When to Teach... Geomentry?

When to introduce geometry into the classroom? Well, I remember back when I was in Elementary and High school math was the subject that my school seemed to be behind in. I am from a small town up north that maybe didn’t get the best funding or books or supplies for school. So, my math class was always a year or two behind the others. I actually never learn geometry until I was in 10th grade and took geometry. Yes, we were introduced to it a little here and there throughout other years of school but we never really studied geometry until 10th grade. I personally liked that I didn’t learn it until I was older because I feel that I better understood it than maybe others would at a younger age. I always remember talking with my cousins who lived in the cities about the subject we were learning. I remember one cousin of mine was taking geometry in the 8th grade. Wow! Now thinking back over that I would have never understood geometry at that age. So, when to introduce geometry, I say we give them the proper background in geometry throughout elementary but don’t fully teach it until late middle school or early high school level.