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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

About 75% of FCPS students will take Algebra 1 by the end of MS. 8th graders can chose between Algebra 1 or Honors, 7th graders all take H. I was a kid who took three years of regular math in HS and then stopped, I have learning issues which made math really challenging for me. I took stats in college and worked hard for my C. I was an A student in most of my classes, math was the exception, and my learning issues explain that.

My kid is naturally inclined to math; he loves it and is one of the white kids in his Mathcounts club at MS. I am happy for him that math is intuitive and impressed with his willingness to work hard at the subject to do well in math competitions, which translates to doing well in his math class at school. His accomplishments are no different than kids who make the all-star team in their sport, which we have no problem celebrating, or the kid who wins debate tournaments. But if I post that he scored in the 95th percentile on AMC 10 as a 7th grader, people point a finger that we are tiger parents and bragging about his math ability. They can post about their kid scoring 2 goals in soccer or a touchdown in football or hitting homeruns in softball or baseball and everyone praises that. So I don't post it, I also don't post when he scores in soccer or has a great game. [/quote]

But the big difference is your kid- and most others are given extra acceleration opportunities and extra clubs to further promote their math skills.  But kids aren’t given opportunities to accelerate in English.  Schools aren’t offering 9/10 honors English to middle schoolers- or prompting literature clubs or any of the national essay competitions open to this age group.  [/quote]

Kids are given the chance to accelerate in English through AAP and then Honors/AAP classes. My kid is in Geometry as an 8th grader; he could have accelerated further by taking Geometry this summer but choose camps and fun activities over math class. He followed the advanced math/AAP path that FCPS has. Twenty percent of the kids in the County are in AAP and another group is in the Advanced Math only track. The same acceleration for LA exists in AAP. I believe that there are DE LA classes in HS as well as the AP offerings. How would you suggest that a kid be accelerated in LA?

Your kid start a club for creative writing or a book club to discuss more advanced books after school. The HS that DS is supposed to attend does not have math clubs, outside of the honor society. Other HS in FCPS have 2-3 dedicated math clubs. If DS wants to continue with team math competitions in HS, and he does not get accepted at TJ, he will have to start a club at his HS. I am sure that there are LA clubs/groups that your kid can search for and start at school.

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“Honors” English isn’t the same.  Unless your kid is receiving high school credits for these honors English classes.  Your kid in geometry in 8th will have already received 2 yrs of high school credit for math before they even enter 9th grade.  That same is not true for these BS honors English classes.  Come back when kids can receive credit for 9th and 10 the grade English in middle school and have the ability to start high school in honors 11 English or AP English [/quote]

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