Reply to Is 8th grade pre-algebra or algebra?

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "Is 8th grade pre-algebra or algebra?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach algebra 2. Last year I had a handful of seniors in my class (meaning algebra 1 in 9th, geometry 10th, AFDA 11th, and algebra 2 12th). One is now a freshman at George Mason, one is at JMU, one is at VCU. A fourth is down in Norfolk area doing a mechanics training for some fancy car (maybe Porsche? I forget, I remember we joked that he’d never be working on my cars since I drive a Kia)

This year I have a larger group of seniors. 1 got accepted early to university of Kentucky to study marketing, 1 has been missing class all quarter to audition for elite music programs, two have every intention of NVCC and transfer, and 4 are still waiting to hear.

The ones who take algebra on 9th and go to AP precalc or AP stats as seniors? I can’t even begin to list the amazing schools they end up at. Sure, not MIT, but that doesn’t mean you fail!! An engineer from university of South Carolina or nc state or Mason or Penn state is still an engineer! A career in nursing depends way less on the school you attended and more on the student. I’ve had kids leave my room with full rides to nursing school after taking algebra 2 as juniors and a less strenuous math class senior year.

You can have a fine future, collegiate or otherwise, with algebra in 9th. While you obviously have more options the higher the math you take, it’s not a death sentence to slow down and be confident![/quote]

Thank you for this reality check.  One can still live a happy, fulfilling, upper middle-class life without attending a Top 25/50 school.  If one thinks they can't, it's because their parents or others told them they couldn't and they believed it.  That's some BS right there.  I said what I said.[/quote]

I can tell you that we need in state options only. We are going to have to be more competitive.[/quote]

Why limit yourself to only in-state? OOS can be just as affordable. Our DC took algebra in 9th, graduated HS in ‘18 and went OOS. I think yearly tuition was about $23k at the time before merit discounts. $7.5k came off the tuition based on the SAT score. DC obtained a graduate assistant position at another OOS school and they covered the tuition cost.[/quote]

We need to be in driving distance. Flying or taking the train home for every long weekend or break is not financially possible. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics