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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From the long excerpt:
[i]“ She loved racial diversity and the prospect of a “flat world,” but when these things threatened her son’s academic position, that love seemed to sour.”[/i]

If 18 out of 21 kids in the class are one group then it’s not very diverse.

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18 out of 21 kids in the honors math class are one group.  This is a perfect example of the thought process of a lot of white people.  Diversity is great when the URMs are in the regular class or occupying a small handful of seats in the honors class.  It's concerning when a non-white racial group starts dominating the highest level class and ousting white people from their rightful place at the top.   [/quote]

Cram schools for everyone who wants to be on the top track, sounds like a great idea. [/quote]
Ugh.  Supplemental classes are not the same as cram school.  There's nothing wrong with doing an AoPS or RSM class, especially considering how poorly public schools teach math.  Also, you don't get to control other people.  Asian kids want to be on top and put in work to make it happen.  White kids want to be on top, but the only work they want to do is complain about Asian strivers.

The lady in the article places a lot of value on having her kid in the top group and feels that her kid deserves to be there even when outperformed by a lot of other kids.  For the lady in the article, there are two obvious solutions:  Put your kid in supplemental math, or accept that your kid might not be in the top group.  Unfortunately, there's also the 3rd solution: Leverage your white privilege to eliminate the top group altogether, so your less qualified white kid looks no worse than the more qualified Asian kids.  This is happening across the country.  It is not a good thing.    [/quote]

I'll go with option 3. Placement in public school classes shouldn't depend on the ability to supplement after school. [/quote]

Agreed, which is why I think that it is ok to require Geometry for TJ. Kids who are in AAP or Advanced Math across the County have access to a math track that could get them to Geometry in 8th Grade. There is no need for outside supplementation to get there. TJ is a STEM school where there are classes that require math above Calculus, so making sure kids have the math background to take advantage of those classes is fair. Every MS in the County should be able to produce 6-9 kids who have completed Geometry and have a 3.5 or even a 3.75 GPA.

I get that there are kids who are able to take Algebra in 6th grade, and even some that take Algebra earlier, but that track is not universally available. I don't think kids should feel like they have to take Geometry in summer school to get to Algebra II by 8th grade to qualify for TJ.

I don't think that extra curricular activities or supplementation should be included on the application because it is not universally available. And a kid who is great at math and has the GPA and has completed Algebra 1 and Geometry H by 8th grade might not be able to stay after school for extra curriculars because they have other requirements at home. The lack of extra curriculars should not be assumed to be a lack of interest in STEM. [/quote][/quote]

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