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My point was that a kid shining in aap math is no great yardstick. A kid with a marginally gifted IQ would shine in AAP. But having even a 145 IQ (profoundly gifted) doesn’t make a kid a math genius. And taking the aops algebra class in 5th grade isn’t proof of mathematical genius either. We are still talking normal, garden variety gifted kids. There are about 4 million kids in your child’s grade. [b]Even if he is in the top 99.9 in math there are thousands in his grade like him. it’s not like it’s special. It’s good to be but not worthy of needing special radical acceleration. He should be just fine in the regular public school sequence with normal acceleration.[/b] but here is where having a fun enrichment class comes into play. [/quote]

This is where we disagree.  The top math track is aimed around the 90th percentile.  Kids who are the 99.9th +  are around 2 standard deviations higher than that, and would be bored with the pace of a regular "top track" class.  It's comparable to taking kids who are marginally gifted (like 98th percentile) and placing them in a class aimed at completely average kids.  It may be inevitable due to school system logistics, but it is in no way helping kids to be in a class that is too slow and easy for them.

I spent most of high school reading books during math class, which was allowed since I was far ahead.  At the time, I didn't mind since I loved reading.  Looking back, it was a sad waste of time and potential to coast like that rather than learning math at my level.  [/quote]

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