Originally Posted by CFK
Originally Posted by bluemagic
This reminds me that my son asked last night what one learns next year in Pre-Calculus anyway? In his mind if it was like Pre-Algebra there didn't seem much point.

My short answer to him was that is was more trig, some more geometry, a hodgepodge of other topics helpful to know before taking Calculus and some basic beginner Calculus.

I don't think that a strong math student needs to take pre-Calc. Especially if he has a solid foundation in algebra and trig.

Completely agree-- except that most modern Algebra II and Geometry courses aren't rigorous enough to constitute a truly adequate foundation in and of themselves. Still, very strong and motivated students shouldn't need it either way, given what I've seen of it (I've now looked at no less than four different textbooks for this course).


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.