<p>First of all, I want to echo those who advise against doubling up in math for your daughter. My D did not do that well in HS, especially in math, although she made it through pre-calc by going to summer school after 10th grade, which put her back on track. When we had her tested, the psychologist said “numbers and (D) are NOT on good terms!” By contrast. her brother will be taking AP Calc BC as a senior this fall.</p>
<p>My D refused honors classes in all subjects and did very poorly her first two years. She didn’t like her English teacher and refused to follow my advice for dealing with teachers you don’t like (do so well that they have no choice but to give you an A). She had a D for freshman English, second semester, and for 9th grade history (horrible teacher that I had a fight with over her lack of knowledge of the material). She had another teacher she didn’t like second semester soph year, another D.</p>
<p>Then, in 11th grade, she found her passion. She took a class on Child Development which involved working in a local school. She was assigned to the sped classes and loved them. Once she decided to become a sped teacher, she got her act together and made Honor Roll the rest of her HS career.</p>
<p>She just finished her second year of college. She is in a 5 year BA/Masters program for teaching. She is a honor roll student and was recently inducted into two honor societies at her school. She was even awarded scholarship money based on her school performance!</p>
<p>You say that your D wants to be a family counselor. I would suggest that as one of her ECs, she work with troubled children and that if your HS offers any child development or psych classes that she take them. This way she can see if she likes this area in reality and build up her resume in that area if she does want to major in it. My D wrote her essay about volunteering with autistic kids and was awarded a scholarship based on her volunteer work.</p>
<p>She is at a state school - not a flagship, but in our state, the flagships doen’t offer education degrees so even if she was a 4.0+ with APs, she couldn’t have gone there anyway. Your D could attend a smaller state school or she could start at a CC and then transfer to the private school of her dreams.</p>
<p>It seems here on CC that we all live in Lake Woebegone, where every child is well above average, but in reality there are kids like our Ds. If your D has the nature and temperament to be a family counselor then the memories of her struggles in HS will help her with her work. My D says that she thinks she will be an effective math teacher for young kids who struggle because she KNOWS what it feels like to think you’re stupid because your little brother can do advanced math in second grade and you’re a 5th grader who barely knows her times tables and still counts on her fingers.</p>
<p>I do think you should have her tested. Once we realized my D had a dyscalculia (H and one of my other sons are dyslexic), we changed our expectations for her math classes in school and it took a lot of pressure off all of us.</p>