Math Clarification

For those of you that were at the incoming 6th grade parent meeting last night, this post has to do with the question of math credits at the high school. If you weren't at the meeting, stop reading now...it'll just confuse you. Here is my answer. As a Mathematics major and a former instructor of math, every student should take math for all four years of high school, whether you took Algebra I in 8th grade or not. If you were given the opportunity to take a year off, when would you take it? The state mandates that you take a math class your Senior year. Not taking math as a Freshman seems silly (you'd forget or lose the momentum you had from middle school). Do you want to take off a year as a Sophomore or Junior right before the MME's? Sooooooo, my answer is, regardless if I was right or wrong with what the requirements are at SCHS, take the four years of math. (How was that for a roundabout, politically correct way of saying something without saying who was right and who was wrong)