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[quote=Anonymous]My son has pursued a mix of classes, based on his interest and ability. He is not the strongest math student, but wanted to take algebra as an 8th grader, so we allowed him to do that. I actually took algebra in 8th grade myself, more than 30 years ago. I struggled and ended up opting to repeat algebra in the 9th grade, and so was very open to DS doing that as well. In the end, he didn't need to, and was able to take Algebra II as a freshman, earning As and Bs. He opted to take regular (not honors) geometry as a 10th grader, which was fine with me. He is earning As in that class.

On the other hand, he took a high-school level geography class as an 8th grader, absolutely loved it, and was recommended for an AP history class as a 9th grader. I thought it was ridiculous myself, but he took the class, did well, earned a 4 on the exam. He is taking AP government as a sophomore, again doing very well. But he has decided not to take anymore AP classes and will switch to IB classes next year (although he doesn't intend to pursue an IB diploma) because he hopes that IB classes will allow more in-depth study and not so much "teaching to the test."

I just go with the flow. :-)[/quote]

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