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Anonymous wrote:I'm the PP with the kid who was skipped ahead 2 years in FCPS. I can't imagine seeking a community college or regular college class for an ES aged kid to take high school math. The mismatch between the kid's ability and the CC class would be huge. On one hand, the class would mostly be remedial learners and wouldn't be rigorous enough for a highly gifted child. On the other, there's no way my kid at age 10 would have had the maturity or executive function to sit in a class aimed at adults.

If your kid is way beyond the offerings at public school, do AoPS. Or do RSM. They know how to handle highly gifted children in age appropriate ways. My kid did Algebra I in 4th at AoPS academy, and it was fine. He had to wait until 5th to take it in public school, but that was also fine, if a bit boring.

Her kid is isn’t in class with others. He’s (or she’s) a 4th grader who is supposedly doing an asynchronous (and unnamed) class at an unnamed college, completely online with mom’s help and a tutor’s help (both 1:1), with no deadlines, open book and tests that aren’t proctored, and can take even 2 years to finish the class if need be. She can’t tell anyone the name of the school or class because she fears that people are stalking or have personality disorders. She can tell you it’s not NOVA, as her son turned that rejected that school.

Anonymous wrote:I'm the PP with the kid who was skipped ahead 2 years in FCPS. I can't imagine seeking a community college or regular college class for an ES aged kid to take high school math. The mismatch between the kid's ability and the CC class would be huge. On one hand, the class would mostly be remedial learners and wouldn't be rigorous enough for a highly gifted child. On the other, there's no way my kid at age 10 would have had the maturity or executive function to sit in a class aimed at adults.

If your kid is way beyond the offerings at public school, do AoPS. Or do RSM. They know how to handle highly gifted children in age appropriate ways. My kid did Algebra I in 4th at AoPS academy, and it was fine. He had to wait until 5th to take it in public school, but that was also fine, if a bit boring.

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Anonymous wrote:Taking Algebra early is not the problem that many PPs are making it out to be. Most of the kids skipped ahead like this have no problem anywhere with any of the math. If they do have a problem, they have plenty of time to retake classes, which is a luxury that most other kids don't have. If they take calculus in 9th, then it's not a big problem to do AP Stats in 10, DE multivariable calc and linear algebra in 11th, and then just take a real college class at GMU in 12th.

Why though? What's the point?

What's the point of letting your gifted reader tackle Shakespeare at a young age? What's the point of letting your gifted musician play highly advanced pieces at a young age? You could just as easily hold them back and wait until they're at a more normal age. It's all the same: The kid is ready, has the aptitude, wants to push forward, and has goals that will be easier to meet by pushing forward. There is zero point in having a kid sit in a class where he already knows all of the content and will learn absolutely nothing. There is a point in trying to have that kid be challenged so they don't lose their love of math. There is a point in facilitating your child's ability to perform well in math contests if your child has that ambition. There is a point in freeing up some space in high school to either take AP Stats without having to burn an elective slot or to take higher level math/physics classes for the sheer joy of it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Taking Algebra early is not the problem that many PPs are making it out to be. Most of the kids skipped ahead like this have no problem anywhere with any of the math. If they do have a problem, they have plenty of time to retake classes, which is a luxury that most other kids don't have. If they take calculus in 9th, then it's not a big problem to do AP Stats in 10, DE multivariable calc and linear algebra in 11th, and then just take a real college class at GMU in 12th.

Why though? What's the point?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm the PP with the kid who was skipped ahead 2 years in FCPS. I can't imagine seeking a community college or regular college class for an ES aged kid to take high school math. The mismatch between the kid's ability and the CC class would be huge. On one hand, the class would mostly be remedial learners and wouldn't be rigorous enough for a highly gifted child. On the other, there's no way my kid at age 10 would have had the maturity or executive function to sit in a class aimed at adults.

If your kid is way beyond the offerings at public school, do AoPS. Or do RSM. They know how to handle highly gifted children in age appropriate ways. My kid did Algebra I in 4th at AoPS academy, and it was fine. He had to wait until 5th to take it in public school, but that was also fine, if a bit boring.

Her kid is isn’t in class with others. He’s (or she’s) a 4th grader who is supposedly doing an asynchronous (and unnamed) class at an unnamed college, completely online with mom’s help and a tutor’s help (both 1:1), with no deadlines, open book and tests that aren’t proctored, and can take even 2 years to finish the class if need be. She can’t tell anyone the name of the school or class because she fears that people are stalking or have personality disorders. She can tell you it’s not NOVA, as her son turned that rejected that school.

Anonymous wrote:I'm the PP with the kid who was skipped ahead 2 years in FCPS. I can't imagine seeking a community college or regular college class for an ES aged kid to take high school math. The mismatch between the kid's ability and the CC class would be huge. On one hand, the class would mostly be remedial learners and wouldn't be rigorous enough for a highly gifted child. On the other, there's no way my kid at age 10 would have had the maturity or executive function to sit in a class aimed at adults.

If your kid is way beyond the offerings at public school, do AoPS. Or do RSM. They know how to handle highly gifted children in age appropriate ways. My kid did Algebra I in 4th at AoPS academy, and it was fine. He had to wait until 5th to take it in public school, but that was also fine, if a bit boring.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When asked for the college name and class you instead:

- post a link for a class for grades 6-8;

- post a second link for a class for grade 8+; and then

- post an insult, as previously mentioned, is your MO when cornered with something you don’t like.

