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[quote=Anonymous]Actual data point here. DC is one of the NMSFs at the school that had a lot of them this year. Child absolutely did NOT prep at all. Took the PSAT at school on the day it was given. Kid enjoys taking these tests somewhat. It is really wrong to accuse these kids of some nefarious action or privilege tailwind. Some kids are natural athletes and artists. My kid is, frankly, very smart — does not necessarily make him a good person (although I think he is). We drill into him that being smart isn’t necessarily a virtue but how you develop and use that endowment that is. I know many of the kids on that list and they are all very smart. If I observe a truly gifted athlete, the last thing I think of are ways to somehow diminish or delegitimize that talent; in fact, I am inspired by it. The school that had a lot of NMSFs this year does a good job of finding a lot of the really smart kids in the DMV. The list is reflective of that, I believe.[/quote]
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