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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Understand that in many white, AA, and Hispanic homes other things are valued rather than prep at all cost.  Many are involved in their houses of worship, league sports, helping out in the family business at a young age, working a job at age 15 etc.  "Prepping" at all costs is not the norm for American kids nor has it ever been.[/quote]

This is the definition of a racist. My asian kids are involved with their church, help out with family business , work a summer job. At the same time, they value their education very much and make studying (not prepping) their priority .  [b]They don't play league sports because they just are not qualified enough[/b]. Ironically, nobody has a problem with sports (where there is an obvious lack of Asian representation) being able to select by merit, but god forbid, asian kids being a majority in a magnet school and everybody gets their panties in a twist.[/quote]

There are lots of different sports opportunities out there for kids to participate in. A kid who isn’t participating in sports in some way is either not interested or hasn’t been exposed to sports by the parents. Just as some kids need encouragement in their academics, some kids need encouragement in athletics and it is up to the parents to make sure kids are developing physically as well as mentally. 
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Except most Asian families aren't going to promote sports over academics.  That's just not how they roll.  If their Asian kid is interested in playing soccer or basketball, sure they'll sign them up for it.  But the minute it jeopardizes their grades, or they see the kid doesn't have enough time to do both, guess what gets the ax.  Whereas in other races, the parents may opt to keep the kids in sports and ask them to do try harder with school.  It's a different mentality.  I think that is the distinction that non-Asians should understand.  [/quote]

I'm the PP whose kids do not play league sports. I never said my kids do not participate in sports. They just do it recreationally. No competition because they don't qualify and frankly aren't all that interested in competing. They choose to focus on academics because that's where they shine and where their interests lie. I introduced my kids to many different sports, but if they are not good enough to make a team, I am not going to jump up and down demanding that they be let in in the name of diversity (for example, their middle school basketball team was made up of Blacks/Whites, not a single Asian kid. Those kids were picked for their abilities and I am fine with it. Why was it that those kids were better than my asian kids? Well, I know for a fact that most of them played for travel teams and my kids didn't. Why would travel team not be an unfair advantage?)[/quote]

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