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2) The standard of curriculum in many other countries  is very high.  [b]I know this because I am from an Asian country.  My  very average nieces and nephews in my home country were not born any smarter than my own kid, but what their kids are learning and the curriculum they are following is far advanced than what my kid is learning.[/b] In the end, our kids have to compete in a global workplace.
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You also neglected to mention that your nieces and nephews are in school/tutoring for 10 or so hrs rs/day, and that doesn't include the HW afterwards.  And I know this because I'm Asian, too.[/quote]

The school hours and number of days are much higher in Asian countries than what is here.  It does give them an edge just in terms of sheer hours a child will be learning in those countries vs. here.  However, if US was insulated and did not compete in a global economy, it would not have mattered.  Since our kids will be competing with these same kids, and since the posters on this site keep on bemoaning that our jobs are being outsourced, is it not important for us to understand where we are failing our kids and workers?

We are not accomodating kids who need more challenge, we are lowering the standards to bridge the achievement gap, and when we do try and implement something from other countries (Singapore Math for example) - there is such a lack of trained teachers that it becomes a big fail.

I was trying to illustrate that there are many motivations behind parents wanting to send their kids to magnet schools, and many do it not for the bragging rights. [/quote]

Who cares what the reasons are?  I don't care about your reasons, PP, and neither does the school system.

Rules are rules.  Brilliant kids are brilliant kids.

The magnets were created to desegregate - plain and simple.  Geographically, some applicants have an advantage, as those in clusters where people are happy with their homes schools usually do not apply.

We are in such a cluster where few apply.  I'm not desperate to get my kids out of their home base.  But if you can't stand your middle school, the magnet is a way out - and sometimes a direct avenue to Blair's magnets.  [/quote]

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