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Anonymous wrote:No I have much better things to do than track down a copy of my child's homework, cross out the stuff she did, scan it and then post it for some crazy person on the Internet.

Which is it? Homework takes 4 hrs per night, or it's completed so quickly that no one has ever seen a non-completed problem?

Anonymous wrote:No I have much better things to do than track down a copy of my child's homework, cross out the stuff she did, scan it and then post it for some crazy person on the Internet.

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Anonymous wrote:Current Functions parent here of a first-time Blair student. It seems like there is an unnecessary emphasis on speed on the tests. My kid understands the concepts but needs a bit more time to finish without making any computational mistakes. Does anyone know the reason behind the emphasis on speed?

Bad teacher trying to show off is the only reason.

Don't let it discourage your kid from study and success. But if the unfair system hurts their grades, Precalculus is still a great class and your kid can take advantage of the calmer pace to spend more time studying other subjects or studying math on their own to prep for later classes.

Precalculus parent here - it still seems to be an enormous amount of work FWIW. My kid is acing it but is spending many hours on homework.

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Anonymous wrote:My function DS is spending less than 20 mins per night on his function homework. So far so good

Haha. Nice try.

How long does/did it take for your kid? My DS was state mathcounts top 10 and Jmo qualifier last year. Still said he can learn new things in function class, which is like the first-ever experience in math class since K. His friends and math teammates said about the same experience. They are enjoying it so far.

You're exaggerating or your child is lying to you. The homework packets are anywhere from 15-20 multipart problems to around 40 shorter problems, and involve heavy computation. Even if your child was racing through it there's no way to do it in less than 20 minutes.

For kids in the math team, they learnt to manage time and work efficiently and skillfully through numerous competitions, and one question in half minute is nothing for them. They also got used to the concept and strategy of proofing quite early because higher-level math competition (and rigorous college math) require this skill (e.g., ARML, JMO and above). Go watch some mathcounts national level competition on youtube. You'll see how good they can be. Happy living in your well Mr. Frog.

You are so full of it. I have a math degree and my child does participate in math competitions. It is not a matter of understanding how to solve the problem or if your child is a human calculator. You cannot physically copy down the problems that fast.

ha, both of us have phds in hard core STEM majors, participated national level math competitions when we were young, and felt our DC's speed and the problem difficulties are completely in normal range compared to us and our college classmates at his age. However, as the first generation immigrants, we see how poor the public K-12 math education is (benchmark is already better than curriculum 2.0 but still pretty dumb and full of mistakes and the society doesn't value math foundations at all), so we supplemented at home from the early ages by providing him rigorous textbooks and other materials. That translates into the fact that taking function is a completely different experience for some kids.

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Anonymous wrote:My function DS is spending less than 20 mins per night on his function homework. So far so good

Haha. Nice try.

How long does/did it take for your kid? My DS was state mathcounts top 10 and Jmo qualifier last year. Still said he can learn new things in function class, which is like the first-ever experience in math class since K. His friends and math teammates said about the same experience. They are enjoying it so far.

You're exaggerating or your child is lying to you. The homework packets are anywhere from 15-20 multipart problems to around 40 shorter problems, and involve heavy computation. Even if your child was racing through it there's no way to do it in less than 20 minutes.

For kids in the math team, they learnt to manage time and work efficiently and skillfully through numerous competitions, and one question in half minute is nothing for them. They also got used to the concept and strategy of proofing quite early because higher-level math competition (and rigorous college math) require this skill (e.g., ARML, JMO and above). Go watch some mathcounts national level competition on youtube. You'll see how good they can be. Happy living in your well Mr. Frog.

You are so full of it. I have a math degree and my child does participate in math competitions. It is not a matter of understanding how to solve the problem or if your child is a human calculator. You cannot physically copy down the problems that fast.

ha, both of us have phds in hard core STEM majors, participated national level math competitions when we were young, and felt our DC's speed and the problem difficulties are completely in normal range compared to us and our college classmates at his age. However, as the first generation immigrants, we see how poor the public K-12 math education is (benchmark is already better than curriculum 2.0 but still pretty dumb and full of mistakes and the society doesn't value math foundations at all), so we supplemented at home from the early ages by providing him rigorous textbooks and other materials. That translates into the fact that taking function is a completely different experience for some kids.

