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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Groups of children of any race have equal potential at birth.  Within a homogeneous racial group, some will excel, the majority will be average, and some will be below average.   I do not believe race alone favors any child.

However, I worked for years at Johns Hopkins University, Center for Talented Youth.  Our research department, working off data from our talent search, proved the most academically talented students fell into 3 cohorts:

- one third were Asian (including Indian),
- one third were Jewish, and, 
- one third were everyone else.

Genetically Asian or Jewish students are not more or less intelligent.  They simply have cultural backgrounds which place a greater value on education.

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I agree that the degree to which a family focuses on and supports academics at home is the single most important factor in how kids advance academically.

We're a non-Jewish white family but we place a very high importance on academics and out kid is highly academic. We encounter families from all different backgrounds in enrichment activities and the uniting factor is the value placed on learning and focusing on studies.[/quote]

I am the PP, and same:  we’re a white (though multicultural) family with one child at TJ, and the other preparing to apply for T10 universities next year.  Careers through higher education are the top priority for our family. [/quote]

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