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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^To PP, my 7th grader taking Algebra ll/Geometry will likely take some form of Pre-Calculus in 8th grade.  (We don’t know which yet; depends on an upcoming exams among other factors.)

But this sequence is not typical.
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Are you the OP? Can you please confirm that your school is actually combining Algebra II and *Geometry*, not Trig? This is baffling to me and I’m 99% certain you are just making a mistake in what you type, and it’s very hard to take seriously. It is unheard of for a school to combine those two. [/quote]

It's certainly impossible to teach both those classes together and do it well, so if that's the class that OP's child is indeed taking, it proves that acceleration often comes at the expense of actually learning.[/quote]

Actually it’s not unheard of and definitely not impossible to do.  I’m fact I would argue a standard 1 1/2 - 2yr combined Alg2 and Geometry class would actually be better because the students wouldn’t go an entire year without having Algebra.  Many an engineer agrees.[/quote]

It would make sense to combine them and teach them over two years or some schools I've heard do Algebra 1 and 2 and then geometry, which also makes sense.  It is hard to do the algebra-geometry-algebra sequence without review.[/quote]
Honestly, it’s best to take geometry over the summer after 8th or 9th grade.  It is an excellent and manageable standalone math class. And many kids who find algebra tedious do well in geometry because of their leaning towards spatial relations or visual learning. [/quote]

My kid did it over the summer at a private and it was terrible and really hard.  It's too condensed to do in 6 weeks, even if it's daily for a few hours a day.  You are better off starting Algebra in 6th or 7th.[/quote]

Why are those the choices? What's wrong with algebra I in 8th grade and calculus in 12th grade?[/quote]

Nothing is wrong with it but it's a much slower track than in public.  That is the point.  It makes no sense to say private goes deeper when each class lasts a school year.  For kids that aren't math majors, it's a reasonable track.  For kids who are, its not going to get them very competitive.[/quote]

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