Originally Posted by Ania
Hi Guys smile
Even on this site, and I know that majority of you will disagree with me , I am seeing this huge push to do more complex math early on. Why? I have been for years advocating problem solving.
I have one very high ability math kid and another that is right where she should be, being a bright kid. I so regret starting my, then 5th grader - 10 year old, in Algebra 1. It has lead to problems that I was not able to forsee then.

Hi Ania,
It's late and perhaps I'm misreading your post but I'm not understanding why you regret early AlgI for your DS? Is he having problems now or is it b/c of the effect it had on the school in placing other kids in early AlgebraI who don't belong there?