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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My function DS is spending less than 20 mins per night on his function homework. So far so good[/quote]

Haha. Nice try.[/quote]

How long does/did it take for your kid? My DS was state mathcounts top 10 and Jmo qualifier last year. Still said he can learn new things in function class, which is like the first-ever experience in math class since K. His friends and math teammates said about the same experience. They are enjoying it so far.[/quote]

You're exaggerating or your child is lying to you. The homework packets are anywhere from 15-20 multipart problems to around 40 shorter problems, and involve heavy computation. Even if your child was racing through it there's no way to do it in less than 20 minutes.
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For kids in the math team, they learnt to manage time and work efficiently and skillfully through numerous competitions, and one question in half minute is nothing for them. They also got used to the concept and strategy of proofing quite early because higher-level math competition (and rigorous college math) require this skill (e.g., ARML, JMO and above). Go watch some mathcounts national level competition on youtube. You'll see how good they can be. Happy living in your well Mr. Frog. [/quote]

You are so full of it. I have a math degree and my child does participate in math competitions. It is not a matter of understanding how to solve the problem or if your child is a human calculator. You cannot physically copy down the problems that fast.[/quote]

ha, both of us have phds in hard core STEM majors, participated national level math competitions when we were young, and felt our DC's speed and the problem difficulties are completely in normal range compared to us and our college classmates at his age. However, as the first generation immigrants, we see how poor the public K-12 math education is (benchmark is already better than curriculum 2.0 but still pretty dumb and full of mistakes and the society doesn't value math foundations at all), so we supplemented at home from the early ages by providing him rigorous textbooks and other materials. That translates into the fact that taking function is a completely different experience for some kids. [/quote]

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