should i take geometry over the summer?

I’m currently in eighth grade and taking Algebra 1, which is already a year ahead. However, my school also offers the opportunity to take Geometry over the summer, so I can take Algebra 2 in 9th grade.
I personally want to take the summer program, as I want to go into a math related field, but some people say the program is hard, and it starts in April, when I’ll be studying quadratics in Algebra. My teacher recommends that we don’t take the summer program because of that and the fact that we have an Algebra final as well. What would you recommend I do? Is geometry harder than Algebra 1?