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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish all of these posts better articulated why people want to accelerate far beyond the norm.  Is the child truly uniquely gifted?  Bored because they go to top math camps each summer?  Transferring in from a different math configuration?  Hoping to graduate early?  Preparing for a big math competition?  Not going to finish their senior year in the US due to an expected move?  Most of these post comes across as over the top parents who are just trying to get ahead of the Jones’ and it is so hard to answer helpfully when there is no context about the actual kid and their unique situation.[/quote]

Yes, I think ppl should think about the drawbacks/how it will play out before accelerating math beyond normal acceleration.

My kid was bumped up during ES (we aren’t in MCPS) by the school, definitely not our idea. This started a journey of bussing to the MS in 5th and to the HS in 8th. In 5th the bussing resulted in him missing lunch and in 8th he missed his history class and had to basically do that class as independent study. All to arrive at BC calc in 10th. And what for—our district only had stats as a class beyond calc, they told us he could enroll in an evening college class for his senior year. Seeing this writing on the wall, we ended up moving him to private where he’s at least able to take LA, MV, and DE at school in 11th and 12th. After all this, math is his least favorite subject by far and he has zero plans to take a math class in college (will use AP credit for calc for his degree). So, yes, the beyond normal acceleration was absolutely not worth it.[/quote]

Wow. You could have saved $50K-$100K and massive hassle by putting that kid in an afterschool math program for under $2K/yr, and the kids would have received a much better math education, and developed a better college resume, and nurtured greater appreciation for math. [/quote]

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