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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of posts blaming the teachers. There are bad apples in every profession, but this is also such a reflection of our times.

Taking Alegebra I Honors in 7th is an accelerated path. It’s not for everyone. I’m sure your child is very bright, but that doesn’t mean this level of acceleration is appropriate for them. It’s a high school level class and things get real at that point… it’s a big departure from elementary school whether you were doing well in AAP LIV or not.

This is not a humble brag, but my 8th grade DC has a 100 in that class. They feel bad about themselves that they waited until 8th, but they also see most of the 7th graders in the class struggling, as it’s the first time those kids have had to really work at something. You can be very smart and not ready to take a high school credit class your first year out of ES. And that’s okay. The math only gets much harder from here. [/quote]

It’s a HS level class that is 2 years accelerated. Not every bright kid should take it.

There should be a high threshold for accelerating 2-3 years. 
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The middle school teachers will tell you that there is, and that the kids placed into the class can hack it.[/quote]

I would say that any who pass the test for placement have the raw materials to hack it but that does not mean that they all are able to handle the class.

DS is in Algebra 1, rarely has homework, and has an A. He is in his MS Math Counts club and enjoys taking math competitions so I guess he falls into the one posters category of annoying kids who find the class easy and the Teacher is potentially skimming through materials to keep from being bored. He has friends in Algebra 1 H who were in the same Advanced Math class who have an hour or so of homework and are working hard for their B. I have not heard their parents or the kids complaining about the class, they expected it to be challenging because it is a HS level class. There are kids who have move to 7th H because they found the pace of Algebra 1 too much and felt that 7th H was a better fit. Some of it is drive, some of it is stronger basic skills, some of it better grasp of math concepts, and some of it is how hard you want to work>

Parents and students have the choice of deciding if they want to stay in a challenging class that is moving at a quick pace or move into a class that is still accelerated but not moving at as fast of a pace. Maybe some of the kids have a bad Teacher and that is the explanation. Maybe it is that the kids are smart and have good math skills but they don’t have as strong a grasp as other kids and they are struggling to keep up with the class. Maybe it is a combination of both. [/quote]

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