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Anonymous wrote:We are not in nova although I grew up here and was in Fairfax county public GT as a kid.

We do RSM because our schools math is weak. Our school is doing IB which sounds great but is super weak with math. It’s these units of inquiry and you can see how reading and writing fit in but math is sort of left out. Our child has done well there with writing etc and likes math and has said the school math is what she learned in kindergarten (we had a great k teacher who kinda bucked the system bit and tried some more advanced concepts with my kid).

Anyway second grade math ar school is adding within 100 and at RSM they are beginning algebra.

This is so misleading. No, the 2nd graders at RSM are not learning algebra. They are being introduced to what RSM calls “algebraic thinking,” which is not the same as algebra.

Tee-hee.

Anonymous wrote:We are not in nova although I grew up here and was in Fairfax county public GT as a kid.

We do RSM because our schools math is weak. Our school is doing IB which sounds great but is super weak with math. It’s these units of inquiry and you can see how reading and writing fit in but math is sort of left out. Our child has done well there with writing etc and likes math and has said the school math is what she learned in kindergarten (we had a great k teacher who kinda bucked the system bit and tried some more advanced concepts with my kid).

Anyway second grade math ar school is adding within 100 and at RSM they are beginning algebra.

This is so misleading. No, the 2nd graders at RSM are not learning algebra. They are being introduced to what RSM calls “algebraic thinking,” which is not the same as algebra.

We are not in nova although I grew up here and was in Fairfax county public GT as a kid.

We do RSM because our schools math is weak. Our school is doing IB which sounds great but is super weak with math. It’s these units of inquiry and you can see how reading and writing fit in but math is sort of left out. Our child has done well there with writing etc and likes math and has said the school math is what she learned in kindergarten (we had a great k teacher who kinda bucked the system bit and tried some more advanced concepts with my kid).

Anyway second grade math ar school is adding within 100 and at RSM they are beginning algebra.

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Anonymous wrote:We're in public but I've always known it's up to me as the parent to is till the work ethic. Kids do the daily hw and I check into make sure it's correct and they understand what they did and they redo the incorrect parts. They turn it in fridays but my kids say not everyone turns in. I don't care, in my hour we do the homework and learn. The tests that come home are close to the homework so relevance is fine. We haven't supplemented formally but do a lot of math games at home for fun.

lol OK good luck when they transition to all online and no homework when they are no longer that young. Stop being so smug. My kid hasn’t had paper homework to do at home in years and years, and forget about tests coming home!

My kid went to public school for 6th grade. Not a single scrap of paper came home. No homework, no tests, no textbooks, nothing. All math work was done on Zearn and apps. Luckily my child already knew all the content and we left after that year, but if a kid did struggle it would very hard for a parent to see what is going on. There was nothing tangible to see. You’d have to start giving your kid your own worksheets to see what was going on

+100000. It makes it impossible to help your kid.

+100000000

I’m contemplating asking for paper based tests for my kid for next year, so I can see the work, but realize it might be months before they’re sent home.

Your kid’s teacher may not even be able to grade it, unless there’s an answer key.

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Anonymous wrote:We're in public but I've always known it's up to me as the parent to is till the work ethic. Kids do the daily hw and I check into make sure it's correct and they understand what they did and they redo the incorrect parts. They turn it in fridays but my kids say not everyone turns in. I don't care, in my hour we do the homework and learn. The tests that come home are close to the homework so relevance is fine. We haven't supplemented formally but do a lot of math games at home for fun.

lol OK good luck when they transition to all online and no homework when they are no longer that young. Stop being so smug. My kid hasn’t had paper homework to do at home in years and years, and forget about tests coming home!

My kid went to public school for 6th grade. Not a single scrap of paper came home. No homework, no tests, no textbooks, nothing. All math work was done on Zearn and apps. Luckily my child already knew all the content and we left after that year, but if a kid did struggle it would very hard for a parent to see what is going on. There was nothing tangible to see. You’d have to start giving your kid your own worksheets to see what was going on

+100000. It makes it impossible to help your kid.

+100000000

I’m contemplating asking for paper based tests for my kid for next year, so I can see the work, but realize it might be months before they’re sent home.

