TPMS Math Team

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What's the problem if they're mostly Asian?

AOPS is prep?
You must not have any experience. AOPS is just good teaching. They do have a contest math section and post questions online so kids can practice. My kids have never taken an actual class, in person or virtual.

They just go through the books and if they were into it, they would do the online math problems on Alcumus. Why wouldn't a kid prepare? It's not an IQ test.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS (who is not on the math team) knows pretty much all the eighth graders in the TPMS math team, and says that they’re perfectly nice and friendly — and not exclusive or competitive at all. He gets the impression that they spend A LOT of time on math practice and math competitions, though. This was the one and only thing that turned him off about trying out — that it would crowd out his other interests.

My non-Asian DC, also on the varsity team, feels they're also perfectly nice and friendly too, but I wouldn't say they spend a lot of time at competitions or practice. They meet after school once a week for an hour. DC has participated in a couple of competitions (3) on the weekends this year. I don't feel that's excessive. If you really want to be good at it, it might help to spend 15 minutes a day practicing AMC8/10 problems but there's no such requirement.

Your non Asian varsity team kid is the only kid who isn’t Asian, right? Or maybe there’s one other? Just mentioning because you reference his ethnicity as if the tan isn’t almost entirely Asian. Which is fine because obviously Asian brains are superior to other races, or so I assume the theory goes, and it’s nothing to do with prepping and competitiveness.

There are plenty of non-Asian kids but the team is as you'd expect it's a reflection of magnet demographics.

That’s not actually true if you look at the list of kids who made the team this year, unless you define “plenty” as two or three.

What you're saying is FALSE. There are plenty of kids who aren't Asian on the team and it's a lot more than 2 or 3.

I looked up the team roster that was sent out after the tryout. It's not even 90% Asian. The composition of the team is similar to that of most magnets like the PP stated.

I don’t have the list handy right now, but there’s about 30 kids total so 90% Asian means 3 non Asian kids, which was pretty much what I said. No it does not reflect the composition of the magnet program in general which is much more racially diverse overall. (BTW, ask your kid about the names in the list you are assuming aren’t Asian, most of them are in fact Asian.)

WRONG! There is 72 split evenly between varsity and junior varsity. Please stop posting. You are clearly uninformed.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS (who is not on the math team) knows pretty much all the eighth graders in the TPMS math team, and says that they’re perfectly nice and friendly — and not exclusive or competitive at all. He gets the impression that they spend A LOT of time on math practice and math competitions, though. This was the one and only thing that turned him off about trying out — that it would crowd out his other interests.

My non-Asian DC, also on the varsity team, feels they're also perfectly nice and friendly too, but I wouldn't say they spend a lot of time at competitions or practice. They meet after school once a week for an hour. DC has participated in a couple of competitions (3) on the weekends this year. I don't feel that's excessive. If you really want to be good at it, it might help to spend 15 minutes a day practicing AMC8/10 problems but there's no such requirement.

Your non Asian varsity team kid is the only kid who isn’t Asian, right? Or maybe there’s one other? Just mentioning because you reference his ethnicity as if the tan isn’t almost entirely Asian. Which is fine because obviously Asian brains are superior to other races, or so I assume the theory goes, and it’s nothing to do with prepping and competitiveness.

There are plenty of non-Asian kids but the team is as you'd expect it's a reflection of magnet demographics.

That’s not actually true if you look at the list of kids who made the team this year, unless you define “plenty” as two or three.

What you're saying is FALSE. There are plenty of kids who aren't Asian on the team and it's a lot more than 2 or 3.

I looked up the team roster that was sent out after the tryout. It's not even 90% Asian. The composition of the team is similar to that of most magnets like the PP stated.

I don’t have the list handy right now, but there’s about 30 kids total so 90% Asian means 3 non Asian kids, which was pretty much what I said. No it does not reflect the composition of the magnet program in general which is much more racially diverse overall. (BTW, ask your kid about the names in the list you are assuming aren’t Asian, most of them are in fact Asian.)

