DD took Math Kangaroo at Compass last spring as a 2nd grader. I pulled her early from school. Now she's at a center with a math club that will participate in Math Kangaroo at the school. I enjoyed math competitions as a kid starting in middle school and wanted to see if DD would similarly enjoy it. It builds flexible thinking and moves beyond traditional algorithms to solve math problems.

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Anonymous wrote:Can we participate in the Math Kangaroo test without belonging to a center? How does one go about it? 2nd grade and in fair lakes if that matters.

Its waste of time - have no value in TJ/College admission

It is a way to encourage kids to have fun with math and think about it a bit differently. Not everything is about TJ or college applications. DS’s rec soccer isn’t going to help him get into TJ or college either.

Never heard anyone is taking these type of exams for fun including soccer. Objective is always to come on top for that added advantage!

DS loves his math competition class and enjoys taking the competitions. He thinks that they are fun. It is not my idea of fun but who am I to judge? He enjoys his soccer as well. I suspect that there are plenty of kids like him who are taking math tests because they enjoy the challenge and they think they are fun.

Agree, pretty sure the PP was just trolling, though I wouldn't entirely put it past a small handful of parents who actually seem to think that way.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Can we participate in the Math Kangaroo test without belonging to a center? How does one go about it? 2nd grade and in fair lakes if that matters.

Its waste of time - have no value in TJ/College admission

It is a way to encourage kids to have fun with math and think about it a bit differently. Not everything is about TJ or college applications. DS’s rec soccer isn’t going to help him get into TJ or college either.

Never heard anyone is taking these type of exams for fun including soccer. Objective is always to come on top for that added advantage!

DS loves his math competition class and enjoys taking the competitions. He thinks that they are fun. It is not my idea of fun but who am I to judge? He enjoys his soccer as well. I suspect that there are plenty of kids like him who are taking math tests because they enjoy the challenge and they think they are fun.