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Kid 2 is dead average in FCPS and will get eaten alive in TJ Math. And doesn’t need a magnet, because he’ll finish two year below the top offerings at any base high school.  Whereas Kid 1 will actually take the advanced math classes at TJ. [/quote]

This seems a bit simple-minded. It's not a race to get to calculus first. It's about developing a deep love and understanding of the underlying concepts.[/quote]

Of course it isn't.  Most kids who love math will push themselves and end up on a higher math track.  [b]Many of the super accelerated kids have also learned probability and some discrete math that isn't typically taught in schools, and their depth of understanding of Algebra and Geometry would put their middle school teachers to shame.[/b]  Really, the bar is so low for 7th grade Algebra that any kid who has any degree of a deep love for math and any aptitude toward developing a strong understanding of the underlying concepts will easily place into 7th grade Algebra.

I've worked with a lot of AAP 6th graders.  From my experiences, kids who took Algebra in 6th were all quite talented in math.  Kids who took it in 7th were a mixture of talented kids who love math and parentally pushed kids.  I can't think of a single kid who failed to qualify for Algebra in 7th who loved math and had high aptitude in math.  [/quote]

Where do these little kids learn this?

Remember that not every parent has discretionary income to pay for AOPS or the time (or the car) to take their child to extra classes and clubs. Many parents don’t even know what probability and discreet math are. Many parents just assume their smart kids are being challenged by the school’s curriculum,  and being placed in accelerated math is the most accelerated a kid can be. [/quote]

Ignorance is not a defense. Kids with “innate ability” and passion for math go online and find resources on their own and books are not that expensive and they read and learn on their own as well. [/quote]

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