Simple variable assignment is algebraic mind you so the assertion doesn't match with the note of having studied some programming already. Functions are algebraic too.
I'm guessing the parent here is thinking "he's not studied a formal course specifically targeting a subject area referred to as algebra".
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>hasn’t had any algebra yet
He has now. ;0)>
Simple variable assignment is algebraic mind you so the assertion doesn't match with the note of having studied some programming already. Functions are algebraic too.
I'm guessing the parent here is thinking "he's not studied a formal course specifically targeting a subject area referred to as algebra".