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I'm a white SFS parent and I think there might be some truth in this, but I also have to say that every year there are white students who hit a wall in math when they reach the US.  Often these are "lifers", whose parents respond indignantly when their kids are moved to a less intense math class.  To some extent, this is the result of parents pushing their kids along the most demanding math track, but it's also the result of the math department making inconsistent decisions about placement (which the math teachers will acknowledge).  You see the same dynamic of some parents pushing hard for what they believe is best for their kids (or, less benignly, what they feel they and their child are entitled to) and the school responding inconsistently and without transparency in the course of the college application process and in disciplinary situations.   [/quote]

I don't think this is entirely accurate, and perhaps it merits its own thread, but there are some kids who are obvious math prodigies and there are others who are more humanities focused. But for the kids in between, it is a hard line to know whether one belongs in the Math 1 track or one of the other tracks. I am not sure there is indignence about switching tracks.[/quote]

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