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You've hit the nail on the head and the reason we have one in private and her little brother will soon be joining her. My oldest was in a 'W' school with great grades and easily scored in the upper 90s on standardized tests but we wanted a different experience for her and didn't like what we were seeing.  I went to a school similar to the one you described while growing up in Los Angeles - an amazing and happy experience and wanted this same experience for my kids.   When I attended my high school.  it was approximately 60% white and about evenly split Asian and Latino and maybe around 5% African-American.  It is now over 75% Asian and the culture has completely changed according to my nephews and nieces who have attended.  Before it was full of really smart and creative kids but interestingly, not high pressure and cut throat/competitive.  Now,[b] it is extremely academically competitive, the cultural arts is no longer highlighted, the sports team is abysmal and the kids are solely focused on GPAs and standardized test scores.[/b] [/quote]
This is BS. I grew up in LA, and still have family/friends there.

Schools with a lot of Asian American students absolutely care about cultural arts. They are very into music and art, and many are into sports, just not the kind of sports you like for white kids.

IMO, you are like many of the white families who leave schools with a high Asian American population because you cannot handle the academic competition from these Asian American kids. You just use the excuse of "they are like robots" to leave the school.

It is true that when the percentage of Asian American students starts to increase, the academic benchmark goes way up, and some people cannot handle it. That's fine. If you don't like the pressure cooker environment for your kids, then certainly you shouldn't have your kids go to that school.  I feel the same, so we don't live in a cluster where there is a lot of academic pressure.  But your attitude is either racist or defensive.

Be honest with yourself.[/quote]

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