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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So dumb. It is not that Algebra 1 in 6th grade will be hard. It is that Calculus in 10th grade will be hard. Or Algebra 2 in 8th. Or Precalc in 9th. [/quote]
Funny enumeration of math courses you have there. DC who just finished calc in 10th, btw, and his peers all agree that actually Geometry in 7th was the hardest. I say that's because it was taught by a competent teacher and the other courses could have used a bit more rigor.

It is problematic that for many US students preuniversity training ends with calculus when other countries customarily include linear algebra, 3D vector geometry, stochastics (not "AP Stats"), and for instance proof techniques such as induction in their required curriculum.[/quote]

I'd like to compare the FCPS curriculum with some well regarded international curriculums. Can you give me the name of one or more countries which do this? [/quote]

DP. PP doesn't know what they are talking about unless they are referencing an exclusive boarding school or maybe some place in Asia. I looked up what Hong Kong International School offers as I know it is well regarded. They do offer advanced math topics, but they make it clear it's for those with aptitude in math, rather than required for everyone.

https://handbook.hkis.edu.hk/mathematics

Worldwide though, most schools top out at either AP Calculus or IB math at best.[/quote]

shhhh You're ruining their inferiority complex that drives them to hyper accelerate their kids as much as possible in the name of keeping up with Singapore. They don't want that. They want to have a justification for pushing their kids into faster math and doing whatever they need to do to support that.

There are kids ready for A1H in 6th grade but not the numbers that took it this year or will be taking it next year. But when you suggest to a parent that their kid who is good at math but doesn't love math is fine in AAP math and not A1H they think you are insulting their kids intelligence. [/quote]

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