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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]

This is bad info 
 AP Trig doesn't exist. AP Precalc is new next year, and it's for low-level students not advanced students who take honors Precalculus.
A student in the hyper advanced track at a non magnet school can take: for example:

9: Precalc
10: AP Calc BC
11: AP Stats
12: Multivariable calculus in school or dual enrollment at Montgomery College.

Even if they have to pad with a filler class at a bad school that won't offer a 4th advanced math class, they can coast through that filler class in *lhigh school so they can work more in classes that are tougher for them. These kids are smart enough to hate Maryland for its stupid laws and hate MCPS for not offering good classes, not hate math that they've enjoyed their whole life. [/quote]

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