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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll add Asians blow this out of the water they come over here with extremely low incomes and their kids become very successful.  Too many blacks and hispanics don't value education.... that's the problem[/quote]

I am 1st generation asian immigrant and my children attend Longfellow MS and Mclean HS.  They   wanted to go to TJ but are not "ggod" enough to attend TJ.

All of my kids attend both the chinese Sunshine academy and korean Best academy but in the end, they are just not "good" enough.

If you go to Sunshine academy classes on weeknights and weekends, you will see 5th and 6th graders, mostly asians and Indians, really excel in math and science.  I've been to both places for almost 5 five years and in five years, I see exactly 1 black student (from africa) and NO hispanic students at Sunshine and Best academy.  Sunshine and Best academy are tutoring places to help kids achieve and prepare them for TJ.

Stuart takes kids that live in the Culmore and Seven corners areas, and Falls Church HS takes kids from nearby route 50 and graham intersection.  Lot of apartments in those areas.  You get the idea.[/quote]

What is your point?  Are you saying that because Blacks and Hispanics are not attending Sunshine Academy, they don't value education?  No one I know attends Sunshine Academy - filling your weekends drilling math isn't the only way to 'value education.'[/quote]

That is exactly the point.  You want to make it in TJ, you study Math and Science.  You take your kids to these places on weekends so they can continue to get math and science "practice".  It's no different from a soccer parent who sign their kids up for training sessions thru the week and weekends.  These focused parents want their kid to excel in education so they stick them in those places.  [/quote]

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