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[quote=Anonymous]New to thread and chiming in. Same issue here OP. elementary math disaster, now in high school and "off track."  Child was one of the bright but over-accelerated MCPS kids. Throw in an undiagnosed LD, which was then diagnosed (2E) but MCPS couldn't give a rat's ass. Going into 6th realized child had a foundation of sand, (ex. Didn't know math facts, shaky on division), but MCPS would have had her taking alg. 1 in 7th grade.  Um no. We ended up homeschooling for middle where she worked with tutor one on one to rebuild, and she made grest strides, but by then her confidence around math was shaken.

She went competitive private for high school but was placed in Alg. 1. (Just had psycho-ed testing done again at the beginning of the summer and yes, there's an LD plus anxiety.  School has been super supportive and helpful.). She did alg. II last year and will study abroad her jr year; the program doesn't offer geometry just some variation of pre-Calc. (I guess they assume everyone has done it already.)  So she'll take geometry as a senior. Which means she's going into the PSAT/SAT with geometry under her belt. I'm a bit freaked, which is freaking her out. Looking ahead she's terrified that her SAT is going to be dragged down by the math and sink her chances at top schools. Grades are straight As, verbal and writing SAT very high... It's just that math. The school is pursing extra time for her with the college board, but that won't be able to overcome no geometry. She's had a full time pestigious internship for the past two summers, so there wouldn't have been time for a class. Hasn't done SAT prep either. The study abroad opportunity will be amazing. But the math situation ... Ugh. Now up at 4 am thinking of all I did wrong :([/quote]

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