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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is utterly exhausting.

So, the expectation now is I need to privately enroll my child in a class BEFORE they take the class to be successful in the class?

I was pretty against Alg. 1 in 7th grade with my 6th grader, but this whole approach is so frustrating. It all mimics my kid's experience in AAP -- the teachers expect these kids to have learned whatever concepts that were being taught for the first time "before" so class is actually just a quick review and assessment. and if they haven't, it's up to the student (i.e. their parents) to fill in the gaps.[/quote]
Yes, you're frustrated and so are many of us. But that is the reality of our current educational system. Teachers are barely allowed to teach. When textbooks disappear from the classroom you know there's a problem. Luckily, there is an easy solution, which is to take matters into your own hands and be the primary teacher of your child. This might mean enrolling them in an AoPS class so that they can learn the material logically, or if unaffordable, at a minimum buy the book and go through it with your kid. Do this for a little while and they will be fine with the math in the classroom.

Until your child learns how to learn efficiently and logically with a book by themselves (hopefully by high school), you have to take their education into your own hands. School teaches them almost nothing these days.[/quote]

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