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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let’s get some more white kids in the level 4[/quote]

The issue is not getting more white kids into AAP.[/quote]

It is to get more black kids into AAP. No one cares about the illegal Hispanics.

I just don’t get why these American born kids can’t just study harder. There is so much opportunity for them.[/quote]

I think it is because most American born kids are raised in enviroments that work to balance school and other activities. My son does well in school but we have him enriolled in one sport each season, swim lessons on the weekends, and Cub Scouts. He is above grade level in all his academics, its first grade so not that hard or exciting, so there is no reason for him to be going to tutoring. I prefer him engaged n activities that help him develop his body, his mind (sports require concentration, strategy, and thinking), and help him socialize. You can’t get that at a prep center or a math tutor.

The US us unique in how our sports feed from recrational to high school to college to professional. Most countries do not have the developed Collegiate sports system that we do in the US. The idea of playing sports past rec level is unusual. So there is less emphasis on sports. If a child is seen as being particularly gifted in a sport they ar emoved into a more seni-pro training system.

In other countries, academic success is seen as the best way to advance and there is a ton of pressure put on kids to succeed. In many of the Asian countries, there is pressure to be accepted into the top tier high schools and.universities. It makes the emphasis on the Ivy League schools in the US look like nothing. So academics are stressed far earlier and kids end up in tutoring and prep centers at an earlier age.

When people come to the US from these cultures, they bring those practices with them. So Asian families are more likely to send their kids to tutoring and test prep.

So my kid doesn’t need to study harder. He is above grade level, he scored a 135 on the NNAT, and he is doing just fine in first grade. If he is sturggling with something, we work on it at home. we read to him every night. He lvoes playing board games with us. He is building marble runs on his own (wood block ones). He likes to play math games. we do all that with him. it helps him learn, strengthen his math skills and think creativly. Will he goto TJ? Maybe. He is in first grade so I am not stressing about it. I am thinking about his math and what to do if he is accepted into AAP next year. Do we keep him in language immersion or move him to the center? I know that I need to worry about junior high math classes eventually but I’ll cross that bridge next year if we have to cross that bridge.

I am not going to take him out of his sports for tutoring to make sure that happens.[/quote]

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