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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't private schools provide resources so kids don't fall behind? I mean, isn't that why people pay 30-40k/year??  Even in public schools, Alg 1 is a 7th grade math for many kids. [/quote]

Yeah, in the [b]public schools the kids take these classes before they are ready to and receive a less than thorough understanding of the subject, the effects of which can last a lifetime[/b]. That's one reason we chose private.[/quote]

We sent our DC to public up to MS then private HS.  I've heard this "fact" from many private school parents about how public school kids do not do well in math in the long run because rushing through the subject blah blah blah.  From my DC's experience that can not be further from the truth!  She spent a year learning Algebra I as a 7th grader and a year learning geometry as an 8th grader.  ALL schools out there, public or private, spent the same amount of time teaching these subjects.  How do you justify "rushing" through in public and not in private?

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My DC in public followed similar path as yours -- 7th Algebra 1, 8 th Geo, 9 th Algebra ii, 10 th AP Stat/pre Calc, 11th, AP Calc BC, 12th Multi variable Calc. Got 5s on AP Stat/AP Calc BC. [/quote]

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