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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What people fail to understand is that the Asian kid will knock the socks of the class in their base school, a whole heck of a lot easier than having to seriously amp up their academic game at TJ.  If anything, this crazy scheme just ensured more Asian success because now many of those academically-focused Asian kids will be at their base schools and completely dwarfing any chance for success for the rest of the non-Asians.  Where once you had the possibility for an AA or Hispanic or White valedictorian, or your child is in the top .5% of the graduating class, that'll now be all Asian irrespective of what high school you attend.  The irony of this move will be baffling for most in a few years time.

What most are missing is that you can't keep an Asian kid down when it comes to academic success.  It's being bred at home.  And, if the AA or Hispanic or White races can't start that breeding at home, where it matters the most, you'll never fair better than an Asian child.  It's as simple as that.  Like the Russian poster noted, some have figured it out and have implemented the training early.[/quote]

Why here? Why now?

If Asians will do well anywhere, what does it matter?

The US and especially FCPS is simply not 90% Asian.[/quote]

It really doesn't matter!  I think you may find some Asians truly bothered by it because they believe it's an unfair practice to single them out and there is an inherent Asian bias happening in most elite academic setting (as represented by the DOJ v Yale case and the SFA v Harvard case, and being litigated in some public school setting).  So long term, it is a problem, and something that most Asians shouldn't totally disregard.  I don't fully understand what you mean by "why here why now."  I suppose I can say because we exist and are here.  You seem to think that admissions rates to tier 1 programs should be correlated to the % of population in the area.  Admissions to tier 1 most likely correlates with academic success (primary) and interest from the student (secondary).  Everything else is a wash.  TJ is 60%+ Asian because most Asian students academic success far overshadow that of a AA+Hispanic+White student.  There's no other way to put this nicely.  And it seems like everyone knows that, but then folks make silly arguments like "well we believe in a well rounded child, and would like them to build other interests" (or some variation of that, whether it's sports or whatever).  There's no Asian making that sort of argument.  Asians believe in academic success first and foremost.  Then it's "other interest."  So maybe instead of focusing on "why 90% Asian," perhaps maybe the AA+Hispanic+White races should get off their high pedestals and instill some academic rigor into your kids life starting in pre-school.  Perhaps take the outlook that most Asian families have taken.  Then you can sit and whine about why your kids aren't able to compete with the Asians.  But, I'll tell you this, if you started with fostering the academic rigor from an early childhood perspective, your White+Black+Hispanic kid wouldn't need a lottery system to get in.  [/quote]

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