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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I would like to know about RSM is… where are the non-immigrant, non-Indian parents? Or is everyone replying here 1st or 1.5 generation Indian?

My son just had his first RSM class, and apart from one Russian-speaking woman and one Mandarin-speaking man, every single parent waiting was an Indian immigrant.

Are non-immigrants not prioritizing math? Or do they do other math programs? I thought more Russians would be in the program too, given the name and given that all the principals and teachers are Russian. I am second generation East Asian and was the only 2nd gen East Asian parent there out of 4 full classes of parents waiting. I felt singled out by several other parents, like they were thinking “What are you doing here? You don’t belong.”[/quote]

I am a white parent, third generation. Irish/Scottish/Ukranian mix. That said, DS is one of a few white kids in his class. It is mainly a mix of Asian, Indian, and a few Eastern Europeans. I do know a few Black families who are attending.

Culturally, Asian families place a higher value on education and are more likely to send their kids to enrichment programs. We send our son because he loves math and enjoys math competitions. He could careless about the composition of his class. He is learning and doing well in school and on his math competitions. [/quote]

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