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Reply to "Congratulations to the 3 MCPS Seniors who are Intel/Regeneron finalists"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The whole Asian/cohort thing is so tiresome. I don't know the answer, but I do know that this is not about a race of "smarter" kids. Asian families, for the most part, value education and invest in many additional educational opportunities for their kids. These kids are better prepared when it comes time for various assessments. They spend more time in classes, in music lessons, practicing, working. That pays off for them in these competitions. It may also work against them when other types of skills are needed. [b] I just hope they take joy in the time they spend on these activities. [/b]Congrats to all the kids who are working at this level. [/quote] That seems like a back handed compliment. Why do you assume those kids don't love what they are doing? Or you assuming that maybe it's the parents pressuring them? My 13 yr old has been spending 2+ hours/day coding. I tell him to get off after 2 hours max and give himself a break, but if I didn't tell him to do this, he'd spend all day doing it. Now.. if he was going to be in a prestigious competition to win $ for college, I'd let him spend all his time coding. If you saw a white or black kid who broke some sports record would you say, "wow.. they spend so much time practicing that sport, but it make work against them when other types of skills are needed. I just hope they take joy in the time they spend on these activities, but congrats to them who are working at this level". It may shock you to know that, indeed, some of these kids *really* do enjoy science and spending a lot of time on it. [/quote] I'm a science club sponsor at a high school. Last year I asked the top senior girl in the club what originally got her interested in it. She said she wasn't interested in it - it was the thing her dad had chosen for her to do. That depressed me - four years of amazing effort, at something you really didn't enjoy doing. Yes, there are plenty of Asian students participating and being successful in many academic activities that they are passionate about. But there are also far too many there because it was the thing their parents are making them do.[/quote]
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