Sallymom, thank you for your perspective.
DS used to be so meticulous it would slow him down and everyone (including me) would say hurry up. I think his perfectionist tendencies have been cured.
To put things in perspective, this is a class whose tests may have ten to fifteen problems. Homework: average of five problems. You get one wrong, and well, you see how easily the grade can shift downward.
Though, I agree with you, the teacher may believe she's doing the right thing, I'm going to respectfully disagree with the idea to direct him to basic math. Executive skills and details are important to math, yes, but I have faith they will come. He's young. I don't believe in telling a highly able student that an honors level class is beyond him because he's still making careless mistakes. Carefulness will come...or it won't. But I wouldn't close doors so soon.
ETA: Of course, you could be absolutely right and ds could be setting himself up for a disaster. Urg.
