To all who have a problem with MO CO changing demographics
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I see what she is doing. This pathetic woman is trying to join hands and forces with the Asian Americans to white wash the widening gap these kids have over her children. More denial. MCPS will attempt to close the real gap with curriculum 2.0 and no pathways. Strategy : If you can't lick 'em join them to close the gap. |
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The definition of conspiracy and paranoia.
A white poster is lambasted with this nonsense from another who is in denial.
From the College Forum, the thread on Asians and Harvard, this looks like you, too: Sorry, you're obviously the Asian racist. The tone, the language. |
Anonymous
| WTF????? |
Anonymous
Time to call your therapist? |
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From your therapist: http://www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2012-06-19-Asian-American-poll_ST_U.htm?loc=interstitialskip Positive stereotypes about Asian Americans are rooted in reality: They are more educated and wealthier, and they value work, marriage and family more than Americans as a whole, according to a Pew Research Center report out today. Visit The Official FT.com Site For Business & Finance Articles Online. www.FT.com/GeneralNews The study, which includes a survey of 3,511 Asians, shows that more than 60% of recent Asian immigrants have at least a college degree. Many work in high-paying fields such as science, engineering, medicine and finance. "These are not the tired, poor huddled masses of that inscription on the Statue of Liberty," says Paul Taylor, executive vice president of the research center. "Recent Asian arrivals are the most highly educated … immigrants in U.S. history." The USA's 18.2 million Asians are the fastest-growing racial group and have surpassed Hispanics as the largest group of new immigrants. They make up 6% of the population. The survey says Asian Americans are more satisfied with their lives, personal finances and the general direction of the country than Americans as a whole. The telephone survey includes large enough samples of the six largest U.S. Asian groups (Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese) to pinpoint differences among them. Indians have the highest share of the college-educated and the highest median household income ($88,000) among the largest Asian-American groups. Asians as a whole have a median household income of $66,000 (half make more, half less), compared with the U.S. median of $49,800. Not all Asian groups are prosperous. Koreans, Chinese and Vietnamese, many of whom came to the USA as refugees, have a higher poverty rate than Americans in general. All groups value marriage, family and hard work more than the U.S. population as a whole. "If that's a stereotype that people have assigned to this group, believe me, that's a stereotype this group has embraced," Taylor says. "Asians have a much more positive attitude toward government" than the country as a whole, says Neera Tanden, an Indian American who is president of the Center for American Progress, a liberal-leaning think tank. "That may be in part because many Asians come from countries where government does not work nearly as properly or on behalf of the people. "The best and the brightest in the world are coming to the United States," Tanden says. "The report is a testament to the promise of America." |
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It's the same crazy theory about a plot behind curriculum 2.0, repackaged in an even crazier way. I'm no fan of curriculum 2.0, but this is sheer looniness. |
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If the old guard in education leadership has the same difficulty accepting Asian Americans have surpassed the academic accomplishments and performance of all others in MCPS why wouldn't posters suspect potential motives with banning math subject advancement in trying to close the gap between Asian Americans and all the rest. You have to be an European White and if the leadership thinks the way you do this lends support to their loonie motives and motivations. After the College Board fiasco and ridiculous comments from you claiming the success of Asians for your own you had better believe no one will give you the benefit of doubt.
Can you say after me: "There is a widening gap in performance and achievements in MCPS between Asian Americans and Whites and everyone else." This may be as diffcult for you to admit as the MCPS leadership. Are you still in denial? Are you still having a problem with these facts or will you go to your grave disputing them with your silly nonsense. |
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Twice as many of the "white old guard's" progeny would be hurt by eliminating advanced math as Asian kids would be hurt. Your conspiracy theory is complete nonsense.
We've told you this again and again, including using your own stats. You either don't want to understand, or you're too thick to understand. I'm not going to keep reposting. Good by. |
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[quote]Twice as many of the "white old guard's" progeny would be hurt by eliminating advanced math as Asian kids would be hurt. Your conspiracy theory is complete nonsense.
We've told you this again and again, including using your own stats. You either don't want to understand, or you're too thick to understand. I'm not going to keep reposting. Good by. I do not have any stats. Read the newspapers and school district stats from all over the nation. Your numbers make no sense. Use the google search button if you are tech savvy  Just look at the number of individuals in our graduate programs in Engineering, Math and Physics. It is amusing you are 100 percent ignorant of the racial and ethnic proportions in your own schools. I'm sure you are an American.
There is a ever widening performance and achievement gap between Asian Americans and everyone else in Montgomery County (MCPS) and just about any school district in America. You and the old guard find this difficult to acknowledge, accept and digest. Hence your denial. Preventing our children and kids from subject acceleration math will hurt the Asian-American group in our County the most. Deal with the obvious facts. |
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[quote]Twice as many of the "white old guard's" progeny would be hurt by eliminating advanced math as Asian kids would be hurt. Your conspiracy theory is complete nonsense.
We've told you this again and again, including using your own stats. You either don't want to understand, or you're too thick to understand. I'm not going to keep reposting. Good by. I do not have any stats. Read the newspapers and school district stats from all over the nation. Your numbers make no sense. Use the google search button if you are tech savvy Just look at the number of individuals in our graduate programs in Engineering, Math and Physics. It is amusing you are 100 percent ignorant of the racial and ethnic proportions in your own schools. I'm sure you are an American.
