Reply to I'm not from this country. Would you please explain to me WHY taking Algn 7th grade seems to be the

Forum Index » Advanced Academic Programs (AAP)

Reply to "I'm not from this country. Would you please explain to me WHY taking Algn 7th grade seems to be the"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
No one reasonable is arguing that a "slow and watered down" math track is equivalent to a solid foundation for eventual advanced study.

What I think most reasonable people believe is:

1) There exists some number of kids who are genuinely extremely talented in math and who should be accelerated at a higher pace than even traditional "advanced" tracks

2) Those kids in 1) have historically received advantages in prestigious admissions processes and therefore there is an epidemic of parents who are desperate to make their child look like the kids in 1). In so doing, they are incentivizing their child to learn tricks and shortcuts instead of actually comprehending the mathematical concepts on a deep level - which eventually is going to bite them in the butt. You can only do that for so long before the house of cards falls on itself (which happens at TJ more often that folks realize).[/quote]

Sure, but a lot of people seem to think that the solution for 2) is removing acceleration for everyone, including the kids in 1).  I feel like the best solution in general is to make all of the math classes more rigorous and include more problems that can't be solved with rote application of an algorithm.  The kids in 2) who are struggling in Algebra II or pre-calc because they never really grasped Algebra shouldn't be getting high grades in Algebra.  Also, allowing kids to jump forward by taking summer Geometry is completely ridiculous.  I wouldn't be surprised if the summer geometry kids struggle later because they effectively skipped geometry.    [/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