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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree.  It's frustrating when people say that an in-pool kid with high Q and NV but lower V belongs in gen ed + advanced math, because a lot of schools don't offer advanced math in 3rd.  The only way for a kid who is gifted in math to be guaranteed advanced math is by being LIV eligible.  [/quote]

If I had a child who was gifted in math, I wouldn't rely on a public school to meet this need. My DS is a normal bright kid, not especially gifted in anything that I can see but bright. He has been taking advanced math (a year or two ahead) outside of school since forever.  He still does plus attends RSM.  Whatever they do in school is simply a baseline. [/quote]

So he does Kumon or equivalent plus the Russia school of math? How much does that cost? How many hours per week?[/quote]

I'm not sure of the total. RSM is two hours a week plus maybe half hr of homework.  Tutoring is an hour a week plus another hour of homework. So maybe 4 hrs? conservatively. Total cost of both is maybe 2,600 - 2,800.[/quote]

Wow. That is a lot of time (class + driving back and forth) and money for one child to learn a subject he should be learning at school. Very few people can afford $2800/year for one child to learn one subject. [/quote]

He IS learning it at school, and he's in a good school, too.  The thing is that elementary school math in the U.S. is EXTREMELY slow and easy.  It's not difficult for an average bright child (like my DS) to work a year or two ahead. We supplement math because we are not satisfied with how much math he's getting at school, that's all. My point is that even advanced math that you get at AAP is very easy for an average bright child, and is not at all for "gifted" children.  If my child was actually gifted, none of that would be enough.  He did get into AAP but I know that whatever advanced math he'd get there would be squarely within this limits for no other reason but enrichment he received prior to that. Not giftedness.  It's not about being gifted, just average bright. [/quote]

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