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Asian American parent here. My kids were born here. They play sports and scouts. No test center prep or tutoring. They are in aap.

I came to the US when I was 3. Also no prep or tutoring. I studied hard because I wanted to achieve.

Academics do come first in our house. Sports second. My kids seem naturally gifted in math. They truly love it and excel. Sports not so much. They play soccer, tennis, golf, ski and swim team. Also play piano and violin. They both go to a few birthday parties per month and each have a few play dates per week as well.

Your stereotype of Asians and aap seems way off. Many kids of elementary aged kids are second generation. We grew up here and also American. I never experienced these tutoring centers in Asia but I know they exist. I’m so glad my kids can enjoy their childhood.[/quote]

I’m white and born in the US, as are my kids.  Academics come first in our house, with sports second.  So there’s another stereotype buster.[/quote]

+1.  I am a second generation Asian American.  While my parents afforded me tons of enrichment opportunities, they never told me to study or micromanaged a single thing in my entire academic career.  In fact, I don't think they even saw a single college report card or helped me select a major, etc.  I went to an Ivy League college and 2 top grad schools.  My spouse is Caucasian American and he also earned multiple degrees from the top 1% universities in his field (he triple majored in computer science/engineering/math).  His parents also didn't monitor his homework or micromanage anything.

Now we have two kids, and they participate in a wide range of activities (soccer, hockey, skiing, tennis, lacrosse, scouts, gymnastics, art and music classes, play dates, etc.).  I personally believe that kids need to be self motivated to really learn and pushing them too hard early on can turn them off from enjoying school.  What's strange is my spouse is turning into a "tiger parent" by tutoring my DC1 in math (as this was one of my spouse's majors).  I guess it's not really tutoring as it's working on advanced concepts not taught in DC's grade level.  He also is pretty strict about how long my DC1 practices his/her musical instrument.  I have made comments to him about it, but he persists.  I find it strange particularly since neither of us was pushed by our parents to excel.

So far my oldest has tested extremely well.  I was always like this on pretty much every single standardized test I took my entire life.  I think I took like 5 practice tests on the SATs the week before the exam and scored 98% on the test that year.  I figure if my kids don't do so well, we can work with them and help them improve their understanding of certain concepts, etc.  This isn't to say that kids can't be 'prepped' to improve their test results; however, I don't think it's a great long term solution.

I think that what De Blasio is trying to do with NYC magnet schools is a horrible idea.  I was a science/math teacher for a few years and it was pretty obvious by middle school which kids "got" it and which kids were struggling.  I also went to college with a lot of these Stuyvesant/Bronx Science and TJ kids (we all majored in science), and it was like night and day from the rest of the public school kids.  Every few years, people try to tweak the system, and it fails to really address the foundational problems.[/quote]

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