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Re:American parents are sending their kids to 'Russian math'... by ardit33 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @02:42AM (#28125767)
I don't remember exactly, but it was the most advanced they offered. This was in Virginia, in 98-99. My teacher (Mr. Norris) was excellent, but it was clear that the overall course was something that I had done years before back in Albania. Since I knew a lot of things already, I was probably a bit annoying at class (having always the response), but I made some good friends in that class.
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Re:American parents are sending their kids to 'Russian math'... by whimsicalism on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @06:08AM (#28126980)
This is interesting. I studied physics at Harvard with many of the best of the best, there were a few from Romania.

I would be surprised if those people could be solving AP Physics C problems by 8th grade. 1 & 2, easily of course, but C is quite different.

If you found calculus BC hard-ish and physics easy in comparison, I think you were taking 1 & 2 as C was much harder. SAT II physics is a joke.

Virginia probably has some of the best STEM education in the entire country, at least the northern bit. Certainly better than what you can get at most schools outside of some in California, the boarding schools, and NYC magnets.

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