<p>tetrahedrOn – My son and, I think, one other kid at his school, took the BAMO his first year in high school. He described it as “the longest four hours of my life.” :)He didn’t have a clue. I don’t think he ever took it again. I’m not sure his school even offered it again.</p>
<p>I read recently a math professor’s description of math as a process rather than a result. It struck me, because it seems to me that middle school and high school, even early college math if it’s not a special honors course, is about math as a result rather than a process. It was kind of baffling to my kid that suddenly the process he used mattered, and how he described it, even if he got “the answer.” That’s what I think he missed by not being involved in competitions or in math camp. So, I’m wondering whether there is a way to get that into a curriculum.</p>