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I'm not sure where you got from my post that I'm "all bent up about it." Maybe you think I am the same poster who said it was illegal. Nothing in my one post above says anything about criminalizing anything. I am just saying that Asian American families in this area are more likely to prep their children for AAP, TJ, etc. than white families. I made this point because the previous poster seemed to be pointing at rich white families as the main source of this arms race to get their children into advanced classes. While there are some white people who do that, and there are plenty of Asian Americans who do not do that, the numbers do tell a story that is very clear. I have no agenda.  I don't even live in FCPS area, and am not jealous either. I am just clarifying that  the numbers don't support the previous poster's assertion about white parents. I am sure that someone will still call me a racist because it's impossible to have a civilized conversation about race on an anonymous message board. [/quote]

DP.  Upper middle class and upper class people of all colors prep pretty extensively.  The only difference between Asians and everyone else is that the Asians acknowledge that they're prepping, while everyone else just buys workbooks on Amazon, goes through them with the kids, and then brushes it off as "not really prepping."  I know a lot of white people who prepped their kids, the kids still got scores around 120, and yet they managed to successfully refer them for AAP.  They all claim that they didn't prep.  They just went through a workbook and looked up problems on the internet to go through with their kids.   :roll:

Middle and lower class Asians are probably more likely to prep than other races, because their culture generally values education more than regular American culture does.  I have no stones to throw at less privileged people who do whatever they can to get some of the same benefits as privileged people.  [/quote]

I agree with most of your post. I do see a distinction between buying a book on Amazon and doing a few sections of it, and taking a three or four week long intensive prep course. It's all still prep, but one is closer to the level of prep they do in class, to familiarize all kids with the questions. The other is taking multiple practice exams and figuring out test taking tricks. I hate the arms race and think it's incredibly damaging for kids. A practice workbook, however, is far less pressure and stress inducing than a private test prep tutor.[/quote]

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