[SPHS Soccer Mom]

My DD will be in 9th grade next year. She has been accepted into Honors classes for Math, LA, SS, and Science. Problem is, she doesn't want to take the Math. Says she hates math, doesn't do well in it, etc. I'm afraid if she drops it, she will be bored, unchallenged, etc. Thoughts?

[Lucky64]

If she takes the Honors Math, she won't be bored.

[Epiphany]

IMO, she'll have enough going on with all of the other honors courses, on top of the stress of being in HS her first year...

This post has been edited by Epiphany: 23 May 2012 - 06:57 PM

[bookreader]

Just know this about the Math...if students do not start out taking the Honors path, they will not be able to move into Hons Math down the road. All others (Eng, Sci, SS) if she does not take them 9th grade year, she can move into them her 10th grade year, etc. The math moves differently though and if you do not start in it, you cannot move into it.

[denisedaisy33]

My daughter took honor and AP classes in high school and was always really good at math, but decided to take regular not honors in math. Most other classes she took were honors and ap. She did not regret her decision.

[Jet_man1969]

To me it would depend on what my child's career path maybe, If she had no interest in going to a entering type school like Georgia tech or MIT then I wouldn't push the Math as hard.

[Pleurosigma]

The accelerated math curriculum is superb. What school is she going to? I could provide insight if it is NPHS.

[SPHS Soccer Mom]

Pleurosigma, on 23 May 2012 - 08:52 PM, said:

The accelerated math curriculum is superb. What school is she going to? I could provide insight if it is NPHS.

She will be @ SPHS

Lucky64, on 23 May 2012 - 06:49 PM, said:

If she takes the Honors Math, she won't be bored.

I'm afraid she will be bored if she doesn't take Honors Math

denisedaisy33, on 23 May 2012 - 08:18 PM, said:

My daughter took honor and AP classes in high school and was always really good at math, but decided to take regular not honors in math. Most other classes she took were honors and ap. She did not regret her decision.

Thanks!

[Lucky64]

GS_MOM, on 23 May 2012 - 09:04 PM, said:

She will be @ SPHS


I'm afraid she will be bored if she doesn't take Honors Math


Thanks!

Exactly! If she doesn't take honors math she will be bored. I guess I'm reading it differently. But, like someone said, if she doesn't take it in 9th it will be harder to get into down the line. The other classes she can always do. My son took honors and Ap classess. He didn't start taking them until 10th grade. He just took regular math tho, he struggled in that but always did pass with a B. Wait, I'm trying to think, he might of got a C in his Jr year. But all his other classes honors and AP he got A's.

[gog8tors]

What ever you guys decide, congrats on the AP classes.

[Pleurosigma]

I can't detail the specifics at SPHS, but I can say that at NPHS most of the students do very well in the curriculum. As long as she has good foundations from middle school, she should be fine. It's definitely more demanding than regular, but it's not excessive. Plenty of kids take all honors/AP classes and do fine.

[brown*eyed*girl]

My daughter took Honors Lit, AP Human Geography and Accelerated Math this year as a 9th grader and did quite well. The math was harder for her than it ever has been. It will definitely be her lowest grade this semester (last I checked it was a 88 without the extra points~last semester was in the mid 90's) but I believe it could have been higher if she had taken advantage of the tutoring that her school offers everyday before and after school. She's chosen to stick with it another year but many of her friends are going back to regular math next year. She chose to skip anything honors or advanced in the subject of science.

I don't know how your school feels about changing classes after school starts but one of my daughters 8th grade teachers advised us to sign up for all the honors and AP classes we could and then if after a few weeks felt something was too much to drop it. I know they discourage doing that but keep it in mind. It is easier to get out of an AP or Honors class than to get into one.

Congrats to your daughter for putting herself in such a great position.

[Riograce]

GS_MOM, on 23 May 2012 - 06:41 PM, said:

My DD will be in 9th grade next year. She has been accepted into Honors classes for Math, LA, SS, and Science. Problem is, she doesn't want to take the Math. Says she hates math, doesn't do well in it, etc. I'm afraid if she drops it, she will be bored, unchallenged, etc. Thoughts?

Apparently your daughter is my clone: smart enough for AP math but completely uninterested in it. Math was always my worse subject, too ('B's rather than 'A's). I'm pretty sure I could have done better, but I hated it so much that I did just enough to keep myself from getting into trouble with my parents.

**If** she knows where she wants to go to college and **if** she's pretty sure of her major field once she gets there, research the math requirements for her degree. If she's going to face advanced math in college, she might as well deal with it in HS because it will make her college math easier. However, if she won't have too much math to deal with in college, let her take the regular math classes now.

[Just thinkin' hard]

Push her into taking it. The competition to get into state colleges is incredibly ridiculous because of HOPE. If she's not taking top tier of just about everything - she's not going to be as competitive. They would rather see a lower grade in an honors/ap class than a great grade in a regular class.

Push her. If she's capable, then she needs to be there.

[LisaC]

Encourage your daughter to take the honors classes, even if they might be more difficult for her.