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  1. Unfortunately, I think this move will create more inequality and a bigger divide between the haves and have nots. The PS parents in my area, who can afford extra math classes, have their kids enrolled in after school, weekend math classes, or summer school classes at private school and learning academies. 

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  2. 7 minutes ago, daijobu said:

    Drat.  Does anyone else see them?  Let me try a workaround:

    Does this link work?  If it does, at the top of my test paper is a table of common trig values that should be accessible, if not from memory, then from a quick check of a unit circle, which I've sketched in the space to the left.  

    Page 2  Just shows some fancy hand drawn sine curves.  Memories.  

    The link is not working 

  3. 6 minutes ago, YaelAldrich said:

    It's really nice to think that everyone makes that distinction. Too many people do not. Which is why I fear for my children's and my safety. The people who spat on my friend's child and get friend didn't ask if they were pro-Zionist or even Israeli. They just knew they were Jewish (because of their dress I'm assuming).

    The violence against Jews been getting worse. After the Jewish synagogue shooting in Poway, my dh told the kids not to wear anything that identifies them as Jewish or tell people that they are Jewish. Which was very sad for my son, who is very proud of being Jewish.

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    On 5/13/2021 at 9:15 PM, calbear said:

    It sounds like she might be using a center that functions sort of like semi-exclusive private education for live in-person small class size AP courses and test prep. There's a chain called Elite Educational Institute for example. From what I can tell they are targeting high income areas and areas with Asian populations. The website renders in Korean, Chinese (traditional and simplified) which is on purpose.

     

    After asking more questions, I discovered that the class is targeting high income Asians. It’s an AP Physics/ F=ma prep class. The teacher has a reputation of getting kids to USAPhO camp. She told he that his class is highly sought after. I think that’s the reason for the high tuition. 

  5. How much is reasonable to pay for online classes, ie AP Physics. My friend said she was going to sign her son up for AP Physics with a provider in the Bay Area in CA. She told my the tuition is $2700 for an one semester AP Physics 1 class, which seems kinda high. Or is it just expensive because it’s the Bay Area. 

  6. 52 minutes ago, RootAnn said:

    @Swimmer1112I don't know where you are located, but I think SBU Math Contest Camp is in person. Reasonable cost, Christian-flavor, activities outside as well as a variety of contest math & SET/chess/Wii games at night. 

    Plan was for dd#2 & #3 to be lifeguards but the town pool didn't want them (definitely a popularity contest). They'll do a couple week stint lifeguarding at the neighborhood pool while staying at Grandma's house in Big City, then back home so dd#2 can work as a gymnastics assistant very part time. Guessing dd#3 will do whatever she normally does.

    Thanks, I will have to look into the camp.

  7. What kind of camps, volunteering, work and other activities are your kids doing this summer?

    we are considering outdoor camps, surfing and sports camps. Normally we would go to math camp or chess camp, but the ones I looked at are all online. My son is done with one for now. He needs some in person activities. 
     

    Ds13 will be going to camp, scouts for 1week and surf camp so far

    Dd18 has an online internship, with software company.

  8. On 4/22/2021 at 1:03 PM, Arcadia said:

    Is his expectations high? Chewing gum (or sucking candy) discreetly might help for math class. My teens do tend to have higher expectations on themselves for math class at CC since they want a good GPA, but they don’t care about their math kangaroo and AMC 8/10/12 scores. The math contests are social outings for them. 
     

    If your son is in 8th grade, I would let him try the SAT or ACT this year as middle school scores are not automatically kept.

    I agree. Or very low stakes tests.

    He is a perfectionist and has very high expectations. We have been helping him overcome the perfectionist issues. 
    I think my son would see the SAT and ACT as high stakes, just because that is how he views things. 

  9. 2 minutes ago, Sneezyone said:

    She's the one that's been challenged the most by covid even with having friends overseas that she can talk to day/night, just very high need. The rest of us are introverts.

    Same with my dd, she is also the extrovert in family and covid hit her the hardest. I am so glad that things are finally opening up in CA. I think if covid went into the fall, she would have taken next year off of school.

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  10. 1 minute ago, Sneezyone said:

    I wasn't pointing to the academic needs but the social ones. Most social people aren't also academically oriented. DD isn't a slouch, Trig isn;t he norm for sophomores. She's just average for the high school she attends and below average for many of the parents who frequently post here. We're not loading up on APs.

    So true, teens have so much more needs socially than younger ones. I noticed a big change in my kids when they reached the teen years. Social life took on more importance and also find them social opportunities.  

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  11. 1 hour ago, Not_a_Number said:

    Sounds nice 😛 . Gifted kids are apparently a pain in the neck. At least mine are. 

    Actually my gifted kids were the compliant ones. My dd the “normal” one was the one that truly challenged us. She had a very strong personality, she was very difficult from a young age. I think it has more to do with personality than giftedness. 

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  12. 6 minutes ago, Roadrunner said:

    Well, now you know partly why one of my kids is going on the bus next year. If he is to come home, the compliance levels need to be up, way up! 

    My kids were more compliant in elementary school, we also sent my dd back to PS for high school. 

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  13. 14 minutes ago, Arcadia said:

    How old is your son? My teens don’t have test anxiety but they had a lot of practice taking no risk testing since elementary school with the California standardized tests and also AMC 8 competition. We purposely let them take the SAT and ACT in 6th grade as a first go round. At this point we are more wary about test fatigue than test anxiety.

    I did bribe with M&Ms, Skittles, gummi worms and lots of chocolates during test prep. They get to choose where to dine after each SAT/ACT/AP exam pre-COVID. 

    My son is 13. We have him doing AMC 8,  kangaroo math, AMC10, etc. He get so much anxiety that his hand shakes, while he is writing. This also happens during is math class at the CC. 

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