Anonymous
04/12/2024 19:08
Subject: Re:What is considered an advanced or competitive math course pathway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time believing this is a real post from a high school kid. A freshman taking pre-calc in 9th grade is obviously on an advanced and super competitive math pathway.
It seems more like a question a mom would post.
Nah I’m a child but I was asking this cause I think this is average if not below average at poolesville
Many WPES kids had the option to accelerate so they would've already taken A2 or Precalc by 9th grade.
Aaaaannnd...there it is, folks! Who had around 8 AM the following day in the pool? Maximum exposure for our resident "WPES" math troll after allowing a few gullible folks to weigh in on the matter so as not to seem directly connected...
I was hoping others would see the "hskid" OP for the setup-identity for this poster's reply that it was, just ignoring the troll, who, I suspect, also recently tried to resurrect a couple of years-old threads for the same purpose. There are always a few, though, perhaps new to the board, who end up weighing in. Sigh.
Please feel free to ignore this thread.
Bro what💀💀💀, I didn’t understand your reply but idk what WPES is🤷🏽♂️
WPES are the wealthy potomac schools that offer math enrichment unavailable elsewhere. I think some parents are afraid they'll lose this if word gets out.
Aaaannnd...more from the same "WPES" poster who likes to create a slanted picture to gin up discontent. Whether they are driven by a sense of smug entitlement being there, a general desire to see all such advancement halted, a hope that it will improve their activity as a real estate agent in the area (my favorite) or some other reason is uncertain.
There is at least one school, CSES, where there has been administration support of generally family-led initiatives to accelerate students in math, providing space and facilitating cohorted offering of classes beyond Math 5/6 at the school. However, affording an ES student class beyond Math 5/6 is not exclusive to that school or the area. It is, however, variably accepted/supported across the county, and there is neither a clear rubric for advancing such a student, nor clear communication of its availability, nor differential funding afforded to schools to make that happen, and these are the areas that should be addressed so that students' needs might be met equitably.
But we don't hear that from that poster. Their aim, again, is to troll, perhaps with the confusion of the reference to the fictional "WPES" to detract from advocacy.
L yapper
Anonymous
04/12/2024 15:48
Subject: Re:What is considered an advanced or competitive math course pathway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time believing this is a real post from a high school kid. A freshman taking pre-calc in 9th grade is obviously on an advanced and super competitive math pathway.
It seems more like a question a mom would post.
Nah I’m a child but I was asking this cause I think this is average if not below average at poolesville
Many WPES kids had the option to accelerate so they would've already taken A2 or Precalc by 9th grade.
Aaaaannnd...there it is, folks! Who had around 8 AM the following day in the pool? Maximum exposure for our resident "WPES" math troll after allowing a few gullible folks to weigh in on the matter so as not to seem directly connected...
I was hoping others would see the "hskid" OP for the setup-identity for this poster's reply that it was, just ignoring the troll, who, I suspect, also recently tried to resurrect a couple of years-old threads for the same purpose. There are always a few, though, perhaps new to the board, who end up weighing in. Sigh.
Please feel free to ignore this thread.
Bro what💀💀💀, I didn’t understand your reply but idk what WPES is🤷🏽♂️
WPES are the wealthy potomac schools that offer math enrichment unavailable elsewhere. I think some parents are afraid they'll lose this if word gets out.
Aaaannnd...more from the same "WPES" poster who likes to create a slanted picture to gin up discontent. Whether they are driven by a sense of smug entitlement being there, a general desire to see all such advancement halted, a hope that it will improve their activity as a real estate agent in the area (my favorite) or some other reason is uncertain.
There is at least one school, CSES, where there has been administration support of generally family-led initiatives to accelerate students in math, providing space and facilitating cohorted offering of classes beyond Math 5/6 at the school. However, affording an ES student class beyond Math 5/6 is not exclusive to that school or the area. It is, however, variably accepted/supported across the county, and there is neither a clear rubric for advancing such a student, nor clear communication of its availability, nor differential funding afforded to schools to make that happen, and these are the areas that should be addressed so that students' needs might be met equitably.
But we don't hear that from that poster. Their aim, again, is to troll, perhaps with the confusion of the reference to the fictional "WPES" to detract from advocacy.
Anonymous
04/12/2024 15:36
Subject: Re:What is considered an advanced or competitive math course pathway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time believing this is a real post from a high school kid. A freshman taking pre-calc in 9th grade is obviously on an advanced and super competitive math pathway.
It seems more like a question a mom would post.
Nah I’m a child but I was asking this cause I think this is average if not below average at poolesville
Many WPES kids had the option to accelerate so they would've already taken A2 or Precalc by 9th grade.
Aaaaannnd...there it is, folks! Who had around 8 AM the following day in the pool? Maximum exposure for our resident "WPES" math troll after allowing a few gullible folks to weigh in on the matter so as not to seem directly connected...
I was hoping others would see the "hskid" OP for the setup-identity for this poster's reply that it was, just ignoring the troll, who, I suspect, also recently tried to resurrect a couple of years-old threads for the same purpose. There are always a few, though, perhaps new to the board, who end up weighing in. Sigh.
