This is actually Alice's formula (I just reformulated it to make it easier to calculate), and yes, of course, there will be outliers who are much taller or shorter than one would "expect". But for most people it will be a pretty good rule of thumb.

The only issue could be that if he gets too many credits, some schools will start charging extra. Other than that, go for it.

Well, yes and no -- as long as you're sure they've already passed all the math they will ever need in their life, I guess it's ok, but I teach developmental math at a college, and there are a lot of students for whom even my developmental classes are too rapidly paced.

Really, this reads like someone is trying to throw up a strawman argument so that they can poke holes in it.

Gosh, it is not clear. If you count Algebra B as Algebra 2, then Intermediate + Precalc count for Precalc. If you count Intermediate as Algebra 2, then Precalc counts for Precalc. I think it'd prepare a student just fine for most non-AOPS precalc courses -- I think doing a full algebra 2 after it would be very much overkill -- so alg 2 is certainly reasonable.

I guesstimated based on similar ingredients. If I hadn't been losing I would probably have gotten more uptight about it.

I would unsubscribe from the notifications for "close friends activity" Also for tags, it looks like you should be able to alter "anyone" to "me"

You can send out an event and people can one-click respond. You then get a list of everyone who's attending without having to cull the names from an email and write them down, and people who alter their response automatically update.

Dawn: http://imgur.com/gallery/6sPrzhY

(for the record -- this formula can be simplified to "Average the height of the parents. Then add 3 inches for a male child, subtract 3 inches for a female child" and will give the same results, without having to remember which parent you add or subtract inches).

I do this unless I have a really heavy exercise day, such as an all-day hike. It's not so much because it feels good, but because if I eat breakfast I seem to get hungry again quickly, whether it is protein, fat, carbs, or a mix of the above. When I don't eat anything I don't think about food. Edit: I also don't adhere to this rigidly. If I realize in mid-morning that I am hungry, I eat "early". But usually it's after noon before I say "Hey, I'm hungry, I should get some food."

Ask your dentist if he believes it. Mine (who does a lot of charity work) sees a lot of first graders with every tooth rotted out of their heads because they drink nothing but soda.

Gah. The footnotes make the books so much better. They show up on my computer in my versions that I've converted to PDF, but I guess not on the Kindle.

Or Jousting Armadillos -- I remember someone (I forgot who) used the first book as a step-up to AOPS.

I agree with you absolutely 100% for homeschooled children. For public schooled children it really can create a problem. If a child takes algebra 1 in 5th grade and makes an ok grade, but flounders in geometry or algebra 2 next year, there isn't really a good option to pull them out and say "Hey, let's do probability or informal geometry or number theory or programming for a year, or go through the course at half-speed, while your brain matures"so they're kind of stuck either failing the next math class and then re-taking it (which can cause major issues with self-confidence) or going back to repeat algebra 1 with material they already understood. Both of these are really sub-optimal. I would not worry about it in any case until you finish arithmetic. After algebra 1 there are so many more options, and if you decide you want to put him in school (for whatever reasons you deem good) you can enrich after algebra 1 so that he won't be too far ahead. Lewelma's point about problem-solving versus algorithmic skills is also very much worth considering.

I love Guards! Guards! as a start -- it's what hooked me after an unsuccessful attempt with a different book (feet of clay maybe? that one really requires some knowledge to enjoy). Pyramids is also a magnificent book and still one of my favorites.

I like FB a lot, but I block people who irritate the snot out of me without compunction. I mostly post stuff that makes me laugh.

Are you using the older versions with the integrated geometry? If you have the newest edition with the geometry removed, you would definitely need a geometry year.

Myra, I'm a little curious about "built into the syllabus"? Information about accessing these is in our syllabus, but we can't really require them to do it or assign points for it if it's outside of class times, as it's considered unfair for students who have conflicts with those times. As regentrude said, the students who are genuinely failing do not take advantage of this help. Most of the students who take advantage of this are the A/B students. It's rarely low ability, but it's more that they don't seem to really believe, deep down inside, that we really will fail them if they do not meet the course requirements, and that there is not going to be magical extra credit at the end of the semester to pull their grades up. Some of them get it after the first semester, but some of them really can't get it together.

Roughly 10 lbs per size. I'm 5' 10".

If the curriculum you're planning on using has a pre-test, use it. If it doesn't, you can frequently use another curriculum's pre-test as long as you try to choose one of a similar level of difficulty (for example, saxon's alg 1 pre-test should be fine for most alg 1 courses). Another option, if you as the educator are confident with math yourself, is to just go ahead and start if you think your kid is ready, and add additional self-constructed practice if your child needs more. This does not work if you want something open-and-go, but most of the open-and-go ones that I know of have pretests.

Yes. Contracts are also a lot different if they're voluntary to save money (e.g. 12 months for the price of 9) versus mandatory.

I'd prefer to see free CC with more stringent standards for continuing and longer periods of suspension for extremely low GPA, but still open admission. I don't know how it works in your classes, but most of the people who get D's and almost every single one who gets an F in mine has multiple weeks of unsubmitted assignments or skipped exams with no excuse or the like. Right now, someone who's getting straight F's can get a couple semesters of probation (assuming a successful appeal), then a semester's suspension, then MAYBE a year's suspension, and especially these people I really don't think we are doing any favor at all.

I *wish* we could do that here. We are not even allowed to tell them "I strongly recommend you drop".

Honestly I think that any place that won't let you train without a contract is suspicious. Some reputable places I know do monthly payments where you're required to sign up for auto deposit, but even those it only requires 30 days to cancel. The instructor is the first thing. I wouldn't worry about the style so much because there are competent and incompetent martial artists in all styles -- find an instructor who is skilled at instructing as others have said. Any place that guarantees a black belt after a certain number of years is really suspicious -- it indicates that promotions are based on "time served" versus actual skill. I really like Aikido but I've been lucky enough to find good instructors there.