Congratulations to the 3 MCPS Seniors who are Intel/Regeneron finalists
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Anonymous
So you’re saying non Asian kids are incapable of high achievement because they’re inherently not as smart as Asians? OK, racist. |
Anonymous
A I believe that there are "smart" kids from all races. However, "smart" is not the only criteria to get into MCPS magnet. Ask MCPS. SAT score is not the best example. But "All racial/ethnic groups saw an increase in SAT total score from 2017 to 2018, with the largest gains observed for Asian students. African American MCPS graduates scored 1035 on the SAT, up 15 points from 2017 and significantly higher than their peers across the state (956) and the nation (946). Hispanic students also made gains in performance earning a score of 1044, a 7-point increase from 2017....." https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=8231 What MCPS sees is that the achievement gap is getting larger and larger. So how to close the gap? (1) maximize the increase by Hispanic and African Americans and, (2) minimize the increase by Asian Americans; and (3) change the magnet acceptance criteria using the "cohort criteria" fit perfectly!! |
Anonymous
DP It’s not only the PP who feels this way, take it up with MCPS. They are the ones obsessed with race and closing the Acheivement Gap. MCPS has made that the one and only priority. Go to the BOE meetings and read their press releases. MCPS has made this heir entire focus. |
Anonymous
The person is saying when you move from a merit based system to a diversity-by-race system with a 95% score bar you might not win any future merit-based contests. Get it? |
Anonymous
Not the PP, but this is a ridiculous argument. By definition, these three young people are among the most accomplished in the entire nation. They aren't just the 99% kids. They are the 99.99999 percent outliers who would be swept into the magnet whether or not some "undeserving 95 percenters" are also admitted. |
Anonymous
For your info, most of the Asian kids are American-born, hence American kids. Don't be a racist. Thanks to such kids our country will have a great future. We should all celebrate. |
Anonymous
| Oh god! They didn't use cohort to select finalist???!!! This is unfair! |
Anonymous
Wait, not illegal immigrants from south of the border? I thought all immigrants were exactly the same! |
Anonymous
I got news for you.. Trumpsters don't even want HlB visa immigrants. |
Anonymous
| The whole Asian/cohort thing is so tiresome. I don't know the answer, but I do know that this is not about a race of "smarter" kids. Asian families, for the most part, value education and invest in many additional educational opportunities for their kids. These kids are better prepared when it comes time for various assessments. They spend more time in classes, in music lessons, practicing, working. That pays off for them in these competitions. It may also work against them when other types of skills are needed. I just hope they take joy in the time they spend on these activities. Congrats to all the kids who are working at this level. |
Anonymous
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Alag, Ayush
Chadha, Anjali Jain, Navami Karan, Aayush Karthik, Ananya Krishnamani, Preeti Kumar, Chirag Kumar, Varun Maheshwari, Eish Mamidala, Sai Roy, Ronak Saxena, Eshika Sayana, Ruhi Singh, Aditi Singh, Amol Subramanian, Madhav At least 16 Indian-American students. Pretty impressive. |
Anonymous
You may be right. They are only working, working, working. That is the reason that MCPS should not discriminate against them and let them take their rightful place in magnet programs based on their academic performance. Then everyone else can rejoice that they have no joy in their lives. It is a fair exchange, no? |
Anonymous
| Oh, man, these kids did something great. You don’t get to that level without some joy and passion for the subject. Go spew your racist hate in another thread. |
Anonymous
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There were 20 students from Maryland out of 200 as semi-finalists. Not all from MCPS. Amazing number of high achievers from such a small state.
Zhu, Daniel, 17 Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland Yu, Joshua, 17 Urbana High School, Ijamsville, Maryland Shi, Tesia, 17 Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland Shastri, Ishana, 17 Poolesville High School, Poolesville, Maryland Schäffer, Daniel, 17 Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland Qu, Steven, 17 Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland Qian, Kevin, 18 Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland Mokaya, Michelle, 17 Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore, Maryland Ma, Jessie, 17 Winston Churchill High School, Potomac, Maryland Lindholm, Adam, 18 Great Mills High School, Great Mills, Maryland Herath, Isuru, 17 Marriotts Ridge High School, Marriottsville, Maryland Han, Ivy, 17 Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland Durvasula, Naveen, 17 Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland Duh, Alexander, 18 Gilman School, Baltimore, Maryland Cui, Laura, 17 Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland Chen, Peiqi, 18 Poolesville High School, Poolesville, Maryland Cai, Grace, 17 Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland Brixi, Garyk, 17 Winston Churchill High School, Potomac, Maryland Borton, Allison, 18 Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland Bian, Vincent, 17 Poolesville High School, Poolesville, Maryland |
Anonymous
As an Asian American, I agree. Do I upset that there is almost zero Asian American in NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB? No, I know that these sports need different skill sets. Should NFL draft consider race? No. I enjoy the sports whenever played by the best athletics. |