Please feel free to ignore this thread.
Bro what💀💀💀, I didn’t understand your reply but idk what WPES is🤷🏽♂️
WPES are the wealthy potomac schools that offer math enrichment unavailable elsewhere. I think some parents are afraid they'll lose this if word gets out.
My kid is at a different middle school and is one of 3 to be in Algebra 2 in 8th grade. I post to warn you of this weird poster who pounces on every advanced math thread to claim that "only" wealthy schools have this option.
No.
You can ask any middle school math coordinator to offer your kid a placement test!
But it's likely that there are more parents in wealthy neighborhoods who want to advance their kid, and know how to achieve that, than there are in other neighborhoods. It doesn't mean other middle schools have some sort of moratorium on advancement in math!
Anonymous
04/12/2024 15:30
Subject: Re:What is considered an advanced or competitive math course pathway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time believing this is a real post from a high school kid. A freshman taking pre-calc in 9th grade is obviously on an advanced and super competitive math pathway.
It seems more like a question a mom would post.
Nah I’m a child but I was asking this cause I think this is average if not below average at poolesville
Many WPES kids had the option to accelerate so they would've already taken A2 or Precalc by 9th grade.
Aaaaannnd...there it is, folks! Who had around 8 AM the following day in the pool? Maximum exposure for our resident "WPES" math troll after allowing a few gullible folks to weigh in on the matter so as not to seem directly connected...
I was hoping others would see the "hskid" OP for the setup-identity for this poster's reply that it was, just ignoring the troll, who, I suspect, also recently tried to resurrect a couple of years-old threads for the same purpose. There are always a few, though, perhaps new to the board, who end up weighing in. Sigh.
Please feel free to ignore this thread.
Bro what💀💀💀, I didn’t understand your reply but idk what WPES is🤷🏽♂️
WPES are the wealthy potomac schools that offer math enrichment unavailable elsewhere. I think some parents are afraid they'll lose this if word gets out.
Anonymous
04/12/2024 13:08
Subject: Re:What is considered an advanced or competitive math course pathway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time believing this is a real post from a high school kid. A freshman taking pre-calc in 9th grade is obviously on an advanced and super competitive math pathway.
It seems more like a question a mom would post.
Nah I’m a child but I was asking this cause I think this is average if not below average at poolesville
Many WPES kids had the option to accelerate so they would've already taken A2 or Precalc by 9th grade.
Aaaaannnd...there it is, folks! Who had around 8 AM the following day in the pool? Maximum exposure for our resident "WPES" math troll after allowing a few gullible folks to weigh in on the matter so as not to seem directly connected...
I was hoping others would see the "hskid" OP for the setup-identity for this poster's reply that it was, just ignoring the troll, who, I suspect, also recently tried to resurrect a couple of years-old threads for the same purpose. There are always a few, though, perhaps new to the board, who end up weighing in. Sigh.
Please feel free to ignore this thread.
Bro what💀💀💀, I didn’t understand your reply but idk what WPES is🤷🏽♂️
Anonymous
04/12/2024 11:49
Subject: Re:What is considered an advanced or competitive math course pathway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time believing this is a real post from a high school kid. A freshman taking pre-calc in 9th grade is obviously on an advanced and super competitive math pathway.
It seems more like a question a mom would post.
Nah I’m a child but I was asking this cause I think this is average if not below average at poolesville
Many WPES kids had the option to accelerate so they would've already taken A2 or Precalc by 9th grade.
Approximately 0 people in MCPS take precalculus for credit before 9th credit. Most of the (approximately 0) who take calculus in 9th got their precalc credit from a private school.
Most of the people who take Algebra 2 in 8th and go to Blair SMACS (since they are not in Poolesville SMCS boundary) will downshift to take "Precalculus" along with the students who took Geometry in 8th. Only a few take Functions.
I personally know a couple kids who have taken precalc in 8th or are on track to now. There are always kids like this every year.
Anonymous
04/12/2024 11:41
Subject: Re:What is considered an advanced or competitive math course pathway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time believing this is a real post from a high school kid. A freshman taking pre-calc in 9th grade is obviously on an advanced and super competitive math pathway.
It seems more like a question a mom would post.
Nah I’m a child but I was asking this cause I think this is average if not below average at poolesville
Many WPES kids had the option to accelerate so they would've already taken A2 or Precalc by 9th grade.
Aaaaannnd...there it is, folks! Who had around 8 AM the following day in the pool? Maximum exposure for our resident "WPES" math troll after allowing a few gullible folks to weigh in on the matter so as not to seem directly connected...
I was hoping others would see the "hskid" OP for the setup-identity for this poster's reply that it was, just ignoring the troll, who, I suspect, also recently tried to resurrect a couple of years-old threads for the same purpose. There are always a few, though, perhaps new to the board, who end up weighing in. Sigh.
Please feel free to ignore this thread.
