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What was the sequence? The sequence we had in my school district was algebra 1, geometry, math analysis (trig and precalculus), and calculus. One could petition to start early (algebra 1) in 8th grade. There were also a lot of permutations. One classmate was a recent immigrant who took two math classes at the same time. Somehow the school allowed it even without the prerequisites.Algebra 2 in high school. Got a D and F for semester grades. Retook it senior year and got As and Bs the entire time. The different teacher totally made the difference in learning the material.
What was the sequence? The sequence we had in my school district was algebra 1, geometry, math analysis (trig and precalculus), and calculus. One could petition to start early (algebra 1) in 8th grade. There were also a lot of permutations. One classmate was a recent immigrant who took two math classes at the same time. Somehow the school allowed it even without the prerequisites.
UC and CSU requirements were for the first three classes in the sequence.
None. I should've failed trig, it was way over my head, but the teacher gave me a pity C
1 in high school. It was Honors Geometry by less than a point and a half. I had told my counselor that I didn't think I could handle the honors class but was put in it anyway. The funny thing is the teacher told 3 girls in the class, including me that he didn't think we would pass the class during the first week of school. All of us failed. I tried to transfer to the regular class but my teacher was head of the math department and wouldn't approve it. The last quarter a friend tutored me during study hall and I brought my grade up to an 85% but it wasn't enough to pass for the year. The next year in the regular class I had at least 90% all year with a different teacher.
OK - same as mine. I'll just correct that they required 4 years of math, although I had 5 with calculus. I passed the AP Calculus BC test and got 5.3 semester units out of that. I could have theoretically skipped the entire Math 1A/1B sequence (4 units each) in college. but there was still a 16 semester unit math requirement. A lot of my classmates had passed that test, but it was one of their weird things where they allowed us to retake the same material for credit in college. Some of my classmates in my college class were HS seniors from my old high school participating in the "accelerated program" where they were allowed to take one college class. The rumor was that anyone doing that was guaranteed admission as an undeclared student.This was my school district's sequence 25+ years ago. Algebra 1 (9thgrade), Geometry (10th grade), Algebra 2 (11th grade, repeated in 12th). The goal was for students to get up through Algebra 2. Few that I knew went on for Calc and Trig. Usually only those identified as gifted/talented. Since I was going to start college in the Ca community college system there was no need to take additional math classes while in high school. I do recall a classmate having a complete melt down because her Algebra 2 grade (in 12th) was not high enough to remain eligible for CSU Long Beach.
I dropped Trig because I knew I WOULD fail it. Funny thing is I spent a summer in summer school taking Geometry so I could take Trig my senior year.None. I should've failed trig, it was way over my head, but the teacher gave me a pity C
I don't even know why I was in it! Maybe we had to take 4 years of math back then?I dropped Trig because I knew I WOULD fail it. Funny thing is I spent a summer in summer school taking Geometry so I could take Trig my senior year.
Pretty sure, for me, it was a college prep thing. Then I meet my daughters' father, got knocked up and didn't even got to a four-year college.I don't even know why I was in it! Maybe we had to take 4 years of math back then?
I don't even know why I was in it! Maybe we had to take 4 years of math back then?
Pretty sure, for me, it was a college prep thing. Then I meet my daughters' father, got knocked up and didn't even got to a four-year college.
I was college bound, maybe thats why. I ended up at the local junior college though so probably wasn't really necessary in the end.There was always a difference between taking math classes required to graduate high school and taking math classes that would meet 4-year college admission requirements.
I had a little overlap through some weird placement quirks. I ended up in one science class that was mostly students not headed for college. It was a weird dynamic. I wouldn't say anyone made fun of me for being the geek in the class, but the teacher rather questioned why I wasn't taken out of the class. I think I might have been fairly well respected in the class.