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Now THAT would be a good idea. TJ kids have proven for over a decade now that artificially advancing students in math can have catastrophic results. There [b]are very few who are genuinely prepared for Pre-Calc or above at the start of 9th grade[/b] - but too many parents want their student to look like those students, so the go to whatever expense is necessary to push their child too far. [b]This is the best argument in favor of limiting the impact of math advancement in the TJ admissions process - children should be advanced according to their ability, not their parents' aspirations[/b].[/quote]

That is an excellent idea. 
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So, what is your plan for those very few highly gifted kids who are genuinely prepared for pre-calc or higher at the start of 9th?  It sounds like you want to take advanced classes away from them, force them to wallow in classes in which they'll learn absolutely nothing, and then deny them TJ since they are getting no credit for being math geniuses.

My kid has a 104% average in Algebra II as a 6th grader.  He also qualified for AIME in 6th.  He's hoping that pre-calc might be his first opportunity to learn something in a school math class and not be bored out of his mind.  The only thing I've done is enroll him in 1 AoPS class per year.  Kids like this exist.  Stop trying to put barriers in their way or hold them back.  [/quote]

I mean, historically when you have those profoundly different situations, [b]school districts will find ways to accommodate them[/b]. He'll probably be bussed to the neighborhood high school.[/quote]

Or they shrug. Schools should have to tailor programing towards kids whose parents push them ahead. [/quote]

They sure did, they created TJ. [/quote]

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