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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Uhhhh these responses are weird, but I guess understandable considering the typical DCUM profile.

In my experience, 99% of the time, a kid would get there by being an extreme outlier math genius who (most likely) loves math and does it for fun. Not by having some striver parents hothouse them by pushing them through Algebra 2 in preschool or something.

The people reacting as if it were the latter ("horrendous") fail to see the most likely answer. It's more that the school has just enough outliers to create an actual demand for such a class-- whether offered at TPMS (I have no idea) or requiring busing to Blair.

I attended the Blair math-science magnet and knew a few kids who had finished Calculus before HS-- or took it in their freshman year-- at a time most kids graduating HS didn't even take calculus at all. They're mostly MacArthur Genius Grant awardees and math professors who will probably be up for the Fields Medal someday.  [/quote]

Another Blair grad here and +100. The few that fell into this category were literally on the US Math Team, and, like 4 standard deviations from typical honors/ap smart. Its strange that so many on DCUM have kids in this category, or know of them. [/quote]

Exactly. A kid who is taking algebra in 6th grade is a very, very smart kid! A kid teaching themselves algebra for fun in kindergarten is not that same kid-- and is no more valuable than the first kid, by the way. Just different. [/quote]

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