There is no such college class. Colleges do not offer any for credit college classes that have no deadlines and no proctored exams. Please…stop with the nonsense.

Boy, you really are aren’t that bright! Seriously, you are so ignorant, but actually believe you are truly knowledgeable!

Take your time to read up about the CTY program at John Hopkins University, before you post again and embarrass yourself further.

There are two levels to qualify, for CTY level you need to test two grades above the current grade, for the advanced level the student needs to test 4 grades above. My son qualified for advanced in 3rd grade (proctored exam since you care that much about this detail). That’s not that special since there are probably thousands of kids passing that bar as well.

So all the 6-8 graders taking that Algebra class are actually capable of doing at least 8-10 typical grade work, usually even more advanced.

AP calculus is a typical 1st year college level class for STEM degrees. It is labeled 8+ grade because these kids are literally 4 grades ahead. They even have an award ceremony with a special category for kids that are 6 grades ahead by some nationally accepted test. At that point these distinctions are not that meaningful, but just to give you a rough idea on how accelerated some students are.

Trust me that these classes are more rigorous than remedial Elementary Algebra and Calculus at most community colleges. And not ti throw a shade at the cc, they just serve a different student demographic.

Also there are plenty of college classes that are open books, honors system exam, I’m guessing you didn’t go to college in US, otherwise you know this. I took many of them myself.

NP: I have a BS and 2 masters degrees from 3 different well regarded universities and have never heard of this. I think it is an anomaly vs the norm.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When asked for the college name and class you instead:

- post a link for a class for grades 6-8;

- post a second link for a class for grade 8+; and then

- post an insult, as previously mentioned, is your MO when cornered with something you don’t like.

There is no such college class. Colleges do not offer any for credit college classes that have no deadlines and no proctored exams. Please…stop with the nonsense.

Boy, you really are aren’t that bright! Seriously, you are so ignorant, but actually believe you are truly knowledgeable!

Take your time to read up about the CTY program at John Hopkins University, before you post again and embarrass yourself further.

There are two levels to qualify, for CTY level you need to test two grades above the current grade, for the advanced level the student needs to test 4 grades above. My son qualified for advanced in 3rd grade (proctored exam since you care that much about this detail). That’s not that special since there are probably thousands of kids passing that bar as well.

So all the 6-8 graders taking that Algebra class are actually capable of doing at least 8-10 typical grade work, usually even more advanced.

AP calculus is a typical 1st year college level class for STEM degrees. It is labeled 8+ grade because these kids are literally 4 grades ahead. They even have an award ceremony with a special category for kids that are 6 grades ahead by some nationally accepted test. At that point these distinctions are not that meaningful, but just to give you a rough idea on how accelerated some students are.

Trust me that these classes are more rigorous than remedial Elementary Algebra and Calculus at most community colleges. And not ti throw a shade at the cc, they just serve a different student demographic.

Also there are plenty of college classes that are open books, honors system exam, I’m guessing you didn’t go to college in US, otherwise you know this. I took many of them myself.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When asked for the college name and class you instead:

- post a link for a class for grades 6-8;

- post a second link for a class for grade 8+; and then

- post an insult, as previously mentioned, is your MO when cornered with something you don’t like.

There is no such college class. Colleges do not offer any for credit college classes that have no deadlines and no proctored exams. Please…stop with the nonsense.

Boy, you really are aren’t that bright! Seriously, you are so ignorant, but actually believe you are truly knowledgeable!

Take your time to read up about the CTY program at John Hopkins University, before you post again and embarrass yourself further.

There are two levels to qualify, for CTY level you need to test two grades above the current grade, for the advanced level the student needs to test 4 grades above. My son qualified for advanced in 3rd grade (proctored exam since you care that much about this detail). That’s not that special since there are probably thousands of kids passing that bar as well.

So all the 6-8 graders taking that Algebra class are actually capable of doing at least 8-10 typical grade work, usually even more advanced.

AP calculus is a typical 1st year college level class for STEM degrees. It is labeled 8+ grade because these kids are literally 4 grades ahead. They even have an award ceremony with a special category for kids that are 6 grades ahead by some nationally accepted test. At that point these distinctions are not that meaningful, but just to give you a rough idea on how accelerated some students are.

Trust me that these classes are more rigorous than remedial Elementary Algebra and Calculus at most community colleges. And not ti throw a shade at the cc, they just serve a different student demographic.

Also there are plenty of college classes that are open books, honors system exam, I’m guessing you didn’t go to college in US, otherwise you know this. I took many of them myself.

Anonymous wrote:Taking Algebra early is not the problem that many PPs are making it out to be. Most of the kids skipped ahead like this have no problem anywhere with any of the math. If they do have a problem, they have plenty of time to retake classes, which is a luxury that most other kids don't have. If they take calculus in 9th, then it's not a big problem to do AP Stats in 10, DE multivariable calc and linear algebra in 11th, and then just take a real college class at GMU in 12th.

Anonymous wrote:When asked for the college name and class you instead:

- post a link for a class for grades 6-8;

- post a second link for a class for grade 8+; and then

- post an insult, as previously mentioned, is your MO when cornered with something you don’t like.

There is no such college class. Colleges do not offer any for credit college classes that have no deadlines and no proctored exams. Please…stop with the nonsense.