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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Folks reading this blog - there is a troll on this board that is trying to stir up a racial stereotype that "asians prep" so that's the only reason why asians are getting in to magnets, etc.

Please don't fall for it.

This person has had this theme for a while now and is a very bitter and pathetic person.  Keep an eye out for this theme in other blogs and please temper your responses accordingly.

Also, there's another word for "prepping".  It's called tutoring or learning.  Remember that this person wants you to believe that instruction or learning outside of MCPS is wrong.  That's why I believe this person is a very bitter MCPS employee or board member.

Don't fall for it.  Any learning a child does out of the classroom will give that child an advantage in Life.  The more parents encourage this type of appreciation for learning, the more it will rub off onto the children.[/quote]
Rather than MPCS staff, I think it's actually parents who are really invested in their kids on travel teams. No time left to tutor, so they want to level the playing field.[/quote]

No time or motivation. So take the devious way out. Make this about equity so that their kids can get a leg up. Divide and rule the minorities. It is a progressive game. [/quote]
LOL  :roll: [/quote]

Too lazy to write a sentence?

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/06/left-targets-testing-gifted-programs/619315/
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So how much do the Koch's pay you to post this nonsense?  The kids we've been talking about are hardly gifted. Sure, a few present as slightly above average after spending tens of thousands on prep but does that really matter?

Basically, you feel that wealthy people should be able to buy spots in these programs and those who aren't as fortunate should be denied equal access to these programs.

We get it.[/quote]

Atlantic is hardly a right wing publication. Read the article. You may actually get a broader perspective instead of just spouting some out of context talking points. [/quote]

DP. Nobody here claimed that The Atlantic was a right wing publication. But to be fair, the linked article is by David Frum, whose own website describes him thus:

David Frum has been active in Republican politics since the first Reagan campaign of 1980. From 2014 through 2017, Frum served as chairman of the board of trustees of the leading UK center-right think tank, Policy Exchange. In 2001-2002, he served as speechwriter and special assistant to President George W. Bush. David Frum holds a BA and MA in history from Yale and a law degree from Harvard, where he served as President of the Federalist Society.

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There's a lot of these right-wing talking points here these days. It really makes me suspect.[/quote]

David Frum is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy (2020). Meaning he opposed Trump. Must be truly suspect. [/quote]

He's a Republican. By definition, he hates public schools or any use of tax dollars that doesn't help make the rich richer.[/quote]

I am a life long Democrat. I am ashamed that close minded people like you are also Democrats. Now I know how Republicans who saw the destruction that Trump was doing must have felt. Stop with the assumptions and attacking people with such weak arguments - so embarrassing. [/quote]

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