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[quote=Anonymous]Parent of kids who did Beast Academy, AOPS, and are currently in Russian Math. AOPS was started by a Princetonian who is a math geek. It does do a good job of teaching math, but tends to go off on more theoretical and abstract conceptual math that is not useful for 99% of students. The tangents require time to absorb — which is fine if you have the time. My kids are in pressure cooker schools with hours of homework each night. They did not appreciate the tangential excursions. I’m decent at math. Two Ivy degrees under my belt. Math 780 GRE/790 SAT. I was occasionally stumped by Beast Math (for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders), taking hours to solve a particular puzzle or problem. My eldest got very frustrated with AOPS but stuck with it. My younger two made it through 5th grade Beast Math with a lot of help from me and their dad. They refused to touch AOPS. By then older brother had switched to RSM. RsM is conceptual, but keeps the math practical and useful. [/quote]
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