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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who cares about acceleration? I was a top student in Europe, as was my husband, who got a phd from Stanford in a stem field, and we never got any acceleration. What nonsense.

If you want acceleration get a tutor. And I doubt your kid really needs it.[/quote]

+100 (Although, most posters on this board would NEVER agree.)[/quote]

People like the posters above perpetuate the low expectation cycle in DC if you think calculus in high school is the highest you should go.

Also PP who went to Europe is living like it’s 1980’s or 1990’s. I was a top student too and calculus was the top progression.  But then is not now.  The top kids now are not topping out at Calculus in high school.  The majority of STEM majors entering the top colleges have taken math courses past calculus.

Lastly, there are kids who need math past calculus.  They have the aptitude and want it, actually crave it.  In addition, this is offered at almost every high school in the burbs outside of DC.  [/quote]

It's crazy to me that calculus in EIGHTH GRADE is being floated here as something that parents should be what, grateful to get? Go ANYWHERE with strong public schools anywhere in the US and it's completely normal for a steady number of kids to take Algebra in 7th and definitely in 8th.  The low standards we're supposed to accept in DCPS are just nuts. [/quote]

No one is saying people have to feel grateful for it, but basically the posters on this board tried to shame this woman just because her child made it Algebra in 8th grade - when in reality there are MANY students in DCPS who do not. Yes, everyone should have that access. Yes, everyone should have access to it earlier (6th or 7th) IF their child is ready. However, everyone's child might not be. Does that make their children horrible people? No. Are they bad parents because of it? No. And luckily, there are other options for students to catch up in high school if they would also like to do that because of varied options that are available at high schools in DC and beyond. [/quote]

No one is shaming her.  Someone clarified that 8th grade Algebra is not accelerated as she says it is and they are correct.  It is not.

The last 2 and 1/2 pages is a discussion of this and everyone agrees that it is not accelerated.

You are self projecting or making assumptions of your own.  Nowhere did anyone say kids are horrible or parents are bad if not taking Algebra in 8th.

The issue here is the low expectations and standards in DC as shown by the course offerings where calculus is the highest offered in many schools.  Some families may not know better but this is not accelerated in 2022.  It’s also the minimum required to get into good colleges.[/quote]

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