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Anonymous wrote:So, I have a 7th grader in my A2H this year and he’s struggling. A lot. The kid is a numbers wiz, has fabulous logical sense, but his brain literally isn’t developed enough to handle the abstract concepts we are covering. He’s only 12. Unfortunately, there’s nowhere for him to go now—he’s on the super advanced track and there’s no way to slow it down.

This is the risk of super advancing :/

Obviously there are some kids who can do calculus at age 5, but for the average super smart kid, speeding ahead is a race to nowhere.

I'm sorry that your kid is struggling, but your experience is far from universal. Both my 7th and 9th grader are taking pre calc this year. My 7th grader is an off the charts kid, but my 9th grader is your normal smart kid. She still has had zero problems with her level of acceleration.

One of the issues is that math switches from following a lot of rote processes in pre-algebra and earlier to a lot of conceptual stuff in Algebra and later. Many kids appear to be very strong at math because they're good at following algorithms and have high executive function, but they don't necessarily understand what they're doing or why any of it works.

What math sequence will they do after this?

If your kid is in calc BC in 8th grade, what do they do for the next 4 years?

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Anonymous wrote:My DC skipped a grade in early elementary in FCPS. I have heard it is rare, and typically 1st grade, but it does happen.

My kid skipped 2 grades in the 3rd grade and took Alg I in the 7th grade.

Algebra 1 in 7th is the path for many kids in AAP or Advanced Math, it is only a years acceleration.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, I have a 7th grader in my A2H this year and he’s struggling. A lot. The kid is a numbers wiz, has fabulous logical sense, but his brain literally isn’t developed enough to handle the abstract concepts we are covering. He’s only 12. Unfortunately, there’s nowhere for him to go now—he’s on the super advanced track and there’s no way to slow it down.

This is the risk of super advancing :/

Obviously there are some kids who can do calculus at age 5, but for the average super smart kid, speeding ahead is a race to nowhere.

I'm sorry that your kid is struggling, but your experience is far from universal. Both my 7th and 9th grader are taking pre calc this year. My 7th grader is an off the charts kid, but my 9th grader is your normal smart kid. She still has had zero problems with her level of acceleration.

One of the issues is that math switches from following a lot of rote processes in pre-algebra and earlier to a lot of conceptual stuff in Algebra and later. Many kids appear to be very strong at math because they're good at following algorithms and have high executive function, but they don't necessarily understand what they're doing or why any of it works.

What math sequence will they do after this?