Reply to Gifted kid - APS, FCPS, or Nysmith?

Forum Index » Advanced Academic Programs (AAP)

Reply to "Gifted kid - APS, FCPS, or Nysmith? "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS is at TJ and knows a couple of the Nysmith kids in his grade.  And both kids were underprepared in math. They both came in with a class called Alebra II under their belt. But were apparently not prepared to handle Math 4, which is the normal placement for a FCPS kid who has completed A2. One kid ended up placing into Math 2.5, which is for weaker math students who have not yet taken A2.  The other went into Math 4, tanking the class and having to remediate in Algebra and Geometry and retake Math 4 the next semester.

All A2 classes are not created equal. And apparently Nysmith engages in the math version of vanity sizing. [/quote]

I’m a former Fcps teacher. I’ve said this on this site many times. Most kids taking higher level math classes in private schools ARE far behind the public school kids. While many hate the sols, I think the sols and the uniform pacing guides require a certain end result for every student. Kids in private school also have gaps in their working math knowledge that is only discovered when they falter for awhile and we can see the problem is deeper than not understanding the present lesson.  Kids in the “highest” math group in a private are typically not equal to the same math groups in public. [/quote]
That makes sense that the elite kids at public fair better than those at private when many public schools have 3000 kids and most private’s have about 400.[/quote]

Huh? Two kids who are both purportedly ready for Algebra 1 honors (just an example) should both be able to handle the work adequately 
but those coming from private struggle because of gaps. Either the kid is well prepared or he is t. [/quote]

That is way too much of a generalization.  It really depends on the kid.  Look at the 17 AIME qualifiers who are grade 9 students at TJ this year (top 2.5% of kids who took the amc 10 exam) and you will see a much higher proportion of private school kids than the overall population of grade private school kids at TJ.  So one can argue the point either way.  Wouldn't you think parents who spend a lot on education are the type to pay attention to what their kids are learning and how well they are being challenged and what curriculum they are covering?    It just depends on the combination of the childs strengths, the school curriculum, the parental support, and co-curricular supplementation.  Just like the mix for public school kids.

[/quote]

With 17 kids I cant go any further without identifying invidual children.  If you have access to list of TJ kids who qualified for the AIME this year and look at the names you can see for yourself.

Cite for this please. Over at least 3 consecutive years. I know this cohort of kids personally.  And it’s the Carson RRMS Longfellow crew. If you are going to assert otherwise, please provide a link. [/quote][/quote]

Everyone has access to the list. It’s on the AMC website FFS. And every hear I have been involved, most qualifiers come out of the big 3 TJ feeders. If you think I’m wrong, prove it. Otherwise, quit lying. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics