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Why did you take Math 3 this year after already taking Precalculus last summer?

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I thought my child wouldn't be able to handle geometry over the summer, so I didn't sign him up. But he quickly learned geometry over the school year during 8th grade, and learned algebra 2 in the second semester of 8th grade year.

I'm not sure why I didn't sign him up for summer algebra 2 but I didn't, and instead enrolled him in AOPS precalculus during the summer after 8th grade.[/quote]
AoPS precalculus is not  as rigorous as TJ math 4 & 5. Without TJ math 4&5 or tj calc ab, taking on Tj calc bc may be challenging [/quote]
On what basis do you make this claim? I have worked through a large number of problems from the AoPS precalculus book. Many are very difficult, drawing from AIME and other past contests. A select few are from USAMO and/or other olympiads.[/quote]

AoPS has hard problems, but they focus on pure math puzzle problems, not engineering applications. You miss a lot if you only do AoPS. [/quote]
A word problem by definition is an application of mathematical concepts. As long as it highlights the how the math is used, it doesn't matter whether it's about engineering, horses, or flying sheep. I will also dispute your claim about missing a lot. It's far more likely that the opposite is true, where there are many ideas found in AoPS which are not taught in the school classes.[/quote]

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