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[quote=Anonymous]DC was at Frost  - 7th grader in Algebra 1 AAP. His teacher strongly discouraged geometry over the summer saying it was like a month or two of regular school for each week in the summer. You have to be fully devoted to math for the summer (limited family trips, no other camps, no swim team, etc). We decided against it.

My question was always -- what is the point?  I'm not asking this sarcastically. What is the high school track for a student that is three years advanced?  I never get a clear response.  This student is presumably in Calc BC by sophomore year of HS.  Then what? Are they taking college math classes the last two years? Again, presumably this is a student that wants to keep math as a focus in their academic life into college. If they are that interested in math, is there concern with them being away from Calc for 2 years when they go to college.

We're a family that places a value on academics, but this just seems to be a race forward for the sake of being ahead. [/quote]

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