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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This argument needs to die but FWIW my kid’s grade at Blair there ere only 2 or3 kids from Takoma Park butlots from TPMS[/quote]

I seriously don’t care about how many kids are from Takoma park. Can we go back to how stressful SMAC is for an average magnet kid?[/quote]

It's not. Kids bite as much as they want to chew, and they love their classes and peers, except for the occasional nasty teacher like everywhere. [/quote]

I think the program is stressful for most students. There's been a recent DCUM poster who claims it's been really easy going for her kid (who I think she said already learned a lot of the content in enrichment activities) but that's really the exception based on our DC's experience and DC's friends and their parents. Even some of DC's friends who are top math kids and take a class called functions in 9th are stressed out sometimes. I still think it's worth it for a kid who loves STEM because the classes are so much more interesting and at a different level than regular classes.
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What percentage of students take functions? I’m concerned that 2-3 hours of homework a day from functions only are reported here.  Would it look bad for the students who don’t take functions and be viewed as not challenging themselves?

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It’s not bad if you don’t take functions. Many kids drop out of functions and there is no difference in outcomes between those who do or don’t take functions. It just opens up space for more math later.[/quote]

Although my kids are really good at middle school math, I still don’t think they need to take linear algebra or discrete math at high school. It seems a little too much. They could learn them in college. [/quote]

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