How much Math ?

merlinjones
Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:24:34 +0000

He is currently in Honors Geometry as a freshman (and he’s completed Honors Algebra 1). The school is suggesting taking Honors Algebra 2 in two chunks – one chunk the summer before France, the other chunk the summer after France. Then, junior year, Honors Pre-Calc, and senior year AP Calc AB.



The school is suggesting something which is very illogical. You cannot divide high school math like that at all, because it is detrimental to that solid foundation a high school student should have prior to the higher maths. You cannot walk in the door for Pre Cal at high school or community college with your algebra foundadtion being that skewered and expect to do well at all.



2006-7 honors geometry
open summer for … drivers ed, sports, possible job
2007-8 – year abroad, french math, no credit
open summer for … drivers ed, sports, possible job
2008-9 algebra 2
2009-10 pre calc



This schedule ^ makes the most logical sense to me. And, all the kid would have to do is take Calculus online at BYU or something the summer of y2k10 and make sure to state that on the University applications.