Is it only this class that he is doing online with a tutor? Does he have other classroom experience? Will he have the opportunity to join clubs like Math Counts, where he could socialize with other top math kids. Do you have any idea who the teacher will be and what their reputation is.
If he has plenty of other experiences being in class & doing homework, I don't see an advantage to his being in class with a group of 8th graders. The difference in maturity between 6th & 8th graders is large. From what little my son told me the 2 7th graders in his 8th grade Geometry class didn't particularly mix with the 8th graders.
This is what my husband essentially did 30+ years ago. Worked through the entirety of H.S. math in junior high with a tutor and went back to taking math classes starting in Calculus as a 9th grader. From what I know that wasn't a problem for him.
Good Luck.
Last edited by bluemagic; 06/04/14 10:22 AM.
