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To: ClearCase_guy
Both of my sons had Algebra I in 8th Grade.

For some stupid reason, they then had to take Geometry their Freshman Year in HS, and then Algebra II as Sophmores. Seems out of order to me ...

My oldest is a Junior taking Calculus after he tested out of Probability and Statistics.. He'll have Trigonometry his Senior year. Youngest will be following same pattern.

I'd swear I remember taking Algebra I and II in Junior High ... hated Geometry in High School but loved Physics, Calc and Trig.

19 posted on 01/25/2014 6:43:11 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: usconservative

Me too. Hated the formalistic way they teach geometry. The degree of geometry I care about, mostly trig, was adequately covered in Algebra I/II, and Calculus A/B.


20 posted on 01/25/2014 6:45:00 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: usconservative

I hated proofs in geometry. Physics was the best.


21 posted on 01/25/2014 6:46:31 PM PST by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: usconservative
My oldest is a Junior taking Calculus after he tested out of Probability and Statistics.. He'll have Trigonometry his Senior year.

Calculus before Trigonometry?

73 posted on 01/26/2014 4:15:42 PM PST by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: usconservative
Your children are very bright.

Why not just enroll them in a nearby college. They could have Ph.D.s by the time they are 22. Think of how valuable those extra years would be to them in professional experience and total lifetime earnings ( up to a half million or more in total lifetime earnings).

81 posted on 01/27/2014 6:42:13 PM PST by wintertime
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