<p>I agree with this. I took Algebra I 9th grade, and they really didn’t switch anyone to Geometry although I think a lot of us could have been placed there in the first place. We all are taking 10th grade Honors Geometry/Honors Alg II to catch up and be able to take AP Calc which is suppoused to be almost a necessity for college because according to my principal they won’t help you with calculus in college. It could be better monitored. But they did switch a lot of us to the honors track so that’s good. </p>
<p>I think it’s the level of middle school preperation. You see people here who took Alg II in 8th Grade and then you have (what to me are normal schools) which give Pre Algebra or Algebra I in 8th grade and the schools need a way to accomadate them all.</p>
<p>My schedule is more or less the same as everyone else:</p>
<p>9th: Algebra II H
10th: Calculus BC AP
11th: Dual
12th: Dual, Statistics AP (may self-study)</p>
<p>I am testing out of Pre-Cal this summer, mainly to avoid being stuck in the same class as my cousin, who just happens to be one year younger and better than me at everything (talk about major ego deflation). As an added bonus, I will be able to take Computer Science AP, which would not have been an option for me with Pre-Cal because of scheduling issues. :D</p>
<p>7th: Algebra I
8th: Geometry H
9th: Intermediate Algebra H
10th: Precalculus H
11th: AP Calculus BC
12th: AP Stats, Linear Algebra @ local college</p>
<p>7th: Pre-Algebra
8th: Algebra 1
9th: Geometry
10th: Algebra 2/ trig
11th: Precalculus
12th: AP Calculus AB
Was considering BC, but I added AP Lit to my schedule and decided against taking BC.</p>
<p>10: Math 10 French Honours, Math 20 French IB
11: Math 30 French IB, Math 31 French IB (calc)
Wrote the Math Methods SL exam in French at the end of grade 11.
12: No math! Hooah. </p>
<p>My school had 31459 different sequences for math. You could take (in order of difficulty):
-Math 14/24/34: english only - really stupid math (ie. I failed junior high math)
-Math 10 applied, 20 applied, 30 applied: english only - lower than regular for those going into tech school or no post secondary
-Math 10 pure, 20 pure, 30 pure (31 calc optional): french or english - regular math for those going into university but not taking IB
-Math 10H, 20IB, 30IB, 31IB: french or english - SL methods exam
-Math IB (as above) plus 35IB in senior year: english only - the HL class, which was in its first year when I graduated, and sucked because you couldn’t take it if you wanted to be in immersion</p>
<p>Does anyone else think that Algebra, Geometry, Trig, and Precal get way too much focus in the American school system.</p>
<p>Given the way I’ve been taught math, there are some topics that have been covered in 4 of the 5 math classes I’ve taken since 7th grade. Does anyone else think that maybe 2 years, one of Algebra and the other of Geometry and Trig (including Analytic geometry) would suffice, to be followed with calculus and then more advanced math?</p>
<p>I believe New York is the only state in the US to have an integrated math system. Personally, I believe it’s better because things are repeated and it sticks better, but I hear NY is changing it’s math system in a few years. :/</p>
<p>8th: Math A1
9th: Math A2
10th: Math B
11th: Pre-Calc, AP Stats
12th: AP Calc BC</p>
<p>Grade 8 –> Math 8
Grade 9 –> Principles of Math 9
Grade 10 –> Principles of Math 10 and Principles of Math 11
Grade 11 –> IB Math Studies SL</p>
<p>Also, here in BC, the only Math options we have (non-IB) are Principles of Math 9-12 (the higher level courses), Math Essentials 9-12 (the lower level courses), Math Applications 9-12 (somewhere betweenish) and Calculus 12. There may be more but they are few and far between.</p>
<p>One thing I read is that America is the only country in the world that teaches geometry as a separate high school course instead of integrating it with the rest of math.</p>
<p>Does anyone think we should follow the rest of the world’s lead?</p>
<p>I think we should definitely integrate proofs with the rest of math instead of teaching it in geometry.
As for integrating geometry itself, not sure.</p>
<p>6 -pre alg
7- algebra I
8- geom (damn that class. we ate and played games on the computer the whole time)
9- algII/trig
10- precalc/calc
11- hopefully BC calc + statistics
12- hopefully Linear Algebra + discrete</p>
<p>and im gonna try to teach myself random discrete-esque math during the summer.</p>