They REALLY need to move back to text books, even if just for math. This way parents can see what kids are working on, see their completed homework and problems, read what methods they are supposed to be using. The new tech has completely cut parents out of their kids’ education

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Anonymous wrote:We're in public but I've always known it's up to me as the parent to is till the work ethic. Kids do the daily hw and I check into make sure it's correct and they understand what they did and they redo the incorrect parts. They turn it in fridays but my kids say not everyone turns in. I don't care, in my hour we do the homework and learn. The tests that come home are close to the homework so relevance is fine. We haven't supplemented formally but do a lot of math games at home for fun.

lol OK good luck when they transition to all online and no homework when they are no longer that young. Stop being so smug. My kid hasn’t had paper homework to do at home in years and years, and forget about tests coming home!

My kid went to public school for 6th grade. Not a single scrap of paper came home. No homework, no tests, no textbooks, nothing. All math work was done on Zearn and apps. Luckily my child already knew all the content and we left after that year, but if a kid did struggle it would very hard for a parent to see what is going on. There was nothing tangible to see. You’d have to start giving your kid your own worksheets to see what was going on

+100000. It makes it impossible to help your kid.

+100000000

I’m contemplating asking for paper based tests for my kid for next year, so I can see the work, but realize it might be months before they’re sent home.

I have several years of math workbooks from the old country. Several math teachers there told me to follow the books and workbooks.
DC finds math easy, but I just want to see what kids abroad are learning at the same time.

Anonymous wrote:Asians rule

Between the math competitions, spelling bees, and computer science competitions- Asians are definitely the majority of representation. Not all wealthy either-putting education as a high priority is cultural. Wish more families did

Sigh. You should have done your homework before paying high prices for private school, OP. My kids stayed in a well-regarded public and we paid for tutors. It was cheaper than private. In my wealthy neighborhood, everyone pays for tutors at some point for their kids, whether they go to public or private. Some of it is remedial, but a lot of the time, it's to stay ahead, so that kids can get on to the advanced track, stay in the advanced tracks, and get a leg up for college admissions.

Asians rule

Anonymous wrote:I live in DC and my DC attends private. The kids in our school who have supplemental classes and the ones I see at those learning centers are mostly non- Asian. The point is that this is not an Asian thing.

Almost 50% of MIT undergraduate students are Asian. About 35% of MIT undergraduates are White Americans. Only 30% of graduate school are white Americans.

Check out any major math competition and there will be a disproportionate amount of Asians winning.

It’s an Asian thing and they should be proud.

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Anonymous wrote:I live in DC and my DC attends private. The kids in our school who have supplemental classes and the ones I see at those learning centers are mostly non- Asian. The point is that this is not an Asian thing.

It is hugely an Asian and immigrant thing, though. Most of the white kids who supplement in many areas are going to these centers because they need the help, not because they are try to accelerate. We aren't Massachusetts / NY / California here.

You sound racist

. I'm mixed and product of immigrants, who am I being racist toward, precisely?

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Anonymous wrote:I live in DC and my DC attends private. The kids in our school who have supplemental classes and the ones I see at those learning centers are mostly non- Asian. The point is that this is not an Asian thing.

It is hugely an Asian and immigrant thing, though. Most of the white kids who supplement in many areas are going to these centers because they need the help, not because they are try to accelerate. We aren't Massachusetts / NY / California here.

You sound racist

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Anonymous wrote:We're in public but I've always known it's up to me as the parent to is till the work ethic. Kids do the daily hw and I check into make sure it's correct and they understand what they did and they redo the incorrect parts. They turn it in fridays but my kids say not everyone turns in. I don't care, in my hour we do the homework and learn. The tests that come home are close to the homework so relevance is fine. We haven't supplemented formally but do a lot of math games at home for fun.

lol OK good luck when they transition to all online and no homework when they are no longer that young. Stop being so smug. My kid hasn’t had paper homework to do at home in years and years, and forget about tests coming home!

My kid went to public school for 6th grade. Not a single scrap of paper came home. No homework, no tests, no textbooks, nothing. All math work was done on Zearn and apps. Luckily my child already knew all the content and we left after that year, but if a kid did struggle it would very hard for a parent to see what is going on. There was nothing tangible to see. You’d have to start giving your kid your own worksheets to see what was going on

+100000. It makes it impossible to help your kid.

+100000000

Anonymous wrote:I live in DC and my DC attends private. The kids in our school who have supplemental classes and the ones I see at those learning centers are mostly non- Asian. The point is that this is not an Asian thing.

It is hugely an Asian and immigrant thing, though. Most of the white kids who supplement in many areas are going to these centers because they need the help, not because they are try to accelerate. We aren't Massachusetts / NY / California here.