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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This whole no-prep is the best attitude is why Americans score so low internationally. For some reason, the kids have to be good at academics not by working hard but by born smart. I didn't grow up in this country. When I was in schools the highest praise everyone wants to get is working hard. That is also the first thing people think of when someone achieved something academically.

The fact is very few people are operating at Phelps level. Those are the potential Nobel Prize winners. But a lot more people can become college professors, doctors, and engineers. This is where working hard will set a child apart. [/quote]

But the elementary-school HGC test is an IQ test. Or, at least, that's what most people think it is. And prepping for an IQ test is a waste of time.

Furthermore, I don't think anybody here has said that prepping for tests is bad and that their children will never prep for a test -- let alone that working hard is irrelevant, and either you're smart or you're not. The most anybody here has said is that their children did not prep for the elementary-school HGC test.[/quote]

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