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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The key is not to push your kid in any way when they are that young.  If that's going to be their path, let them accomplish those things because they have a passion for it at a very young age not because they were pushed.  My DS, in public schools, exceled in math took Algebra 1 in 5th grade and in middle school took Trig by eighth grade. No extra push by his parents to advance like that but he just loved it. He also had a love for basketball and played traveling ball starting in 5th grade. He is currently a freshman Engineering major at a top engineering school.
Point is to let you kid be who they are going to because it's their passion not because a parent pushed them at such a young age.  
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What public school system offers algebra in 5th grade as an advertised option for students?  The kids I've seen who have taken it in 6th grade have had to have parents who showed extra testing that demonstrated they could take algebra in 6th grade, or have had off the charts standardized tests due to exposure to higher level math outside of school. (i.e. they are not getting to Algebra in 5th without a parent having pushed them at a young age).[/quote]

Sorry this blows your mind but my kid's school. Wasn't advertised. We didn't push a lick.  Also, he was going to our high school while in middle school for the higher math.  We didn't push him.  He has a passion for it.  Also, played traveling basketball in middle school and varsity basketball all 4 years of high school.   Sorry, but this is a true story.  He's still happy at a Top 4 Engineering School and doing well.[/quote]

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