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[quote=Anonymous]I think it's time for a DCUM beatdown now.  Your whole premise seems to be that the magnet math at Blair is so great that your kid will run out of undergraduate math courses, particularly if he goes to a liberal arts college.  Furthermore,  you claim that some of his math is in some way equivalent to a "Statistics" course you took in the UPenn grad econ program.  Both of these point are laughably absurd.
For the easy part, a quick look at UPenn's website will confirm the obvious point that "Statistics" classes are not taught in Economics programs, but are instead called Econometrics.

Let me tell you about myself.  I went to a non-magnet public high school.  When I ran out of math classes to take, I went to the local state flagship university for math courses.  I went to one of the "elite"  LACs cited earlier by the math prof.  Mathematics was one of my majors.  As mentioned earlier, I earned a PhD in Economics with a minor in Econometrics, so I know of what I speak.  There is no way in hell that advanced math at Blair is equivalent to a graduate level Econometrics class, much less a graduate level Statistics class.  There is no way in hell that a regular math class at Blair is equivalent to the Advanced Statistics class at my LAC.

I want to make the following very clear:  at no time have I insulted or otherwise demeaned Blair or any other magnet school or student.  Congratulations to your DC and I wish him/her luck in the future.  He/she will need given your delusion and obnoxiousness as a parent.[/quote]

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