Both of these kids need to learn problem solving and higher level math. And school math teaches a version of this and the way school teaches (ducking here) makes it accessible to more people sooner. If we are going to require 4 years of math, we need math that people can pass while they are doing the school play, the school orchestra, and 6 other intense classes.
The way school teaches it, you don't actually need to be conscious in calculus class to get a 100%.
This makes school plays much more intellectually stimulating.
Also worth noting that no, actually, the problem that I mentioned is one that local B&M kids are up against, as well. At least with a virtual school, middle schoolers don't require transportation to and from the high school to enroll in higher level math class as seventh graders. In fact, it's a BIGGER problem for students who take EPGY independent study, because you have to get the local high school to
agree to give credits for it. Sometimes they won't.
Seems kind of random, truthfully, as I know two local students this happened to, and both parents are proactive-- one of them wound up sleeping through geometry again as a senior for the specific purpose of obtaining a regular high school diploma. Yes, really. The school couldn't be bothered to seek an exemption with the state, and that was the only other solution.
