In other happy news,
May. 29th, 2009 07:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
judifilksignMy older son Dino is going to be skipping two grades of math next year to take algebra 1 in 7th grade, and geometry in 8th. That means he'll take Algebra 2 as a freshman, Statistics as a sophomore, and Calculus as a junior, and a college course paid for by the school district as a senior. (On a nationally normed math test designed for eighth graders, he scored in the 99th percentile.)
The gifted coordinator says it's important to challenge Dino *now*, so that he learns the coping skills of what to do when he's confused or stuck. Many gifted kids flunk out of college because they don't know what to do when school isn't absurdly easy, and they have to work for something. Dino plays around with numbers for fun, so he's pretty psyched for this.
Irish got an All-Star award at school, a citizenship award for showing all the character traits of a good student and person all year. He has a shiny medal on a ribbon. I'm very proud that he got recognized for being the sweet, kind boy that he is.
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Date: 2009-05-29 10:08 pm (UTC)I think that since it really helps with testing results at the 7th, 8th and high school levels, it got to stay.
When I get students like you, I try very hard to challenge them. It's easier when all my kids are individualized as to what math they get.
I had a student this year who'd been in "remedial" math because, well, she was a "special" student, and that's where her district put "special" kids. When she got to me mid-year, she begged to be put into Algebra, because she was *sure* she could do it. So I put her in Algebra, thinking that nothing tried, nothing gained. She put her heart and soul into learning, and passed the Ohio Graduation Test in Mathematics with an "Advanced." Heh, heh.
It makes all the phone calls I had to make from my class to my mathmatical husband so I could explain concepts *I'd* never learned oh, so worthwhile.