HS magnets and programs testing

[Anonymous]

"Neither the whip nor the begging bowl?" Are you for real? Talk about drama!!!!! (And hypocrisy-' my kid has lots of Asian friends under the whip). It gets hairy when you try to sort people by race, doesn't it.

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Anonymous wrote:This will make admission really difficult for Asian kids.

Serious question: why would you think that? All that is mentioned here is universal screening and the specific test that they'll be taking.

I fail to see how including more kids in the testing process could discriminate against a particular ethnic group. If they're good test takers, they'll still score well in spite of a few hundred additional kids taking the test. And if they do end up not scoring as well as some of the kids who might not have otherwise taken the test, what does that have to do with them being Asian?


If there's a real case for this, please enlighten us, because I fail to see what it could possibly be. I know the cohort thing has thrown a bit of a wrench into the process for middle school, but really, the knee-jerk reaction seems inflammatory and uncalled for here

Unless you're just a troll, in which case it's business as usual, I guess.

DP. She's afraid all that money she spent on 8 years of Dr. Li's afterschool/weekend/summer prep will be wasted if DaShawn and Juan from the wrong side of the tracks will take Vivian's and David's spots at Montgomery Blair math magnet.

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Ha ha! Sour grapes!

8 years of Dr. Li will never go to waste in life + these kids are not the ones handling broomsticks.

Oh, wow, you're crude and gross. PS. Asian kids know how to bully.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't laugh and be so smug. Second generation Asian Americans are getting fed up with all the discrimination against them by lazy white people who want to be first without doing the work. More asians are going into politics and law. The kids that MCPS discriminated against will not forget and many may be inspired to focus their careers on fighting white privilege.

IMO good for them. Its disgusting to me how idiots have used this community for their high scores and then turned around to block them from coveted programs so dumber white kids can get in.

There is a lot of bias here -' like only Asian kids get good scores? I will acknowledge. there is a tension. Many kids in the magnet (primarily Asian kids) prep and enrich extensively. I suppose that helps scores. But, they are not the only high scorers. And this is tgeir (or more likely) their parents' investment. My kuds' friends must practice instruments hours a day but may not choose a music career. So, with that kind of baggage and agenda, you can't just throw out this notion of Asian kids holding everyone else up by sheer btilliance.

Why not consider that all of these kids are in it together....

[Anonymous]

This thread is so ugly. It should be shut down.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know whether MCPS is starting universal screening for the HS programs this year? Also, what test is used? Did it switch to COGAT?

Let's not focus on the negativity in this thread.

For criteria based programs such as Poolsville/Blair and RM IB magnets, it is a common application that needs to be submitted. Testing is on Dec 7th. It is Cogat based. 9 battery tests. Along with the test, many other input go in (MAP test scores, GPA, their course selection, and pathway, teacher recs, awards) etc. It is race and school blind but they do consider programs such as FARMS).

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is so ugly. It should be shut down.

DP

Take that up with MCPS. MCPS has brought race into every discussion. This is what the result is.

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This thread is so ugly. It should be shut down.


DP

Take that up with MCPS. MCPS has brought race into every discussion. This is what the result is.

I agree. The racism against Asian Americans within MCPS is despicable.