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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many Indian parents send their kids to Curie because they want to get the coursework completed ahead of time. The idea is that if you already know the material then TJ becomes manageable. Curie's owner scared and convinced a lot of these parents that without taking classes at them their child would find TJ difficult.

What Curie does is "teach" as in spoon feed the material without making the students think. They do example after example and learn by rote and repetition.

When these kids come to TJ and find any class that they did not take or encounter new material for the first time, they are frozen.

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Repetition is a very important part if learning.  You ever hear of muscle memory?  There is a similar thing simply called memory.  Familiarity with techniques and concepts through repetition are often the difference between knowledge and mastery.

The kid that can handle TJ without this training world do even better with it.  But it's a trade off.  Do you spend time on those reps or on other parts of the high school experience.

Ultimately, that deep understanding requires reps.  But all that time drilling might preclude your ability to do that science project or volunteer activity.  [/quote]

Repetition is important, which is an entirely different concept.

Deep understanding does not require repetition! Ever see how they practice in Indian coaching centers back in India?[b] They are not learning concepts deeply, and I do not think you can comprehend this difference[/b] if you have not seen it.
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But many aspects of your daily life depend on the technology they produce.  Indian math-educated CEOs are being sought to lead companies like Google and Microsoft. wonder why?[/quote]

I am from India!!! I am not talking about all Indians.

No they did not become CEO's because they went to Curie style coaching centers! My comments are specifically about the FOMO attitude that is prevalent among those who came here straight for a job.

All the CEO's you are referencing did their MS here. [/quote]

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