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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mom and teacher here: best advice I was ever given was to not push my kids too far ahead in math. Here’s the problem: they have to take 4 years of math in high school regardless of which classes they’re in. This means that kids who soared ahead in middle school end up taking awful classes like AP trig in high school. And they end up hating math. Let your smart kid coast a little. Especially because some of these kids struggle in some or the writing heavy classes. [/quote]

You don't realize you're talking to parents who have older kids who thrived in advanced math classes and are here because they also have younger kids, and/or parents who are mathematicians or use a lot of math in their careers, Mrs Mom and Teacher. These nomikers don't do anything to make you more credible. Do you not understand that some kids are BORED STIFF in "regular" math classes? My child who took Algebra 1 in 6th grade said it was the only class where she learned a little bit of new stuff that year. She hated school because it was so dull. She can't wait to get on to more challenging material, and I have no doubt she's ready for it, with a mathematician parent.

Really, your comment just irritates me to no end. Your narrow little mind thinks every student is cut from the same cloth. It's supremently disappointing you bring that mindset to the classroom. [/quote]

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