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It sounds more like they are no longer teaching a class called "Algebra" and are instead actually trying to teach the concepts at an earlier age. Moron parents see this and blurt out "where's algebra??" It's in math. As for "super-smart kids," cry me a river. They'll be fine no matter what, and their fussbudget parents should be ignored.
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Solkanar512 posted:Ok, drop the parental bullshit for a second, but do you honestly believe that someone who is taking a little more math is some rare, unique, "super-smart" kid? No I was specifically responding to the article talking about "super-smart kids." quote:Moreover, they're using this philosophy to ditch honors classes, and presumably courses like AP or IB. I don't know about you, but having access to those sorts of courses really made a difference for myself, and lots of others I went to school with. I did fine in regular classes, and generally seemed to know more than kids in IB when the subject interested me. quote:I'm not about to claim that I'm "super-smart", but I don't think I would have been "fine no matter what" without that sort of challenging education. Parent's are always going to be obnoxious, but do you honestly believe that having no options for more challenging work is the right way to go? I don't think it's as important as keeping kids with fewer advantages out of cycles of failure. I have literally no concern for the kid in the article or her tiger dad.
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asdf32 posted:Generally wrong. I'll repeat the analogy from above: math to science and engineering is like spelling to literature. You've got a point, and if you had spent any more time trying to spell it would have taken valuable focus away from learning how to write. You might have ended up only being able to write at an 8th grade level.
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