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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are the most challenging classes in the first two years? Any advice for a freshman to help them manage this? Should you buy textbooks for the classes where the teachers don't teach?[/quote]
Challenging classes for DC are math and comp. sci.  The rest are just 1 year science classes simply compressed into 1 semester per science subject.  Not a challenge for kids with stamina and focus.  If that is challenging, then taking notes in class is a good habit to cultivate.  DC doesn't complain that teachers don't teach. But if that becomes a problem, have the kid should go straight to the source:  ask the teacher how best to prepare for tests.  And, if that doesn't produce positive results, email the teacher yourself and ask how you can best support your child at home.  S/he would hopefully recommend strategies.  [/quote]

We have gotten a fair amount of negative feedback about the Precalculus teacher in 9th.  We found a tutor that my DS meets with once every week or two and now he has an A, so I don't think it's that the material is too difficult but that the teaching isn't fantastic. Every other class has been great including non-magnet classes.[/quote]

Surprised to hear this. DC and their friends think she's very good.[/quote]

My DC says everyone in their class has problems with her. Most struggle to understand her teaching. Are you sure you aren’t confused? Lots of complaints. This year and last.[/quote]

Is this the one that does reverse teaching? There was a long post about it last year. I think they may have videos of the material for the kids to watch and uses class time for kids to work on problems and answer individual questions,[/quote]

So she basically does little instruction or teaching. She tells students to watch a video on the materials or pre-read, then work together on some problems during class while she sits there. “Flip the class.”

I remember Maret talking about that during a tour of their upper school. Sounded lazy there and then, as it does here.[/quote]

Personally, I'd prefer that format. Would allow me to play the videos at 2X and replay any parts that were harder. Also leaves more time for problem sets which is where the real learning happens. [/quote]

Oh, I should add the one thing that is better than videos is a decent textbook. It allows the reader to consume the material at their own pace and at least in my experience was more efficient than video courses.[/quote]

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