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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't live in VA, and I'm Asian.  But I wouldn't want my kids to go to a school that was 50% Asian for various reasons.[/quote]

PP here.. I wouldn't want this because I want my kids to go to a school that is as diverse as I can get it... both in SES and in color.  I also wouldn't want my kids to go to a school that was 80% white, and no black or hispanic kids.  I would prefer a good mix of ethnicities.  That's my ideal.  They have this now in a school in MoCo.  About 50% white, 25% Asian, approx 10% black and 10% Hispanic, and some FARMS kids.  To me, this is a good mix.  I want my kids to be exposed to human differences from an early age.

And yes, wherever you have a large Asian population, you will get more of the stereotypical Asian tiger parents.  I don't want to start yet another thread on the merits or negatives of this kind of parenting style, but suffice it to say, I'm not a huge fan of it.  A little bit of it is fine, good even. But some parents can go overboard with it.  And to me, whenever there are this many Asian parents, the likelihood of the overboard parenting is higher.  I just don't like the atmosphere.  There doesn't seem to be much balance.  Just my opinion.[/quote]
Nice. You've obviously not from around these parts.  But I can't figure our where you'd have to be to meet your standards.[/quote]

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