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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid will take AP Lang, AP Lit, AP Seminar, and AP research.   They also will have AP Government, AP European history, and AP USH.  I’m not seeing a problem with doing multivariable also.  [/quote]

[b]PP who wants to set up math tracks[/b] seems to think that kids who are perfectly capable of doing matrix multiplication (and mind you, matrix math underlies both modern communications and large language models aka AI) in high school should be stuck doing algebra based physics extensions because...reasons. PP has yet to answer the question "why limit acceleration."[/quote]

Because the increasing levels of acceleration are creating a toxic environment that doesn't provide a significant benefit for the vast majority of kids.

It's a race to nowhere. There is very little value in accelerating beyond a year (or two on a limited basis). 
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How does placing kids in classes that meet their academic needs create a toxic environment? Are there parents who seem to think that if their kid isn't in the top group that their kid is being slighted? Sure, but I suspect those parents exist regardless of what the tracking looks like at school. Are there kids who see it as failing because they are not in the top group? Sure, but again, I think that has always existed.

My kid has been bored in math since he started ES. Algebra 1 in 7th grade has not been boring but has not been challenging either. I think the additional work in class and the increased pace made the class more interesting, but the class has not pushed him. I doubt Geometry is going to challenge him next year. I am not sure when math in school is going to push him. Right now, he finds himself challenged in his math competition program and he keeps asking to do that, so we will keep that going.

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DC has been in exact same situation as yours, so counselor approved them for summer Geometry, and now enrolled in 8th grade Algebra 2, also approved by counselor.  It would have been ideal if DC was approved for Algebra 1 in 6th, and that would have avoided the need for summer geometry. But, oh well![/quote]

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