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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To put it in the language of Chinese intellectuals --  Lu Xun would say many of these high scoring kids (and it seems their boosters) are just a modern version of Ah Q. They lack the ability to see beyond their personal perspective, how they are perceived by others, or understand how others might see things differently.  Just because you did well on the SATs you deserve priority to get in to Harvard and damn the consequences for anyone else.  And, ignore that others might include different measure of achievement and success than the ones you are good at. [/quote]

Bingo.

Tiger Moms study this message and take it seriously.[/quote]

Guys, from one white person to another, posting and congratulating each other on this kind of crap actually bolsters the Asians’ case. You’re demonstrating so clearly that white people are all programmed to see Asians as test-taking robots with tiger moms and no amount of extracurricular achievement or personal characteristics can change your perception. [/quote]

I gained my perceptions of culture of Asian kids and Tiger Moms while my kids were in FCPS. It's not a myth.
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Is this like saying most white kids would [b]rather play[/b] sports than study because that's what I've experienced.

I find it interesting that people don't want students be judged as a monolithic group, ie, just because a black student got into Harvard it doesn't mean that person is not qualified, but don't want to look at Asian American students as individuals, ie, if you didn't get in to Harvard but had top scores it must mean because you are a robot and a have personality of a rock.

Lots of white kids get into elite universities even though they are dumbsh1ts because their folks have money, Trump, Bush, etc.. If you have money and got into an elite university and are white, it must be because your mommy and daddy bought your admittance for you even though you are as dumb as a rock.

see how that works, folks.[/quote]

The truth is all kids would rather play than study! That is healthy and normal. It is not healthy and normal to deprive kids of play and childhood so they can study. It leads to APT, then no Harvard, then parents feel their dreams die.[/quote]
OK, so let's just let kids play and not study.  What is "too much" studying to you?  If my larlo studies one extra hour than your's is that too much?

BTW, I don't dream of my kids going to Harvard. I'd be happy with UMD. But what Harvard is doing today is not that different than what they did years ago to Jews.  Their own study started to show their bias and so they killed the study.[/quote]

It’s not different at all to what Harvard did to Jews a generation ago.  And our grandchildren will look back at this time and shake their head at the say discrimination against Asians was legitimized, just as we look back and are ashamed at the anti-semitism that kept Jews out not so long ago.[/quote]

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