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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like to remind my DD at TJ that in high school I had one year of math (Pre-Calculus)  between Geometry and Calculus.  It's good to keep the ego in check observing TJ's decelerated three semester track. :roll: [/quote]

No, at TJ they combine Algebra 2 and Pre-calculus into 3 semesters (to make room for Statistics), so your DD is actually learning 2 years worth of math in 1.5 years.[/quote]

Sorry about your lack of reading comprehension.  My courses were: Grade 8: Algebra; Grade 9: Geometry; Grade 10: Pre-Calculus (consisting of Alg. 2 and Trig); Grade 11: Calculus (we didn't have A/B, B/C then); Grade 12: 2nd and 3rd term calculus at the local university.  When I went to full-time college, I didn't have to take any Calculus as I just transferred my university credits.

I actually don't understand the benefit of all this math acceleration.  After all, you still will want to take math in college to support science and engineering courses.

As I said, I only tell my DD this to keep her ego in check. :roll:

And while I walked to school barefoot in blizzards, it was not 15 miles and not uphill in both directions.  On the last point, that would be mathematically impossible if elevation is a continuous function over geographic locations. :roll: 
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Well, you're not really making a case against acceleration by telling us that you didn't have precalculus and went straight to Calculus from Algebra 2 & Trig. A normal course of study woukd be alg 1, geometry, algebra 2&Trig, precalc, then calc. Kids,in precalc, do have some review of Algebra 2 & Trig, but also learn new material. Are you suggesting the "smart" kids skip precalc and go directly from alg 2 to Calc? [/quote]

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