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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This year, there is not a magnet Geometry class for 9th. A couple of kids did it over the summer. Everyone is in Precalculus or Functions.[/quote]

How are SMACS magnet Precalculus and Functions different from how school Algebra 2 + Precalculus, besides being accelerated?  Or is speed the only difference?

Please be specific if you can. I've heardvit's "deeper" and "more work" but not specifically what that means. I'd love to hear from someone who has had kids in both Magnet  SMACS and neighborhood high school math class [/quote]

The neighborhood high school math class doesn’t combine algebra II and precalculus into a single class. Functions does that in 2 semesters. Magnet precalculus does it in 3. They also go into the subject deeper as you’ve said.[/quote]But deeper how? What's on the functions syllabus/hw/tests that isn't on the non-magnet honors algebra 2 and precalc syllabus/hw/tests?[/quote]

Although you don't need to take Algebra2+ for functions, you need to get a recommendation from spending a week in factoring camp the previous summer.

Functions are recommended for students who already have taken Algebra 2 or Precalc; however, if you're especially ambitious you can take it after geometry with a recommendation.

People say it involves more work than Precalc like an additional hour or three of homework per night.

Magnet math is more rigorous and uses proofs more than regular HS math.[/quote]

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