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Uploaded by on May 9, 2007

A short series of videos for my daughter and her friends who will be studying computer science in HS next year.
http://www.geocities.com/elbillaf/Prelude_to_CS.html

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  • No offense but I think Algebra should be taught in 2nd grade or so, or the latest 4th grade.

  • Although I failed second grade once, I was able to teach myself the rudiments of algebra by the fourth. I think that for most students, it would be a serious mistake to teach algebra in second grade (or even fourth).

  • I had no idea that 8th graders are studying Algebra 2 now.

  • It's not the norm, but it does happen. My oldest took alg 2 later than that, but youngest (referred to in this vid) took alg 1 in 7th and alg 2 in 8th. There were 4 or 5 other kids in her school who did the same. She's in 10th now and taking precalc.

  • wow, your daughter makes me feel REALLY dumb. I took Alg 1 in 10th, and never took Alg 2. I resigned from highschool, and took my GED test. (I moved to the south, where highschool is years behind and a GED is considered greater than a diploma, wierd I know)

  • Different school districts give students different opportunities. Even within a single school there can be a lot of variability among teachers.

    In my kids' case, both parents have advanced degrees in math - so they have advantages that most people don't have (including me). (Both of my parents got their GEDs - dad while I was in elementary school; mom long after I had finished college.)

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  • @TheFallibleFiend i took alg 1 in 8th grade. :P

  • True words friend. Oops didn't mean to remove my comment. I have still to decide..

  • Usually what we get out of our efforts is related to what we put into them. One of my best interns was a CS minor, but she was (and is) great. Good luck to you.

  • they dont im taking algebra 2 11th grade 10th and 11th is norm

  • yeah im in 8th and itd f******* hard

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