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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am pro having [i]a[/i] track that doesn't assume all kids need to take advanced math. The push for earlier and earlier Algebra I and every kid taking Algebra II is silly. I work in computing and don't use Algebra II in my every day life (though I took advanced math in college and could still use it if I needed to).

That said, taking away the chance for kids who are interested to take advanced math is ridiculous. One of my kids adores math and wants to be an aerospace engineer. Should she lose that chance?[/quote]

They will assume you take calc in college.  That’s how it was at my rural southern school, and many grads went on to engineering.

It’s a waste and college will suck for your DD but not impossible [/quote]

I went to a rural southern school and got accepted in to a highly ranked college. I was completely unprepared for college level math and had to take a remedial math course even though I did very well in math on the SAT.   My hs had no ap or honors classes. Most students didn't go to college. I had been in advanced math classes in another school system through middle school. We moved and I missed important math classes in hs and was hobbled. It's a bad idea not to have options for more challenging math.

I agree that the kids with wealthier parents are better prepared for advanced classes. Every middle class family uses tutors. A lot of us started in elementary just because we didn't think the school was doing enough with math and science. At my dc's hs, the best teachers teach the ap classes. The kids who take the lowest level math, history, science classes get screwed doubly because they, this is true at every hs in my city, get the lousy teachers. A kid who struggles in math is going to get the least capable teacher. In several of the subject areas, there was no option between an ap class and a remedial class. Either you were in over your head or you were in a class where the teacher was braiding a students hair and talking about make up and marriage every day.[/quote]

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