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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote][b]This whole no-prep is the best attitude is why Americans score so low internationally[/b]. 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]

I have a different take.  "no-prep" attitude is a facade (typical American smokescreen) many prep but can't cut it.

It's like taxes.  Americans all pay taxes attitude but ask the prototypical American -- like Romney and his disciples -- and you find out they do not pay taxes and hide their assets in overshore banks.    they hate immigrants but hire them to work their estates and corporations

the discussion about my kids got in (magnets, Ivy, etc)  without prep (folk living in Montgomery County's fine suburbs) is a symptom of the same disease.

at least it provides makes for laughs both abroad and at home.[/quote]

You work hard, you will do well. Latent potential and innate talent is a gift from God. To reach your full potential and maximize the promise of your talent - you have to work hard. It can be academics, music, sports ...what have you.  There is no substitute for hard work.  Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.[/quote]

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