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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m tired of listening to all these parents talk about their math wiz kids and how they need their kid to be accelerated 3 grades. Good for them - they also can’t string a coherent sentence together without the help of AI and my kid happens to be very creative and artsy (looooves to write).  FWIW I was a B student in math and took 1 math lite class in college so don’t see the need for all this crazy focus on math if it’s not your thing. I found a job and have a career that pays well. Can’t we focus on other things besides math and not punish kids for not being mathaletes ( mine happens to have an IEP for math) which is what this feels like. He could spend all his time on math and still not get more than a C. [b]What happened to being well rounded?[/quote][/b]
Plenty of kids who are good at math are also excellent at writing, creative and athletic. [/quote]

A very few, not plenty.   Our school has a math club with about 30 kids in it, all but two are Asian.   None do school athletics.  I have no idea about creativity but if your kid goes straight to Russian Math after school alternating with math club and chess club there’s just no time.   [/quote]

Really? Mine is in Mathcounts, RSM, rec soccer, and Scouts. He spends more time with soccer in a week and Scouts over the course if the month. He loves math competitions and backpacking. And yes, he does just fine in his other classes. He is not the strongest writer but we are working on that.[/quote]

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