Obviously, since the TPMS like any STEM magnet is 90% Asian.

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Wow, the overt and subtle anti-Asian racism in this thread is appalling. I am almost positive that some of these posts would not be allowed about some other ethnic or religious groups.

I am not Asian, but my kid attends a Magnet with a large number of Asian students. He has a ton of Asian friends and they are acutely aware of the anti-Asian sentiment that permeates MCPS. And you can clearly see it on this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS (who is not on the math team) knows pretty much all the eighth graders in the TPMS math team, and says that they’re perfectly nice and friendly — and not exclusive or competitive at all. He gets the impression that they spend A LOT of time on math practice and math competitions, though. This was the one and only thing that turned him off about trying out — that it would crowd out his other interests.

My non-Asian DC, also on the varsity team, feels they're also perfectly nice and friendly too, but I wouldn't say they spend a lot of time at competitions or practice. They meet after school once a week for an hour. DC has participated in a couple of competitions (3) on the weekends this year. I don't feel that's excessive. If you really want to be good at it, it might help to spend 15 minutes a day practicing AMC8/10 problems but there's no such requirement.

Your non Asian varsity team kid is the only kid who isn’t Asian, right? Or maybe there’s one other? Just mentioning because you reference his ethnicity as if the tan isn’t almost entirely Asian. Which is fine because obviously Asian brains are superior to other races, or so I assume the theory goes, and it’s nothing to do with prepping and competitiveness.

There are plenty of non-Asian kids but the team is as you'd expect it's a reflection of magnet demographics.

That’s not actually true if you look at the list of kids who made the team this year, unless you define “plenty” as two or three.

What you're saying is FALSE. There are plenty of kids who aren't Asian on the team and it's a lot more than 2 or 3.

I looked up the team roster that was sent out after the tryout. It's not even 90% Asian. The composition of the team is similar to that of most magnets like the PP stated.

I don’t have the list handy right now, but there’s about 30 kids total so 90% Asian means 3 non Asian kids, which was pretty much what I said. No it does not reflect the composition of the magnet program in general which is much more racially diverse overall. (BTW, ask your kid about the names in the list you are assuming aren’t Asian, most of them are in fact Asian.)

Oh, really? How do you know?

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Anonymous wrote:My DS (who is not on the math team) knows pretty much all the eighth graders in the TPMS math team, and says that they’re perfectly nice and friendly — and not exclusive or competitive at all. He gets the impression that they spend A LOT of time on math practice and math competitions, though. This was the one and only thing that turned him off about trying out — that it would crowd out his other interests.

My non-Asian DC, also on the varsity team, feels they're also perfectly nice and friendly too, but I wouldn't say they spend a lot of time at competitions or practice. They meet after school once a week for an hour. DC has participated in a couple of competitions (3) on the weekends this year. I don't feel that's excessive. If you really want to be good at it, it might help to spend 15 minutes a day practicing AMC8/10 problems but there's no such requirement.

Your non Asian varsity team kid is the only kid who isn’t Asian, right? Or maybe there’s one other? Just mentioning because you reference his ethnicity as if the tan isn’t almost entirely Asian. Which is fine because obviously Asian brains are superior to other races, or so I assume the theory goes, and it’s nothing to do with prepping and competitiveness.

There are plenty of non-Asian kids but the team is as you'd expect it's a reflection of magnet demographics.

That’s not actually true if you look at the list of kids who made the team this year, unless you define “plenty” as two or three.

What you're saying is FALSE. There are plenty of kids who aren't Asian on the team and it's a lot more than 2 or 3.

I looked up the team roster that was sent out after the tryout. It's not even 90% Asian. The composition of the team is similar to that of most magnets like the PP stated.

I don’t have the list handy right now, but there’s about 30 kids total so 90% Asian means 3 non Asian kids, which was pretty much what I said. No it does not reflect the composition of the magnet program in general which is much more racially diverse overall. (BTW, ask your kid about the names in the list you are assuming aren’t Asian, most of them are in fact Asian.)

