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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a foolish idea.  In ten years, we'll be having the same discussion again because it would have proved to be unsuccessful at letting more URM into the school because as a previous poster wisely noted, you're not actually addressing the problem, you're applying a band aid.  If you don't build the URM student through elementary school and middle school, you're setting them up for failure when they get to TJ.  With the affluent white and Asians, those parents are doing the building at home (because let's be real, FCPS doesn't do it for them either) by sending them to enrichment and prep classes.  So, until you actually INVEST in the URM child, this revised system will not get you the equity results you're hoping for ... but also, no one at FCPS or the VDOE really/truly cares about that.  They just want to check a box saying "we fixed it".  And, most people are not willing to really think about whether the solution will solve the problem.  [/quote]

URMs are almost as wealthy as the Asians at least in fairfax county. 22% of the Asian household earn 200K dollars or more in a year and 16-18% of African american household earn 200K or more. So the argument that asians are affulent and URMs are not is totally farce.[/quote]

That's exactly the point that a poster made.  It's not so much the money.  The time that Asians put into academic success starts at a young age and that rigor is in most Asian homes.  More so than money, the time and effort (rigor) is why there is such a huge discrepancy in admissions rates for any elite [academic] program in the country, where Asians blow the rest away.  I hate to say this and it may be an unpopular thing, but quite honestly, most other races don't have that drive and certainly don't take the time to breed that rigor at home with their kids.  Most have a preferential "kids be kids" attitude, and pushing for academic success isn't something that comes naturally to non-Asian households.     [/quote]

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