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[quote=Anonymous]If he is happy and really gets the content it is fine.

Our DD is a junior but will have completed Linear Algebra and Differential Equations by graduation.  She may or may not end up as a math major.  Instead, she’s using this opportunity to figure out if she truly loves math.  If she discovers she doesn’t want to be a math major that is 100% a fine outcome.  If she ends up retaking each of those math classes to double down on her base when she goes to college, that is also fine.  If she skips directly to 300 level math classes, that is fine too.

She isn’t in advanced math for some ivy or status dream.  She’s in advanced math for her own reasons.

OP, here is my real advice to you.  Your kid is your kid.  I think you know the nuanced context around your kid much better than anyone else, so trust yourself.  If he decides he doesn’t love math in the process this may have offered a unique learning opportunity to figure that out.  Kids can have more than one interest and be good at more than one thing.  We should all encourage our kids to lean in hard to discover if they truly want to devote their lives to a specific field.  But as parents and a society we should also be ok if the answer is no.[/quote]

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