Anonymous
04/12/2024 08:14
Subject: Re:What is considered an advanced or competitive math course pathway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time believing this is a real post from a high school kid. A freshman taking pre-calc in 9th grade is obviously on an advanced and super competitive math pathway.
It seems more like a question a mom would post.
Nah I’m a child but I was asking this cause I think this is average if not below average at poolesville
Many WPES kids had the option to accelerate so they would've already taken A2 or Precalc by 9th grade.
Approximately 0 people in MCPS take precalculus for credit before 9th credit. Most of the (approximately 0) who take calculus in 9th got their precalc credit from a private school.
Most of the people who take Algebra 2 in 8th and go to Blair SMACS (since they are not in Poolesville SMCS boundary) will downshift to take "Precalculus" along with the students who took Geometry in 8th. Only a few take Functions.
Anonymous
04/12/2024 08:09
Subject: What is considered an advanced or competitive math course pathway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When is Trig? Back in the day it used to be Algebra 2 combined with Trig in the same year was an advanced course versus splitting it over multiple years. Is Trig no longer part of the curriculum?
And why is MCPS calling courses by names like precalc instead of what they actually are (Alf 2, etc). In that spirit once a kid hits MS we could call every math course precalc if calf is the end goal for the curriculum in 12th grade
Precalc includes Trig.
My kid did trig in honors geo.
They'll do more in Precalculus class.
Anonymous
04/12/2024 08:07
Subject: What is considered an advanced or competitive math course pathway
Anonymous wrote:When is Trig? Back in the day it used to be Algebra 2 combined with Trig in the same year was an advanced course versus splitting it over multiple years. Is Trig no longer part of the curriculum?
And why is MCPS calling courses by names like precalc instead of what they actually are (Alg 2, etc). In that spirit once a kid hits MS we could call every math course precalc if calf is the end goal for the curriculum in 12th grade
"Algebra 2" is as much a hodgepodge as anything else. "Calculus" and "Algebra" are synonyms. They both mean "calculation".
The class name "Calculus" is an abbreviation for "differential and integral calculus".
Math is math. The division into subjects is completely fictional. Algebra and Geometry and Calculus and Trigonometry and Probability and Statistics and Counting and Number Theory and more are all heavily overlapping, and trying to separate them (especially pretending to cram all of "geometry" into 1 year) harms learning.
The classes should be called Math 1 to Math 15.
Anonymous
04/12/2024 08:04
Subject: What is considered an advanced or competitive math course pathway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When is Trig? Back in the day it used to be Algebra 2 combined with Trig in the same year was an advanced course versus splitting it over multiple years. Is Trig no longer part of the curriculum?
And why is MCPS calling courses by names like precalc instead of what they actually are (Alf 2, etc). In that spirit once a kid hits MS we could call every math course precalc if calf is the end goal for the curriculum in 12th grade
Precalc includes Trig.
My kid did trig in honors geo.
Yes, it starts there, but there is a lot more in Precalc.
Anonymous
04/12/2024 08:02
Subject: Re:What is considered an advanced or competitive math course pathway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time believing this is a real post from a high school kid. A freshman taking pre-calc in 9th grade is obviously on an advanced and super competitive math pathway.
It seems more like a question a mom would post.
Nah I’m a child but I was asking this cause I think this is average if not below average at poolesville
Many WPES kids had the option to accelerate so they would've already taken A2 or Precalc by 9th grade.
Anonymous
04/12/2024 07:59
Subject: What is considered an advanced or competitive math course pathway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When is Trig? Back in the day it used to be Algebra 2 combined with Trig in the same year was an advanced course versus splitting it over multiple years. Is Trig no longer part of the curriculum?
And why is MCPS calling courses by names like precalc instead of what they actually are (Alf 2, etc). In that spirit once a kid hits MS we could call every math course precalc if calf is the end goal for the curriculum in 12th grade
Precalc includes Trig.
My kid did trig in honors geo.
Anonymous
04/12/2024 07:53
Subject: What is considered an advanced or competitive math course pathway
Anonymous wrote:When is Trig? Back in the day it used to be Algebra 2 combined with Trig in the same year was an advanced course versus splitting it over multiple years. Is Trig no longer part of the curriculum?
And why is MCPS calling courses by names like precalc instead of what they actually are (Alf 2, etc). In that spirit once a kid hits MS we could call every math course precalc if calf is the end goal for the curriculum in 12th grade
Precalc includes Trig.
Anonymous
04/12/2024 07:48
Subject: What is considered an advanced or competitive math course pathway
When is Trig? Back in the day it used to be Algebra 2 combined with Trig in the same year was an advanced course versus splitting it over multiple years. Is Trig no longer part of the curriculum?
And why is MCPS calling courses by names like precalc instead of what they actually are (Alf 2, etc). In that spirit once a kid hits MS we could call every math course precalc if calf is the end goal for the curriculum in 12th grade
And why is MCPS calling courses by names like precalc instead of what they actually are (Alf 2, etc). In that spirit once a kid hits MS we could call every math course precalc if calf is the end goal for the curriculum in 12th grade