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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]

Khan academy, AoPS forums, alcumus, books from the library, and tons of other free online resources or apps.  Kids could also ask their advanced math teacher for resources and extensions.  Kids in middle school could join the math team and practice for mathcounts or AMC8, learning a lot of math along the way.

Kids who fail to qualify for Algebra in 7th and then likewise fail to pursue any extracurricular math aren't deliberately slowing down their math instruction because they love math and want to develop a deeper understanding.  It's really because they like math okay but don't particularly love it and are bright but not notably so in math.

I'm not saying that math should be the end all and be all..... but, a kid should show something.  The kid who isn't advanced in math and isn't doing any extra math might be heavily invested in science olympiad or robotics team.  Maybe that kid has achieved something in one of those arenas.  Kids who haven't really achieved anything, aren't particularly advanced, and aren't heavily invested in some sort of STEM activity, and really just have a good GPA don't belong at TJ over the kids who are STEM rockstars.  [/quote]

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