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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are quickly finding out that many parents who enrich their children do so NOT because their child is a stand-out in math.  Rather by the simple act of enriching they make their kid stand out relative to other children who do not enrich.

[b]Math is peculiar, especially when you get to Alg.2, trig, pre-calc, Calc BC, that NO matter how bright the child, that child will not KNOW the math until it is taught to them. If it is taught earlier than the normal sequence, then presto, your child is somehow "gifted' in math.[/b]

[b]Any child with a normal intellect working OUTSIDE of school for 2-3 hours per week will  have zero problems with Algebra I.  Zero.  [/b]It is all about the effort you want to make as a parent.  Some prioritize it; others do not.

You probably already know this, but unless your kid is hooked, eg, first-generation, low-income, staying in the accelerated track is necessary for top 20 colleges, and really top 50.

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Ha ha.  You don't know what you're talking about.

We see plenty of attempts by non-gifted children to take enrichment classes who fail.  Your "normal intellect" child will not be successful, for instance, in AoPS Algebra in 4th or 5th grade the way my gifted child was.  We know this because some parents try and end up with children who
- drop out of AoPS/RSM (and go to remedial shops like Kumon/Mathnasium)
- even if they don't drop out, do not do well in those classes
- even if they manage to finish can master, at best, the braindead school Algebra courses but would fail immediately at actual problem solving

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No one is going from "AoPS Algebra in 5th grade"  to "remedial".

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