Youngkin and TJ

[Anonymous]

Of course half of all the top schools in the country are low income students. There are no issues of access at all.

The Ivy League is a bastion of the underprivileged .. oh wait.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course half of all the top schools in the country are low income students. There are no issues of access at all.

The Ivy League is a bastion of the underprivileged .. oh wait.

What is this word salad supposed to mean?

[Anonymous]

Pointing out the ignorance of ignoring the wide spread negative relation of family income and child education achievement and pointing to a signal exception to claim that no more work has to be done increase equity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pointing out the ignorance of ignoring the wide spread negative relation of family income and child education achievement and pointing to a signal exception to claim that no more work has to be done increase equity.

Well, there are more than one exception.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pointing out the ignorance of ignoring the wide spread negative relation of family income and child education achievement and pointing to a signal exception to claim that no more work has to be done increase equity.

Well, there are more than one exception.

Another example is Berkeley- Berkeley has about 50% Asian American students and vast majority of them are low to moderate income students receiving financial aid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pointing out the ignorance of ignoring the wide spread negative relation of family income and child education achievement and pointing to a signal exception to claim that no more work has to be done increase equity.

You should support school choice then.

[Anonymous]

Nah, “ choice” isn’t an option if a family can’t afford transportation to an out of zone school or if the kid has responsibilities that has to keep them close to home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But then how are low income students prepping for the test?
How did the school avoid the common situation of the middle classes private tutoring their way in? Where are the middle class applicants ?

I'm not quite sure how to answer this. We had been in the country for a year or so when my brother tested into Tech (yes, we were poor). My parents didn't know there even was a test. Or that the three "special" schools existed. My brother did no prep (and while extremely intelligent, he was NOT a particularly remarkable student). We didn't know about any of it until he came home one day and announced that he had tested into Tech, and he intended to go (we lived in The Bronx). I think he was motivated by being pretty relentlessly bullied at PS 127 (which, we also didn't find out until decades later). The only thing I can think of in terms of his success, is that my parents were typical Asian parents, and cared *deeply* about education (they were themselves well educated, and we were solidly middle class before we moved). As such, they always did what they could to make sure that the kids got good grades (I was on auto-pilot; I always got good grades. My brother, my mom spent endless hours teaching him, with what we thought were pretty poor returns). I think that most Asian kids (and kids from say, certain African countries) are successful, because there is such a strong emphasis on education, almost to the point of exclusion of everything else.

In short: Asian parents and many immigrant parents (especially those who are lower income) care about education and get involved. They are willing to sacrifice and commit the time. It is not very complicated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But then how are low income students prepping for the test?
How did the school avoid the common situation of the middle classes private tutoring their way in? Where are the middle class applicants ?

I'm not quite sure how to answer this. We had been in the country for a year or so when my brother tested into Tech (yes, we were poor). My parents didn't know there even was a test. Or that the three "special" schools existed. My brother did no prep (and while extremely intelligent, he was NOT a particularly remarkable student). We didn't know about any of it until he came home one day and announced that he had tested into Tech, and he intended to go (we lived in The Bronx). I think he was motivated by being pretty relentlessly bullied at PS 127 (which, we also didn't find out until decades later). The only thing I can think of in terms of his success, is that my parents were typical Asian parents, and cared *deeply* about education (they were themselves well educated, and we were solidly middle class before we moved). As such, they always did what they could to make sure that the kids got good grades (I was on auto-pilot; I always got good grades. My brother, my mom spent endless hours teaching him, with what we thought were pretty poor returns). I think that most Asian kids (and kids from say, certain African countries) are successful, because there is such a strong emphasis on education, almost to the point of exclusion of everything else.

In short: Asian parents and many immigrant parents (especially those who are lower income) care about education and get involved. They are willing to sacrifice and commit the time. It is not very complicated.

All that is good, however too many people seem to be mad that schools are adjusting admissions criteria to get the student body they want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But then how are low income students prepping for the test?
How did the school avoid the common situation of the middle classes private tutoring their way in? Where are the middle class applicants ?

I'm not quite sure how to answer this. We had been in the country for a year or so when my brother tested into Tech (yes, we were poor). My parents didn't know there even was a test. Or that the three "special" schools existed. My brother did no prep (and while extremely intelligent, he was NOT a particularly remarkable student). We didn't know about any of it until he came home one day and announced that he had tested into Tech, and he intended to go (we lived in The Bronx). I think he was motivated by being pretty relentlessly bullied at PS 127 (which, we also didn't find out until decades later). The only thing I can think of in terms of his success, is that my parents were typical Asian parents, and cared *deeply* about education (they were themselves well educated, and we were solidly middle class before we moved). As such, they always did what they could to make sure that the kids got good grades (I was on auto-pilot; I always got good grades. My brother, my mom spent endless hours teaching him, with what we thought were pretty poor returns). I think that most Asian kids (and kids from say, certain African countries) are successful, because there is such a strong emphasis on education, almost to the point of exclusion of everything else.

In short: Asian parents and many immigrant parents (especially those who are lower income) care about education and get involved. They are willing to sacrifice and commit the time. It is not very complicated.

All that is good, however too many people seem to be mad that schools are adjusting admissions criteria to get the student body they want.

Just answering the question someone asked about low income Asian students getting into Stuy/NY gifted high schools. Of course you already knew that right?

[Anonymous]

Many of these people complaining about FCPS changing the rules. There are plenty of other school districts across the US who aren’t hip to the tricks of gaming the system. Move there and your kids can participate in a magnet program, just in a different district

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many of these people complaining about FCPS changing the rules. There are plenty of other school districts across the US who aren’t hip to the tricks of gaming the system. Move there and your kids can participate in a magnet program, just in a different district

Or private is always an option. You guys don’t need FCPS or TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But then how are low income students prepping for the test?
How did the school avoid the common situation of the middle classes private tutoring their way in? Where are the middle class applicants ?

I'm not quite sure how to answer this. We had been in the country for a year or so when my brother tested into Tech (yes, we were poor). My parents didn't know there even was a test. Or that the three "special" schools existed. My brother did no prep (and while extremely intelligent, he was NOT a particularly remarkable student). We didn't know about any of it until he came home one day and announced that he had tested into Tech, and he intended to go (we lived in The Bronx). I think he was motivated by being pretty relentlessly bullied at PS 127 (which, we also didn't find out until decades later). The only thing I can think of in terms of his success, is that my parents were typical Asian parents, and cared *deeply* about education (they were themselves well educated, and we were solidly middle class before we moved). As such, they always did what they could to make sure that the kids got good grades (I was on auto-pilot; I always got good grades. My brother, my mom spent endless hours teaching him, with what we thought were pretty poor returns). I think that most Asian kids (and kids from say, certain African countries) are successful, because there is such a strong emphasis on education, almost to the point of exclusion of everything else.

In short: Asian parents and many immigrant parents (especially those who are lower income) care about education and get involved. They are willing to sacrifice and commit the time. It is not very complicated.

All that is good, however too many people seem to be mad that schools are adjusting admissions criteria to get the student body they want.

Really? I felt the adjustments were to get the students who would benefit the most instead of those who were best able to game admissions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nah, “ choice” isn’t an option if a family can’t afford transportation to an out of zone school or if the kid has responsibilities that has to keep them close to home.

You literally just made that up and do not know how school choice works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many of these people complaining about FCPS changing the rules. There are plenty of other school districts across the US who aren’t hip to the tricks of gaming the system. Move there and your kids can participate in a magnet program, just in a different district

Such great advice. You must be a genius.