skimomma Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I'm looking for some advice from those who are familiar with the AoPS series. Dd is finishing up Geometry this year. We are a bit behind and one big reason is that dd has been wallowing in Chapter 17 (Analytic Geometry) for weeks now. She is really struggling to grasp the concepts here. Add a healthy dose of end-of-the-year distraction and I'm afraid it could be the end of us both. Would it be a big mistake to cut our losses and move on? Dd is on the final section with a great deal of hand-holding from me. This is not a first time a chapter has required hand-holding but normally we would use other resources to solidify the difficult concepts, go back and rework the sections to solidify understanding, then once dd is comfortable, she does the chapter review questions. Given that this often takes weeks and dd is about ready to burn this book, I am willing to consider moving on. Is this a mistake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I would move on. We suffered in that chapter as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimomma Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 Anyone else? I don't want to move on if there is any chance this will bite us down the road. I cannot remember every covering this topic in high school myself....but that could just be the old age talking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 I wouldn't skip 17.5, distance between a point and a line. Chapter 18 covers trig, law of sines and law of cosines. I would definitely cover those topics. You can skip chapter 19. But if you are burned out, you can take a break now for a few weeks and revisit in the summer or just before fall begins. HTH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 I would cover trig chapter because that sort of question always appears on the SAT math portion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 I want to clarify I said to skip analytic geometry chapter 17, especially the starred section, but don’t skip the following chapter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimomma Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 Thanks all. We do plan to finish the other chapters. Dd has completed all of the sections in chapter 17 but I don't feel she has grasped them as well as I would normally require before moving on. I don't think she will be able to do the review problems on her own unless we went back through each section using some other resources to help her grasp it better. My choices are to either do that, finish the chapter review problems with me working each problem with her, or just move on to chapter 18. I fear my normal approach to go back and solid the concepts will take a couple of weeks and I'm not sure it is worth it in this particular case. And I'm not convinced that dd has grasped the concepts well enough that doing the review problems together will have much value. Plus, I am pretty burned out myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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