There is a ever widening performance and achievement gap between Asian Americans and everyone else in Montgomery County (MCPS) and just about any school district in America. You and the old guard find this difficult to acknowledge, accept and digest. Hence your denial. Preventing our children and kids from subject acceleration math will hurt the Asian-American group in our County the most. Deal with the obvious facts. |
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Twice as many of the "white old guard's" progeny would be hurt by eliminating advanced math as Asian kids would be hurt. Your conspiracy theory is complete nonsense.
We've told you this again and again, including using your own stats. You either don't want to understand, or you're too thick to understand. I'm not going to keep reposting. Good by.[b] From the pen of an English expert and self-professed publisher! |
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To all who have a problem with MoCo changing demographics -- including the bragging self-published person with multiple personalities who feels haunted ...
Pittsburgh sees Asian population increase June 20, 2012 12:00 am By Sanjena Sathian / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette When Deepti Alampally moved here from India four years ago, she didn't have to explain where she was going. "Everyone back home knows about Pittsburgh," Ms. Alampally said. She said Pittsburgh is famous among Hindus because its three rivers make it a holy city in the religion. It's fitting, then, that Pittsburgh is home to nearly 15,000 South Asians, according to 2010 Census data. In total, nearly 50,000 Asians and Asian-Americans live in the Pittsburgh metro area -- making them the second-largest minority group after African-Americans, and ahead of Hispanics. That puts Pittsburgh right in line with the national trend, according to a Pew Research Center report released Tuesday. The report says that Asian immigrants have overtaken Hispanics as the immigrant group with the greatest number of new arrivals in the country. Asian-Americans comprise 5.8 percent of the nation's population, and 3.17 percent of Pennsylvania's population, according to the report. In the Pittsburgh metro area, 2.1 percent of the population by 2010 Census data is Asian, compared to 1.3 percent who are Hispanic. Within the city limits, 5 percent are Asian, compared to 2.3 percent Hispanic, from the same census data. And it's not just Pittsburgh's rivers attracting Asian-Americans. It's also institutions such as Carnegie Mellon University, UPMC and employment opportunities with the Marcellus Shale industries, said Melanie Harrington, who works to welcome immigrants to the city through the organization Vibrant Pittsburgh. She listed the industries to which new Asian immigrants are attracted: the education sector, health care, technology, energy and business entrepreneurship, among many. "Asian-Americans are on average more educated and have higher median incomes than other immigrant groups," said Cary Funk, a researcher at Pew who worked on the report. Ms. Harrington said these qualities of valuing education, particularly in the science and technology sectors, showed that "the national trend is really being played out here in Pittsburgh." But Larry Davis, a demographer and the director of the Center on Race and Social Problems at the University of Pittsburgh, said the wave of increased immigrants -- both Hispanic and Asian -- is largely a "bi-coastal phenomenon" that has skirted around Pittsburgh. He said the decline of the steel industry hurt local growth and was a disincentive for immigrants who might otherwise have settled in the city. Those who did end up in Pittsburgh have watched the city change. Mila Yochum, one of 36 percent of American-born Asians in Pittsburgh, was born and raised in Brookline. She said she has seen a visible increase in the number of Asians in the city during her lifetime. Ms. Yochum, who is Vietnamese-American, said she remembers when she used to have the only Asian face around, but that is no longer the case. Still, both Ms. Alampally and Ms. Yochum said that despite the increased numbers of Asians in Pittsburgh in recent years, they feel cultural sensitivity remains a problem. Ms. Alampally, who lives in Upper St. Clair and works for a consulting company, said people are often surprised to find that she speaks perfect English and that she is from southern India, and not Native American. Ms. Yochum, who oversees an organization of young Asian-American professionals, told a story about trying to help a Chinese immigrant mother whose day care center would not heat up her child's food because they did not like the smell of it. Although many Asians come to Pittsburgh for the universities -- nearly 81 percent of Carnegie Mellon's international students last year were Asian -- those who stay in the country don't always choose to live in Pittsburgh. Zipei Tu came from China in 2006 to study at CMU, but he was the only one in his class to remain after graduating. Mr. Tu, who works in international sales for an information technology firm, said his friends left for San Francisco, New York and Washington, D.C. He added that the "temporary" population of Chinese immigrants in Pittsburgh -- mostly students -- is greater than the permanent population. "Let me put it frankly," he said. "I don't think people here are as open as in other areas." Mr. Davis said more immigration to Pittsburgh would benefit the city, economically, culturally and intellectually. A "brain gain" of immigrants, he said, would "make us a more interesting and vibrant community" -- if they come and stay. Sanjena Sathian: ssathian@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1408. First Published 2012-06-20 00:10:11 Does the old guard in Pittsburgh share the same "denial" attitudes as Montgomery County? |
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| The poster (s) who questions the motives of MCPS leadership for blocking our elementary school children from advancing in Math (when able, ready and willing) in MCPS has a damn good point. I question the motives behind this prohibition? Damn, with these types of attitudes it makes perfect sense to "attempt" close the widening achievement gap between Asian Americans and all the rest. What was the College Board trying to do by giving the old guard a leg up in terms of accommodations (to take the test) and the recent about face fiasco? Who are the beneficiaries of all the accommodations from the College Board over the last 20 years? Who are the beneficiaries of all the granted accommodations in MCPS to students and families for testing and homework over the last 20 years? I assure you it is not Hispanics, Blacks, Other and Asians in MCPS and our County. |
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Why is there a growing academic performance and achievement gap between Asian Americans and everyone else in Montgomery County and MCPS? Is elimination of the math pathways a short-sighted and desparate attempt by MCPS to attempt to close the gap? |