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[quote=Anonymous]I have a very bright, math smart kid applying to TJ this year from Carson. He's in AAP and 8th grade geometry honors, and I did not sign off on further acceleration, even though he was "ready" for it.  Math needs a strong, solid foundation. Zipping through core concepts to get kids into Algebra faster is a terrible idea.  So is the phenomenon at Carson of taking online summer school geometry to get to Algebra II in 8th. The fact is that 95% of the parents pushing this at Carson (especially the summer school option) are trying to boost TJ credentials.  And then 1/3 of TJ students end up needing math remediation (which should make you shudder about the state of the kids who miss the TJ cut). Instead of saying your kid needs to go an inch deep and a mile wide, encourage them to dig deep and really explore and understand the concepts they have.  We did CTY a math reasoning class instead of summer school geometry, and the summer before that a cryptography class.  And right now, DC is reading Martin Gardener logic problem books for fun.   You can give your child an enriching, challenging math experience without skipping steps, which just hurts them in the long run.   Unless your primary goal is to be able to brag to the other parents that your child has to schlep to the MS for math or is spending the summer staring at a computer for hours a day cramming geometry concepts. In which case, carry on. [/quote]

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