Oh, really? How do you know?

Clearly, they don't even know how many kids are on the team let alone its demographics.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS (who is not on the math team) knows pretty much all the eighth graders in the TPMS math team, and says that they’re perfectly nice and friendly — and not exclusive or competitive at all. He gets the impression that they spend A LOT of time on math practice and math competitions, though. This was the one and only thing that turned him off about trying out — that it would crowd out his other interests.

My non-Asian DC, also on the varsity team, feels they're also perfectly nice and friendly too, but I wouldn't say they spend a lot of time at competitions or practice. They meet after school once a week for an hour. DC has participated in a couple of competitions (3) on the weekends this year. I don't feel that's excessive. If you really want to be good at it, it might help to spend 15 minutes a day practicing AMC8/10 problems but there's no such requirement.

Your non Asian varsity team kid is the only kid who isn’t Asian, right? Or maybe there’s one other? Just mentioning because you reference his ethnicity as if the tan isn’t almost entirely Asian. Which is fine because obviously Asian brains are superior to other races, or so I assume the theory goes, and it’s nothing to do with prepping and competitiveness.

There are plenty of non-Asian kids but the team is as you'd expect it's a reflection of magnet demographics.

That’s not actually true if you look at the list of kids who made the team this year, unless you define “plenty” as two or three.

What you're saying is FALSE. There are plenty of kids who aren't Asian on the team and it's a lot more than 2 or 3.

I looked up the team roster that was sent out after the tryout. It's not even 90% Asian. The composition of the team is similar to that of most magnets like the PP stated.

I don’t have the list handy right now, but there’s about 30 kids total so 90% Asian means 3 non Asian kids, which was pretty much what I said. No it does not reflect the composition of the magnet program in general which is much more racially diverse overall. (BTW, ask your kid about the names in the list you are assuming aren’t Asian, most of them are in fact Asian.)

Oh, really? How do you know?

The same way you’d know - asking your kid.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS (who is not on the math team) knows pretty much all the eighth graders in the TPMS math team, and says that they’re perfectly nice and friendly — and not exclusive or competitive at all. He gets the impression that they spend A LOT of time on math practice and math competitions, though. This was the one and only thing that turned him off about trying out — that it would crowd out his other interests.

My non-Asian DC, also on the varsity team, feels they're also perfectly nice and friendly too, but I wouldn't say they spend a lot of time at competitions or practice. They meet after school once a week for an hour. DC has participated in a couple of competitions (3) on the weekends this year. I don't feel that's excessive. If you really want to be good at it, it might help to spend 15 minutes a day practicing AMC8/10 problems but there's no such requirement.

Your non Asian varsity team kid is the only kid who isn’t Asian, right? Or maybe there’s one other? Just mentioning because you reference his ethnicity as if the tan isn’t almost entirely Asian. Which is fine because obviously Asian brains are superior to other races, or so I assume the theory goes, and it’s nothing to do with prepping and competitiveness.

There are plenty of non-Asian kids but the team is as you'd expect it's a reflection of magnet demographics.

That’s not actually true if you look at the list of kids who made the team this year, unless you define “plenty” as two or three.

What you're saying is FALSE. There are plenty of kids who aren't Asian on the team and it's a lot more than 2 or 3.

I looked up the team roster that was sent out after the tryout. It's not even 90% Asian. The composition of the team is similar to that of most magnets like the PP stated.

I don’t have the list handy right now, but there’s about 30 kids total so 90% Asian means 3 non Asian kids, which was pretty much what I said. No it does not reflect the composition of the magnet program in general which is much more racially diverse overall. (BTW, ask your kid about the names in the list you are assuming aren’t Asian, most of them are in fact Asian.)

WRONG! There is 72 split evenly between varsity and junior varsity. Please stop posting. You are clearly uninformed.

List that was sent out last fall was nowhere near 72 names long. That’s BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:???

What's the problem if they're mostly Asian?

AOPS is prep?
You must not have any experience. AOPS is just good teaching. They do have a contest math section and post questions online so kids can practice. My kids have never taken an actual class, in person or virtual.

