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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No this isn’t a matter of struggling. This is a matter of executive function, time management, and studying habits. They won’t be any better dropping to easier courses. There is still homework, tests, etc..

[b]They really need to stop making middle school so easy. Failing our kids in high school.[/b] [/quote]

I agree with you. I suspect this is a common problem. At my daughter's public middle school, the math WAY too easy at the level of prealgebra and algebra 1. And there was hardly any homework assigned. Even the math oriented kids can breeze through with high A's without ever consolidating the material. I recognized this was going on, even as my kid was getting A+'s in math without much effort, and I was able to intervene with summer work so that my DD was actually prepared for Algebra 2 and precalc. [/quote]

Even with an “easy” middle school experience, there are plenty of kids out there who are naturally self-motivated and self-organized enough to keep up with honors Algebra 2 - without parental reminders or pressure, without summer work, and without a tutor. They’re just ready for the class and they meet it head on.

One of my kids is like this. One is not. The one who is like this has excelled on the accelerated + honors track. The other is probably capable of doing the work on that track, but is not yet mature or motivated enough to do so. Which is fine, and they’re progressing well (learning the math and improving the executive functioning skills) on an accelerated but not honors track (what OP is considering.)

We don’t see math as a race. Nor do we see any reason to push them. And we certainly don’t believe in filling their time with summer work or tutors. They set the right pace for them, and both are progressing well. No reason to overthink this one.  [/quote]

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