Our daughter is now in 9th grade. I have spent years worrying if she is "challenged" enough. Now, she is in Algebra II and is making 100s on exams and homework. She totally gets math - not just makes the grades, but loves it and sees the patterns and enjoys it. She has taken all opportunities offered to her in math.
Just last week I was having a conversation with DD6 about math, and I told her it was my experience that math was somewhat boring, and then came Algebra, and suddenly it was interesting and fun. DW confirmed that being her experience as well.
DD wanted to know what I was talking about, so I laid out a simple algebra problem, and worked through it. She wanted more. She actually wanted me to teach her algebra right then and there.
These kids...
