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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, what is your issue?  Why so triggered that others talk about their kids?  Sheeesh - if you don't like the conversation, what is stopping you from finding other people to talk with?  Why so offended that someone else enjoys and even excels in a subject different than your kid's favorite?

And for the record, it isn't either or - plenty of math kids are creative, great at writing/editing, voracious readers, artsy, musical, sporty, charismatic, etc.  And some people don't care for any of these things.

what's up with all the closed-minded stereotypes on this thread? 
What a strange thread.[/quote]

While I don’t agree with all the comments in this thread, OP does have a point in the general sentiment of ELA skills not being nurtured and valued in the same way math is.  It’s exceedingly rare for a middle school to offer anything beyond grade level “honors” ELA. Which, let’s be frank, is still pretty dumbed down. Yet, nearly all middle schools offer 9th grade math (Alg I), and many others offering geometry as well.  There are even middle schools that will facilitate kids taking Alg II and precalc through various ways if they need it.  But the kids that want ELA enrichment are left to source it on their own.  [/quote]

This may be a case of "the grass is greener on the other side of the fence." I do not think math kids are that highly valued at all. I recall one of my kid's friends doing extremely well at a difficult and prestigious national math competition. Not a single announcement was made at the school. Nothing in the school newspaper, no celebration at all. I felt truly bad for the kid because you know all the sports victories were celebrated at the school. As for gifted education, public schools may give kids the chance to move ahead in math classes, but they are still mostly mediocre classes that are nothing like what kids in foreign countries get. The kids who are great at math usually have to learn this stuff on their own unless their parents can afford Russian math or some other supplemental program. Just like the kids who are brilliant at ELA are reading their own novels, working on their own writing on their own time. [/quote]

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