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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look up "entrance exam hell."  It is a well known phenomenon in Japan, Korea and China.  And admission to the the IIT's in India is also very competitive and based on entrance exams.  So prepping is a way of life for folks from these countries, and the recent immigrants from these countries [which as one poster said above has "skyrocketed" in recent years] have brought their culture here with them.  I believe this fact has largely changed the face of public education in Northern Virginia, especially in AAP and TJ. So why is pointing this out is "racist"?[/quote]

Let's assume it's not racist, but just nativist - "those newcomers have changed our way of life and I wish they'd never imported their kimchi-eating, test prepping ways to my country."

Where does that get you?  In your fantasy world, our schools presumably would less diverse and less competitive, and there would be more time for "kids to be kids."  But at some point the music stops and they'd still have to compete with others in a global economy that the U.S. no longer controls like it did in the immediate post-WW II decades.

A competing view, which you might want to consider, is that the sooner the children of the privileged, largely white generations realize that it's a new ball game, the better things will be for them later - and that kids in this area gain an advantage over kids in other parts of the country because they see how hard some of their peers are prepared to work.

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