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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think living in DC is education itself. These kids have access to American history, culture, politics, sports and a lot more. Being able to take public transport opens up so many opportunities for teens. You experience all sort of diversity here.

You've access to so many internships, jobs and volunteer opportunities. For a go getter kid, sky is the limit here. You can have great education, have amazing experiences and build great resume to get into any college you want. Elite colleges value these experiences and have best financial aid programs to avoid debt.[/quote]

I don't know if this is a troll, mild sarcasm, or just complete idiocy. An education riding on public transportation?! LMAO. You realize of course that there are plenty of kids in diverse cities in Europe and Asia (I'm assuming you don't just think skin color = diversity since the important thing here is diversity of thought and experience) and they are also actually EDUCATING their children. Most countries trounce us the international standards exams.[/quote]

Not sure if this is what the PP meant, but there are tons of unique experiences my ES students get to take part of. We partner with a different embassy every year and visit and learn about their culture. We work with the nationals to understand the connections between STEM and baseball. We go to the Kennedy Center for FREE multiple times per year. When you include all the free museum access it is pretty cool to be a kid in DC [/quote]

That's great but it doesn't make your kid a better candidate for a software engineer than a kid in India or China who actually got a good math and science education. How many Kennedy center visits does it take to equal two extra years of math?[/quote]

Former STEM college professor here. I don’t think students from India and China are better at math than American students. I think they perform better on exams than American students. American students are far better at creative problem solving than foreign students. They have different, yet equally important, strengths. Now I work in AI and some of my best employees are liberal arts majors who can code! You sell American students short while thinking too highly of Indian and Chinese students.[/quote]

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