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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am confused by the functions class.  If magnet precalc is an average of 45 minutes of class and 60 minutes of HW for 270 school days, that’s 472.5 hours of math.  Then if functions is 45 minutes of class and 4 hours of HW for 180 days that’s 855 hours.  Why so much more time?  Is there additional content?  Or are 14 year olds just really inefficient at HW? Or are people exaggerating?[/quote]

For starters, Functions is compacted Precalculus. It covers everything Precalculus covers (supposedly) but in two semesters instead of three semesters. The magnet precalculus class supposedly is compacted Hon. Algebra 2 and Precalculus. So Functions covers two years of honors math in one year.

DC took functions, so I don't know how much time precalculus takes for homework but functions involves a lot of proofs and is a very hard class. It probably does average 15-20 hours of homework per week to get an A for most kids. It's designed to weed out students who aren't very serious about math.  Yes, 14-year-olds are inefficient at homework, especially since most have never before had to do proofs like that.

According to DC, more than half of the magnet kids are more interested in biology and chemistry than in math, physics, or computer science. Unless your child is in the latter group there is no reason to put them through the functions class.

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Would regular magnet precalc cover the same material like proofs in more time?[/quote]

The magnet teachers say it does. Since DC took functions, I don't know. [/quote]

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