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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the point diversity posters are missing is that schools with better test scores etc have a culture of success, now this is obviously a result of the educational and economic standing of the parents but the culture does exist. When your child is in a similar culture, they are expected, motivated to do well, the problem with lower performing schools is not that they don't have bright kids (of course they have bright kids), the problem is the overall culture is not the one which values academics and success as much.

Culture is a difficult thing to change, it takes a similar mindset to create the dominant culture , the dominant culture at lower performing schools will not be of high academic achievement till the similarity of academic success is the majority. I am not White and I think it's not right to bash White posters in guise of diversity. I am SE Asian and yes I look for a certain percentage of my own kind so that my kids can feel comfortable at school, but really all parents are simply doing their best for their kids, nothing more, nothing less. FWIW, I do choose a school based on performance because I am looking for the right culture, I am not picking high performance schools because I am a racist etc.[/quote]
Give me a freaking break. You cannot assume that better test scores means there is more value placed on success or learning or achievment It just means they may have more emphasis on testing. And guess what, there are a lot of people who do not feel that testing is a definitive indicator of intelligence or future success. And to assume that those parents and various cultures somehow devalues "success" and cares about it less than you do is a load of crap. I hate to tell you, but someone working at Dunkin Donuts may just care about it more than you do, may have more willingness to strive, work hard, do what needs to be done than you do. [/quote]

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