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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In this country to do well, you either have to be White or bust your ass like Asians and get good/prestigious education.

Asian students are doing well around the globe.  Why look at TJ? Look at all schools in DMV, country, world and Asian-Americans are at the top.

Now, if you are White, you really don't have to be good in studies.   Oh well![/quote]

I'm white, and I agree with you that as a whole, Asians work a lot harder than white people or any other groups.  That's why they're overrepresented in AAP and TJ.  One important question to consider is whether AAP and/or TJ are intended for the kids who are the most ahead through hard work, or whether they're intended for the kids who are naturally the smartest.  There's going to be some degree of culture clash on that question, since (white) American culture generally prizes natural aptitude over hard work, while Asian culture generally prizes the hard work over the natural aptitude.

We've seen on this forum that many white parents feel that their smart kids deserve to be on top, and they're upset that other kids are working harder and thus doing better than their kid.  For TJ, the obvious solution is free prep classes run by FCPS for all, but I don't think a lot of the non-Asians would be satisfied with that.  They don't want their kids to do prep activities and catch up with the Asians.  They want the Asians to stop putting their kids in prep classes, so their own bright children will shine more without the hard work.  [/quote]

I think a lot of this is true but I also think that what white and asian parents seem to have in common in this area with regard to AAP/TJ is the sharing of information and resources in a way that excludes other groups. At the same time other groups do not have the same access to knowledge which results in less successful applying and access to AAP/TJ.

I'm not asian or white but very much involved with our children's education overall and day to day. Even given that, I had never heard or nor knew of prepping for things like the NNAT and CogAT. I had never even heard of those tests until we got the sores back. By the time I realized that I could put together a parent recommendation and that these were the tests that determined whether a kid was in pool, I had no idea what my kid's NNAT score was, couldnt find it and had about 1 month (during the Xmas season) to get together a parent package. Thankfully my kid scored in the 99th percentile and was automatically put in pool and accepted in AAP in the first round. Another thing is that I had no idea how many things my child was eligible for with scores like this and I was really annoyed with the school for not flagging it for me as a parent. I've since signed my kid up for lots of other enrichment opportunities but that is only because i've stumbled into finding those things. There isnt a community of people sharing those resources like (I believe) white and asian families do. [/quote]

I would suggest it’s concentrated by both race and resources. I’m white, but my at the time LMC parents wouldn’t have known about WISC or GT had it not been for one specific teacher in elementary school who recommended they have me re-evaluated because I was a nervous test-taker.[/quote]

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