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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"My kid took algebra 2 in 9th and it was pretty clear that a lot (not all, but a lot) of the kids taking pre-calc or calculus in 9th grade were qualitatively better at math and it was a long hard struggle to catch up with the calculus kids because they're not standing still. "

meh. My kid (sr now at TJ) also took Alg 2 in 9th and while yes there are some crazy genious kids at TJ there is also a big swath that simply was able to do Alg 1 in 6th at their ES whereas at the vast majority of ESs across the county that's not an option. DC would have done fine with Alg 1 in 6th but it wasn't a route really even at our AAP center. She didn't struggle to keep up with those kids.   [/quote]

How did she do on the math team?[/quote]

? She had zero interest in the math team. She does do other ECs at TJ. [/quote]

Then she's not keeping up with those kids.[/quote]

:roll: 
Cuz yep all kids’ goals are the same for their ECs and having had the route to take Alg 1 in 6th when virtually all other schools do not offer this permanent makes every one of those kids geniuses. [/quote]

Can you clarify your post?  This is word salad.  
We are only talking about math.
My point is that a lot of kids that were accelerated in math were better at math.  They weren't born that way but the early acceleration made them that way and it took a lot to catch up to them.  
The reason I bring up math team is because at TJ the top math students are not measured by standardized tests like the SATs, everyone is getting 800 on that.  They are measured by their performance on the competitive math exams.  If you don't really care about that then that's fine but that is where the math comeptition is at TJ.[/quote]

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