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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t understand why prepping is a BAD thing. Don’t kids take classes for the SATs, PSATs, LSATS, MCATS??? Isn’t studying a GOOD thing? Isn’t hard work a sign students will do well? Prepping doesn’t mean cheating! Then let’s stop ALL the prep classes for any standardized test! I have taken a ton of standardized tests. I am an attorney. And I can tell you, I got very good grades. BUT without my test prep, I wouldn’t have done nearly as well in my standardized tests. I have never considered preparing “cheating!” [/quote]
I have never taken a prep course, I am now in the medical field. I was clearly at a disadvantage growing up, as my parents didn’t value education at all and I could never afford a prep course unless I paid for it myself. Prep courses give mediocre students that extra edge. I was never a mediocre student, but I can attest that students, friends of mine, after paying for prep courses, were somehow miraculously accepted into unattainable colleges/grad schools. I am now successful solely due to my own hard work and diligence. I am ambivalent towards prep classes, but I  see them as a necessity if my children are to succeed. There are still many kids out there whose parents don’t value education. It’s a class/culture issue more than anything. Asian parents give a crap, while many parents of other races, including white parents, have priorities above their child’s education. I can already see how, in ES, the Asians are prepping. Half of my DC’s class is Asian. I hear the Asian kids talking about taking prep classes, these are 8 year olds for crying out loud. It is only the Asians taking these courses. The other kids haven’t a clue what Kumon is! This is the new normal in education unfortunately.[/quote]

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