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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son qualified to take Algebra in 7th but I heard the teacher was not that great and there wasn't a physical textbook but random pages online that they did. So I had my son do Honors 7 math plus AOPS Algebra after school. Honors 7 math was so easy he never really had homework so he had plenty of time to do AOPS instead.

So when he took Algebra in 8th it was a review and left him with really solid algebra skills. He took the next level algebra class in the evenings.[b] He then took geometry in between 8th and 9th.[/b] So when he was in 9th and doing Honors Algebra 2 he had already been exposed to it the year before. He noticed some of his classmates who did Algebra in 7th really struggled in algebra 2 because they were shaky in some algebra topics. [/quote]

This makes me sad. You had a great time with AoPS Algebra, and you noticed that school Algebra was insufficient for others. So why settle for the inferior summer version of school Geometry? I recommend doing something like AoPS Geometry to enhance that.

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It kind of makes me laugh because their kid did SOOOO much outside tutoring to ensure math was easy.  The kids in Alg. 2  who took alg in 7 may have to do a little bit of tutoring and find it hard, but the time they put into math overall is probably less AND they learn how to do something difficult.  I see both as decent lessons about growing up.[/quote]

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