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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent of elementary school kids here. Can someone tell me why this matters at all if your kid doesn’t end up studying Math in college? Is starting algebra in grade 6 vs grade 7 or 8, or taking multi variable calculus in high school that big of a big deal or is it more of a nice to have? Signed, a poli sci major that is now a lawyer who knows nothing. [/quote] Parent of an engineer with a high school kid here... It doesn't matter. At all. Somehwere in the last 10 years or so algebra 1 because the normal college prep class for 8th graders. When that happened, the type A parents had to find some way to make it clear their kid was better than those "other kids" hence Algebra 1 in 7th became the normal advanced track. Which means the "really smart" kids had to do algebra 1 in 6th. Algebra 1 in 8th will get your kid to calculus in high school, which is fine for anything excpet for maybe math at MIT or Cal Tech[/quote]
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