And I have another post today. DD12 is taking Algebra 1 this year. Fortunately, she seems to have had a mental growth spurt since last year and is doing beautifully with the concepts they're covering. However, we see her losing a lot of points on tests due to stupid mistakes, such as sign errors, using the wrong operation because she wrote too small and couldn't see it well, multiplication/division mistakes, etc. Conceptually, everything looks great, and she's just as likely to get points off on an easy problem and nail the hardest one.
One problem is that she insists on doing things in her head that she should NOT do in her head. Another is that she squeezes everything into tiny spaces to "save paper" and doesn't write her work down in a clear, organized, and sequential fashion. Finally, and to me the most concerningly, she also says that she is somewhat crunched for time. Thoughts?
As some may remember, we have questioned this double-accelerated placement for DD. She has no passion for math and it's her least favorite class--and this is a track that puts her finishing calculus in 11th grade. Her cop-out option right now, unfortunately, would be to repeat last year. She has a solid B in the class due to Bs on tests thanks to these small mistakes.
