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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, 
So sorry that you got this rude shock.  However, if you have come from overseas you will realize that Math in US is not up to international standards (Europe and Asia) as well.

This is the precise reason that Asian-Americans in this country have become Tiger parents. We are perfectly aware how far behind our GT/magnet kid is as compared to the rest of the world, because we still visit our relatives in Asia every year.  We MCPS high achiever child  can barely keep up with Asian cousins there who are considered "mediocre students".    We know that our children are at the floor of the international achievement gap  and we know that when it comes to college admissions and jobs, no distinction will be made between Asian Americans and Asian students.

No child will agree to studying more than what the school requires. Who will want to do a daily hour of Singapore Math, sit for enrichment classes, take tests - if it is not something their peers are doing at school? As parents, it seems that we are not living the easy life that this country affords. Instead, our social and leisure hours are spent in the education of our children because the schools are failing them.  This is not even a private vs public school issue.  Compared to private schools, MCPS (at least the magnets) are doing a better job in curriculum.  And if the curriculum is made rigorous, most Math teachers are also ill qualified to teach Math.

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ok, but parents/kids in those Asian countries don't exactly have much of  a leisure life, either.  Kids spend hours after school in cram classes. No thank you.  My cousins from Asia are desperate to not have their kids grow up in that environment and want them to go to school in the US.

I don't want what they are doing over in those Asian countries, but there is something in between doing nothing at home and spending HOURS after school in cram schools.  It doesn't have to be one or the other.[/quote]

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