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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But the stereotype is true as evidenced by the national results on mathcounts and USAMO all the way down to the school levels. Nobody is necessarily saying it’s a negative stereotype. Asians are dominating in math contests. To deny that Asian kids are dominating math contests would be ridiculous. To say it’s just because Asians are smarter would be wrong. Saying that a large percentage of Asian parents push their kids in math is true. Visit your nearest kumon  and see for yourself.

I think math competition and circles can be great. But I do think a lot of people are turned off by the steep competition. I think a lot of people think pushing a kid so hard to study for a math contest isn’t something they want to do. I think it’s wrong to think it’s wrong though. I don’t think there is anything wrong with insane math practice. Just like there isn’t anything wrong with insane soccer practice. As long as the kid is willing in either case. Once you’ve forced a kid to practice above level math you are crossing a line. But no one ever admits this. [/quote]
We’re talking about the stereotyping of tiger parenting. How’s that evidenced by the Asian dominance in Mathcounts and USAMO?
That underlying assumption alone is a stereotype and potentially racist.[/quote]

Is tiger parenting not an Asian invention? I believe Amy Chua herself said it was.

Asian American make up 6% of the population. Asian American 8th graders make up over half of the top performers in math counts.

Is it not because of tiger parenting?

Is putting your dc in kumon an example of tiger parenting? Is kumon not made up of predominately Asian Americans students?

I do not think recognizing a trend is racist. Let’s blow the cover off this. Putting your kid in kumon works. Making your elementary child study X hours of math a week ahead of their peers sets him up to excel in middle school math. It has little to do with a love of math or a talent for math. [/quote]

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