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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are you even talking about? My child has not shown me the list but mentioned a bunch of friends who got in over dinner. I know these kids and DC has said for 2.5 years they are all the top students with 300+ MAP scores.[/quote]

The top mostly Asian 300+ students have got in. Agree. Seems though that the bar for Asian kids is 300+ while the bar for others is much lower. [/quote]
And? It's a county-wide program so they need to take students from other middle schools, not just TPMS . And I bet you Asian kids from North Bethesda MS or Julius West MS have a much lower bar, too. [/quote]

Not the point. Just comparing kids within TPMS. If a 290 Asian boy doesn't get in but a 260 white kid or a 250 girl gets in that means Asians are just being compared among themselves. Like they are not real individuals but just a homogenous group. [/quote]

Not necessarily.  Blair wants innovation, to think outside the box.  That requires some diversity.  If the kids in question are all in the same box of robotics,  cs and strings, they may prefer a kid who has a slightly lower map who will bring art, environmental science, poetry and/or drama. It's likely more about scope than race. TPMS and Blair have always been heavily Asian and skewed male, btw. It would be good to have more diversity. [/quote]

You are making the assumption that the asian kid is not into art, poetry or drama...that's the essential problem here. putting people in boxes...[/quote]

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