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miniglik, but feel free to offer input if you want.
My oldest son is in the 6th grade at a magnet school that offers an accelerated learning program. He has done very well this year. The only class he seems to struggle with is math. By "struggle" I mean he makes low to mid B's. His bestfriend Shyam is a math whiz and is trying to skip 7th grade math next year and go directly into 8th grade Pe-Algebra. Of course, my son wants to do it, too. He would have to take a test to see if he can place out of 7th grade math. I'm having some reservations about this. Of course, I had reservations about him skipping kindergarten, and that turned out okay. But I worry that if he skips 7th grade math, he may miss learning something he may need down the road. Also, I worry that he's going to burn out eventually. Have you ever dealt with any students that have skipped math grades? Any thoughts or advise would be greatly appreciated.
miniglik, but feel free to offer input if you want.
My oldest son is in the 6th grade at a magnet school that offers an accelerated learning program. He has done very well this year. The only class he seems to struggle with is math. By "struggle" I mean he makes low to mid B's. His bestfriend Shyam is a math whiz and is trying to skip 7th grade math next year and go directly into 8th grade Pe-Algebra. Of course, my son wants to do it, too. He would have to take a test to see if he can place out of 7th grade math. I'm having some reservations about this. Of course, I had reservations about him skipping kindergarten, and that turned out okay. But I worry that if he skips 7th grade math, he may miss learning something he may need down the road. Also, I worry that he's going to burn out eventually. Have you ever dealt with any students that have skipped math grades? Any thoughts or advise would be greatly appreciated.