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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where are these elementary level test prep classes that everyone is talking about? Do you mean Kumon?[/quote]
Yes, Kumon. [/quote]

Huh? I thought Kumon was for strengthening basic math skills, not for prepping on how to take the CogAt or other standardized test.[/quote]
It’s the elementary school equivalent to a prep course. Just another way to get ahead. [/quote]

Can we stop with taking the poor kids' childhoods AWAY from them??  I get it, you are chasing the almighty dollar, but at what expense?[/quote]
I think Americans, particularly white/hispanic/black and some Asian cultures have different views and ideas of what childhood should be. Chinese/Korean/Japanese cultures don’t look at childhood the way many others do. We have completely different opinions and perspectives. Who’s to say which is correct? However, sadly if we want our kids to become successful, we will be forced to sacrifice some things we have taken for granted in the past. We are now part of a global culture. [b]The only reason most people immigrate here is to “succeed.”[/b] [/quote]
Bingo! And this explains test-prep insanity from the newly minted Americans. 
A huge percentage of Chinese population is barely literate, especially, outside big cities. People here think every single 'Asian' out there spends days and nights going to cram schools and memorizing trig facts - and that's a mistake. Not everyone does. However, people who come here, are a self-selected bunch and they are ready to make their kids study 24-7 to be competitive with lazy-ass whites sitting on family investment portfolio.
Makes sense. 
And as for the tired 'sports vs academics" debate, at least, if you study geometry, you develop your brains, even if you don't grow up to become Einstein. If you spend your childhood working on your tackling skills, you only develop chronic brain illness.[/quote]

100%

The Chinese who live in the rural areas and less known/populous towns and cities have far fewer educational opportunities. Chinese migrants from the rural area to the cities have to have special permission/papers that allow them to move. Without those papers, their kids are not able to attend schools in that location. There are children who are left in their parents village while the parents go to where the jobs are because there are no educational opportunities for the kids.

I would agree that the vast majority of people who choose to immigrate to the US or Europe are doing so because they want to better their life and recognize that an education is key to that better life. And the parents bring that drive to their kids. And I get that.

Enrichment and emphasizing education is a good thing. But that enrichment and extra prep time does not guarantee that kids get to attend TJ or an Ivy League school. And I think people are assuming a link that does not exist.

Kids will get an excellent education at any of the high schools in FCPS. I have friends with kids at Herndon High School whose kids have gone to Penn State University and Harvard. The AP program there is robust. So while there are many kids who are not able to participate in the AP program at Herndon High, the ones who are have a large number of opportunities in front of them. And any of the kids who have been spending all this time being tutored and prepped so they can be advanced in math and other areas more quickly will do fine in the AP program at the various high schools. And the ones who are far ahead in math will have opportunities to take college classes with dual enrollment at GMU.

I feel badly for the kids who did not get accepted at TJ after all this work before this year. I wonder what their parents had to say. [/quote]

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