They just go through the books and if they were into it, they would do the online math problems on Alcumus. Why wouldn't a kid prepare? It's not an IQ test.

Absolutely no problem at all, except when people say that MCPS is biased against Asian students. Clearly it’s not. They dominate in competitive STEM fields in MCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS (who is not on the math team) knows pretty much all the eighth graders in the TPMS math team, and says that they’re perfectly nice and friendly — and not exclusive or competitive at all. He gets the impression that they spend A LOT of time on math practice and math competitions, though. This was the one and only thing that turned him off about trying out — that it would crowd out his other interests.

My non-Asian DC, also on the varsity team, feels they're also perfectly nice and friendly too, but I wouldn't say they spend a lot of time at competitions or practice. They meet after school once a week for an hour. DC has participated in a couple of competitions (3) on the weekends this year. I don't feel that's excessive. If you really want to be good at it, it might help to spend 15 minutes a day practicing AMC8/10 problems but there's no such requirement.

Your non Asian varsity team kid is the only kid who isn’t Asian, right? Or maybe there’s one other? Just mentioning because you reference his ethnicity as if the tan isn’t almost entirely Asian. Which is fine because obviously Asian brains are superior to other races, or so I assume the theory goes, and it’s nothing to do with prepping and competitiveness.

There are plenty of non-Asian kids but the team is as you'd expect it's a reflection of magnet demographics.

That’s not actually true if you look at the list of kids who made the team this year, unless you define “plenty” as two or three.

What you're saying is FALSE. There are plenty of kids who aren't Asian on the team and it's a lot more than 2 or 3.

I looked up the team roster that was sent out after the tryout. It's not even 90% Asian. The composition of the team is similar to that of most magnets like the PP stated.

I don’t have the list handy right now, but there’s about 30 kids total so 90% Asian means 3 non Asian kids, which was pretty much what I said. No it does not reflect the composition of the magnet program in general which is much more racially diverse overall. (BTW, ask your kid about the names in the list you are assuming aren’t Asian, most of them are in fact Asian.)

WRONG! There is 72 split evenly between varsity and junior varsity. Please stop posting. You are clearly uninformed.

List that was sent out last fall was nowhere near 72 names long. That’s BS.

36 Varsity + 36 JV = 72

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Anonymous wrote:My DS (who is not on the math team) knows pretty much all the eighth graders in the TPMS math team, and says that they’re perfectly nice and friendly — and not exclusive or competitive at all. He gets the impression that they spend A LOT of time on math practice and math competitions, though. This was the one and only thing that turned him off about trying out — that it would crowd out his other interests.

My non-Asian DC, also on the varsity team, feels they're also perfectly nice and friendly too, but I wouldn't say they spend a lot of time at competitions or practice. They meet after school once a week for an hour. DC has participated in a couple of competitions (3) on the weekends this year. I don't feel that's excessive. If you really want to be good at it, it might help to spend 15 minutes a day practicing AMC8/10 problems but there's no such requirement.

Your non Asian varsity team kid is the only kid who isn’t Asian, right? Or maybe there’s one other? Just mentioning because you reference his ethnicity as if the tan isn’t almost entirely Asian. Which is fine because obviously Asian brains are superior to other races, or so I assume the theory goes, and it’s nothing to do with prepping and competitiveness.

There are plenty of non-Asian kids but the team is as you'd expect it's a reflection of magnet demographics.

That’s not actually true if you look at the list of kids who made the team this year, unless you define “plenty” as two or three.

What you're saying is FALSE. There are plenty of kids who aren't Asian on the team and it's a lot more than 2 or 3.

I looked up the team roster that was sent out after the tryout. It's not even 90% Asian. The composition of the team is similar to that of most magnets like the PP stated.

I don’t have the list handy right now, but there’s about 30 kids total so 90% Asian means 3 non Asian kids, which was pretty much what I said. No it does not reflect the composition of the magnet program in general which is much more racially diverse overall. (BTW, ask your kid about the names in the list you are assuming aren’t Asian, most of them are in fact Asian.)

