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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cheating is WRONG, but there is NOTHING WRONG with working very hard people.  Same as spots or anything else in life.  
I do not support cheating.  But I'm tired of people saying xyz has no life because he/she studies all the time.  If it is not your kid, then it is none of your business!  [/quote]

We have got to decouple the idea of "hard work" from the idea of "TJ prep". They are two VERY separate things that share some commonalities but have very different ends in mind.

Efforts to make them one and the same are meant to propel the myth of superiority and "merit" and look down on anyone who doesn't "work hard" in the same ways that they do.

If you believe that East and South Asians "work harder" than anyone else, and use the amount of time they spend single-mindedly optimizing the TJ admissions process as evidence, [b]that is inarguably a racist attitude[/b] and you need to sit down and keep quiet.[/quote]

Asians tend to study harder than other groups just like blacks tend to spend more time playing basketball. [/quote]

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