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Anonymous wrote:My function DS is spending less than 20 mins per night on his function homework. So far so good

Haha. Nice try.

How long does/did it take for your kid? My DS was state mathcounts top 10 and Jmo qualifier last year. Still said he can learn new things in function class, which is like the first-ever experience in math class since K. His friends and math teammates said about the same experience. They are enjoying it so far.

You're exaggerating or your child is lying to you. The homework packets are anywhere from 15-20 multipart problems to around 40 shorter problems, and involve heavy computation. Even if your child was racing through it there's no way to do it in less than 20 minutes.

For kids in the math team, they learnt to manage time and work efficiently and skillfully through numerous competitions, and one question in half minute is nothing for them. They also got used to the concept and strategy of proofing quite early because higher-level math competition (and rigorous college math) require this skill (e.g., ARML, JMO and above). Go watch some mathcounts national level competition on youtube. You'll see how good they can be. Happy living in your well Mr. Frog.

You are so full of it. I have a math degree and my child does participate in math competitions. It is not a matter of understanding how to solve the problem or if your child is a human calculator. You cannot physically copy down the problems that fast.

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Anonymous wrote:My function DS is spending less than 20 mins per night on his function homework. So far so good

Haha. Nice try.

How long does/did it take for your kid? My DS was state mathcounts top 10 and Jmo qualifier last year. Still said he can learn new things in function class, which is like the first-ever experience in math class since K. His friends and math teammates said about the same experience. They are enjoying it so far.

You're exaggerating or your child is lying to you. The homework packets are anywhere from 15-20 multipart problems to around 40 shorter problems, and involve heavy computation. Even if your child was racing through it there's no way to do it in less than 20 minutes.

For kids in the math team, they learnt to manage time and work efficiently and skillfully through numerous competitions, and one question in half minute is nothing for them. They also got used to the concept and strategy of proofing quite early because higher-level math competition (and rigorous college math) require this skill (e.g., ARML, JMO and above). Go watch some mathcounts national level competition on youtube. You'll see how good they can be. Happy living in your well Mr. Frog.

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Anonymous wrote:My function DS is spending less than 20 mins per night on his function homework. So far so good

Haha. Nice try.

How long does/did it take for your kid? My DS was state mathcounts top 10 and Jmo qualifier last year. Still said he can learn new things in function class, which is like the first-ever experience in math class since K. His friends and math teammates said about the same experience. They are enjoying it so far.

You're exaggerating or your child is lying to you. The homework packets are anywhere from 15-20 multipart problems to around 40 shorter problems, and involve heavy computation. Even if your child was racing through it there's no way to do it in less than 20 minutes.

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Anonymous wrote:Any kind souls willing and able to snap a photo of a page of Functions or Precalculus homework and upload it somewhere (http://imgbb.com anonymous upload) as an example illustration?

Since every kid is different, seeing an example would help prospective parents and students calibrate their expectations.

(No need to comment to say "No" . "No" is implied if you don't comment.)

Stop asking. No one is going to do this for you. Email the magnet coordinator if you need it.

A lot of this homework is graded. Are you asking parents to help your child cheat for next year?

Please stop making ridiculous comments.

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Anonymous wrote:It's ridiculous that one parent keeps coming on these magnet threads begging people to post the work for her child who has not even applied. Just call the school.

People at school are busy getting the year started. People on DCUM have more free time, as they are sitting around doing nothing but talking about things they aren't going to do.

Anonymous wrote:It's ridiculous that one parent keeps coming on these magnet threads begging people to post the work for her child who has not even applied. Just call the school.

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Anonymous wrote:Any kind souls willing and able to snap a photo of a page of Functions or Precalculus homework and upload it somewhere (http://imgbb.com anonymous upload) as an example illustration?

Since every kid is different, seeing an example would help prospective parents and students calibrate their expectations.

(No need to comment to say "No" . "No" is implied if you don't comment.)

Stop asking. No one is going to do this for you. Email the magnet coordinator if you need it.

A lot of this homework is graded. Are you asking parents to help your child cheat for next year?