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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The big issue is that math is limited this year to 2 choices: either math 4 or math 4/5.  This is unacceptable.  Some of these kids are ready and able to do so much more but their math options are artificially limited.  It is about 2.0 dumbing down HHS curriculum.[/quote]

I attended a meeting with MCPS high school teachers who discussed the fact that many of their students were not ready for the highest level math and had missed developing a strong number sense. They all agreed on what they were seeing in the classroom. I'm not disagreeing that some kids are math prodigies but it's a small percentage. If your kid is in 4/5 math this year, they'll take Algebra I in 7th grade. That hardly seems remedial. Are you a mathematician? Just wondering why everybody is in such a hurry for Differential Equations in high school. If your child needs college level math in HS, they can be bussed to MC.[/quote]

I'm the pp you quoted and, yes, my child is a math kid (prodigy, who knows or cares for our purposes here).  My issue isn't about being in a hurry to get to Diff Equations in HS, my issue is that my kid is LOSING interest in math.  She used to love it and look forward to doing math and thinking about math and talking about it.  Now, she says it is boring and she doesn't even like doing the homework she has.  She's right, it is boring and repetitive to her.  My issue is that she, and other kids like her, could very well turn off to an important subject that they happen to be very good at.

If you can't get advanced math at the HGC, where can you get it?  Maybe the real question is: why does MCPS insist on keeping the (maybe very small) highest-achieving/highest-ability math kids down?  Why not let them thrive at their level?[/quote]

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