I'm taking Core 4.
From my understanding, Core, unlike "traditional" teaching styles, blends together different "levels" of math and teaches them together.
It was created to see if students would learn it easier than the traditional classes. Unfortunately, this was not the case, so it has been discontinued.
Core 4 is the equivalent of basic Calc and something else, so next year I will be taking a full Calc course. And because I have already done all the "fun" elective classes in my school, I will be taking AP Stats as well.
Go math!
Also, because the Core program was an alternate to traditional, they used a test that was made up of all traditional problems. Kids that did well on this were put into the traditional courses. Everyone else was put into the Core program. A few kids, such as myself, ended up not doing as well in a traditional setting and excelled in the Core program. But because the test was just a pass or fail test, all the kids that were "too cool" or "too stupid" were put into it as well to see if they did better. And because of this, the Core program was dubbed "SpEd Math".
That is what ticks me off the most because most of my friends that are in the traditional program think that I'm an idiot because I learn differently. And the most "humorous" part about it is the fact that I am smarter than my friends in so many more areas, often times including math. Yet, they insist on calling it "SpEd Math" and won't take my math skills seriously.
/rant
Looking forward to next year...
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