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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]

Blair parent here. Disagree somewhat about the pure talent and striver parents.  Several years ago mcps decided curriculum was too accelerated and kids didn't grasp the basics. They slowed everyone's roll. Before that, acceleration was accessible.  After, there was real pressure not to accelerate. So, some parents started to push kids ahead outside of school to get 1 ahead, 2 into magnets 3 on math teams and 4 into top colleges.  There is definitely something to the parent plan thing. [/quote]

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