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Originally Posted by milkmommy
My DH teaches at a small local college which our kids are allowed to attend for "free" (tuition we still have to pay books and fees) Math wise honestly worse case she might have to take a remedial math to bring her more up to speed if we can't quite get her there before that day comes.
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That is amazing they can get free tuition
Says the mom watching my dd pay cash for college
Which I am happy she can do it but it's so much money still
If she can take remedial math and still get in, I'm not sure I'd worry
I wouldn't quit trying to get here "there." BUT when a child is struggling sometimes all they need is time. I have heard of kids who really really struggled to get all the way through Alg 1, Geo and Alg 2 only to go off take remedial math and then really do well in the higher level college level math classes surpassing what teachers/parents though they were capable of. WHY? Because their brains don't stop developing till 25 and some kids just struggle in high school.
I have also heard about many students who take Alg 1 in 8th grade, Geometry 9th, Alg 2 Sophomore and stop. by the time they are taking the ACT (junior and senior year) they have forgotten a lotand end up w a lower ACT score for math even with math prep. Then they don't study for placement tests and get placed in lower than 100 level classes
Not sure why they don't study but I've *heard* college is such a huge adjustment that one "easy/review" class is nice. So.. . . there are fairly full remedial math and english classes for the freshmen