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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So who actually needs a magnet program in your opinion? Not the poor Asian child who has a high IQ, works really hard and is prepped because her parents want to make sure she has the best chance of getting in?[/quote]

The child's nationality doesn't matter. Any child, of any nationality, who is bright enough to really need the magnet program is a child who doesn't need a prep program. [b]A bright child from a poorer family needs it more than a child from a better off family. And a bright child with parents who don't highly value education is the one who needs it most of all. 
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The kids from families with money or who value education will do fine because their families can provide support and enrichment. 
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+1 I saw someone in one of the other threads claiming the prepped kids were the best bet because prepping "proves" that families value education and I just....I can't believe people are willing to claim with a straight face that the only children who should be eligible for advanced curricula are those kids who won the parental lottery. It blows my mind. [/quote]

It blows my mind that advanced curricula should be only available for families that don't value education. [/quote]

It is not for the families, it is for the individual children. A bright child born into a family that doesn’t highly value education is so much more in need of a magnet program than a child born into a family that will provide all kinds of tutoring and test prep.

In addition, society benefits in all kinds of ways by giving that bright poor kid the tools he/she needs to be successful. Come on- this should be obvious.
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