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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why did you text her the score? That is really inappropriate and weird. [/quote]

You’d be surprised how many people around here think it is okay to discuss their children’s grades and test scores with others.

I grew up in a culture that really discourages any sort of bragging. It was a totally new experience to move to this area and come in contact with so many people who openly brag about their children’s grades and scores and ask other parents to share in return. It’s very off-putting, especially when it is the opposite of what you were always taught is appropriate. 
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It used to be considered poor taste to brag in the traditional American culture, as well.  (Did you hear the stories about George H.W. Bush and his mother? He had a hard time touting his own accomplishments because his mother had taught him that blowing your own horn is wrong.)

I don't think this is an ethnic thing as much as a cultural shift of some other sort.  Helicopter parenting also used to be unknown.  Social media may have something to do with it, as well.[/quote]

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