Further curiosity, did you do extra math at home before the honors split? I went to a college prep school, and our math teacher from ~3-5 grades was excellent.

Further curiosity, did you do extra math at home before the honors split? I went to a college prep school, and our math teacher from ~3-5 grades was excellent. (We were lucky and she moved up with our class every year) But I had a sneaking suspicion that by the time the honors split happened (5th grade?), there was a substantial "home" work delta between future-advanced kids and everyone else. I certainly didn't like math, but my father was dead-set on my learning it. So I know I completed every bit of school homework + a ton of extra practice problems + reviewed problems with him, before honors began. I expect to everyone else it looked like I "got" math, but there was a lot of burning the candle, and it wouldn't have been my own choice. (That said, mostly grateful, as it did carry me through college math well)