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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Could have stopped with "We have decided against it". But oh no, why lose the opportunity to putdown other kids who may be advancing more that yours and imply their parents could be self serving.  Address your self induced parental insecurity, with "We're a family that places a value on academics, ...".

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My point was more that we're not laissez faire about education as was a criticism made of parents earlier in the chain if you didn't push this option (the you clearly don't care about your kids education type comments).  You've criticized my post, but your comments seems more like projection. I still don't have a firm answer of what this means for a student in junior and senior year of HS. What math classes are they taking in those years?  Are they available at all schools or just a handful? What are the options beyond AP stats if they are taking Calc BC by sophomore year?  Are they taking classes at NoVa? Is it smart to be away from calc for a year or two? Are colleges just going to have them take some of these AP math classes again? Honestly asking. I have asked before on this forum to better understand, and the answer I get is -- there are options.[/quote]

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