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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My issue with Geometry over the summer is it takes a class that is already condensed in the US and further condenses it. RSM has a 3-year geometry program so that there is time to dive more deeply into the subject and make sure that kids have a very strong foundation in geometry. I struggled with math, so I am not the person to fully understand why this is a good thing, but my Chemical Engineer husband thinks that it is great. I would guess that is the path we will go down. DS loves math and finds math at school to be boring and math at RSM to be fine but not super challenging. He is excited about starting the geometry program at RSM since it should be material that he has not seen before and should be challenging.

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A 3-year geometry class?  A fool and his money...[/quote]

We have a 3 year algebra sequence in the US and Europe actually teaches geometry very differently then we do in the US. Do you think that Euclidean Geometry is completely covered in a one year high school class? Or do you think that there is more there and it is would be beneficial to have a stronger understanding of geometry?

No one would argue that the one semester or one year US History or European History or World Civilization actually covers that material. Why would you think that one year of Geometry actually covers Geometry? [/quote]

Geometry has a wide array of applications (algebraic, differential, metric) ... one only has to look at the Fields Medal winners, to see it. It's total BS that it's taught for one year and not ever again, and worse that it is allowable to do it over two months instead of a year.

For some perspective:

https://www.quantamagazine.org/june-huh-high-school-dropout-wins-the-fields-medal-20220705/ [/quote]

Wow. You must have had some terrible teachers.

We took one year of geometry- but then it’s applied again in pre calc and calc and physics. So yes, I get memorizing all of those formulas seems a worth three year process, but when you apply them through your other classes, it actually builds on it and makes more sense. [/quote]
DP, but disagree on this one. While you're right that geometry comes up a lot in precalc/physics, it really doesn't build on the Euclidean geometry learned in geometry class. Most importantly, geometry is NOT about memorizing facts, it's about logical reasoning, so not sure why you're equating it to memorization of formulas. Some amount of geometry absolutely should be studied every year in math classrooms, and it really is sad that it is not. Also the results speak for themselves: when compared to other countries, US kids have a very limited understanding of geometry mainly because of how infrequently and illogically it is taught in schools.[/quote]

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