DS8 is passionate about math, works on it as a hobby. He moves at his own pace and seeks whatever instruction he wants. This week as we are working to have a high school math enthusiast work with him on algebra over the summer, he mentions he has completed all the IXL algebra 1 and is moving on to geometry.
I support him because he is passionate about it, and he is developing deep dive skills in it. Whether it is 5% of a future career or the 100% he currently imagines, I'm not concerned about. I do think math provides a nice sort of mental calisthenics, and we'll navigate whatever hurdles to allow him to keep moving at the pace of his interest.
I'll admit to a bit of parental whimsy in that one of the most stultifying experiences in school was finishing my first grade math workbook less than a month into school and discovering that was all the math I was going to get.