WRONG! There is 72 split evenly between varsity and junior varsity. Please stop posting. You are clearly uninformed.

List that was sent out last fall was nowhere near 72 names long. That’s BS.

36 Varsity + 36 JV = 72

You are correct. Here's a link to the handout for the TPMS Math team tryout for 2022-2023. It says 35 Varsity and 35 JV, but I think she did admit a few more.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sXGtDF_912sXQehpq6UV79CKvGsffp8x/view

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:???

What's the problem if they're mostly Asian?

AOPS is prep?
You must not have any experience. AOPS is just good teaching. They do have a contest math section and post questions online so kids can practice. My kids have never taken an actual class, in person or virtual.

They just go through the books and if they were into it, they would do the online math problems on Alcumus. Why wouldn't a kid prepare? It's not an IQ test.

Absolutely no problem at all, except when people say that MCPS is biased against Asian students. Clearly it’s not. They dominate in competitive STEM fields in MCPS.

Clearly MCPS is not biased against Black and Brown students. At my kid’s nonW school, they dominate the Honors and AP classes. They also dominate at soccer and basketball.

(PP, you are ridiculous. Nobody is keeping non-Asian kids off the Math team because of race. It’s based on skill.)

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:???

What's the problem if they're mostly Asian?

AOPS is prep?
You must not have any experience. AOPS is just good teaching. They do have a contest math section and post questions online so kids can practice. My kids have never taken an actual class, in person or virtual.

They just go through the books and if they were into it, they would do the online math problems on Alcumus. Why wouldn't a kid prepare? It's not an IQ test.

Absolutely no problem at all, except when people say that MCPS is biased against Asian students. Clearly it’s not. They dominate in competitive STEM fields in MCPS.

Clearly MCPS is not biased against Black and Brown students. At my kid’s nonW school, they dominate the Honors and AP classes. They also dominate at soccer and basketball.

(PP, you are ridiculous. Nobody is keeping non-Asian kids off the Math team because of race. It’s based on skill.)

if by skill you mean prep then sure

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:???

What's the problem if they're mostly Asian?

AOPS is prep?
You must not have any experience. AOPS is just good teaching. They do have a contest math section and post questions online so kids can practice. My kids have never taken an actual class, in person or virtual.

They just go through the books and if they were into it, they would do the online math problems on Alcumus. Why wouldn't a kid prepare? It's not an IQ test.

Absolutely no problem at all, except when people say that MCPS is biased against Asian students. Clearly it’s not. They dominate in competitive STEM fields in MCPS.

Clearly MCPS is not biased against Black and Brown students. At my kid’s nonW school, they dominate the Honors and AP classes. They also dominate at soccer and basketball.

(PP, you are ridiculous. Nobody is keeping non-Asian kids off the Math team because of race. It’s based on skill.)

Nobody said they were. Where did you get that from?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:???

What's the problem if they're mostly Asian?

AOPS is prep?
You must not have any experience. AOPS is just good teaching. They do have a contest math section and post questions online so kids can practice. My kids have never taken an actual class, in person or virtual.

They just go through the books and if they were into it, they would do the online math problems on Alcumus. Why wouldn't a kid prepare? It's not an IQ test.

Absolutely no problem at all, except when people say that MCPS is biased against Asian students. Clearly it’s not. They dominate in competitive STEM fields in MCPS.

Clearly MCPS is not biased against Black and Brown students. At my kid’s nonW school, they dominate the Honors and AP classes. They also dominate at soccer and basketball.

(PP, you are ridiculous. Nobody is keeping non-Asian kids off the Math team because of race. It’s based on skill.)

Nobody said they were. Where did you get that from?

MCPS says so. MCPS says that Black and Brown students do not perform as well academically as White and Asian students. This is EXACTLY the entire premise behind the dreaded Achievement Gap. And MCPS has stated that closing the Achievement Gap is one of its main goals.