hard to hear the lecture.  Why they couldn't be doing Math Counts or even AMC at middle schools  was beyond me....but I suspect a lot of it was the parents saying, "look my kid's so advanced he's in a high school math club."   None of them seemed to care that these kids were actually ruining the experience for actual high school students who came fully equipped both intellectually and with the emotional maturity to truly appreciate the experience.

Clearly, this hits a nerve for me.  I understand wanting to challenge your child, but so often it seems like the people who want all these advanced opportunities don't stop to consider how their kids' participation impacts everyone else.   [/quote]

Our center is one that sends a handful of 6th graders to the middle school for math.

These kids are really brilliant in math.  Everyone know it.  No one else asks to have their kids be a part of that group, as it is crystal clear to everyone, parents and students, that these kids are just exceptional in math and heads and shoulders above the rest.  I think if the group is small enough, no one questions who was or was not included.[/quote]

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