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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think I am having trouble with the assumption that life is so clearly linear -- survive the sorting in 1st grade and 3rd grade and 6th grade and 8th grade and 12th grade and then you arrive at the magical golden ticket of attending MIT and getting a graduate fellowship and making a million dollars -- or whatever.  
Are there other places in the world where that is actually true?  Is it actually true in China or India?  This is a legitimate question.  I honestly don't know if it is.

the notion that there is only one way to rise to the top, and only one way to be successful, or that success actually means the same thing to everyone.

DOes no one ever fall off the ramp, or decide at some point not to go along or not to follow the program or whatever?  There was a fifth grader in my daughter's SAT prep class who was being prepped to get into the Duke TIP program by scoring really high on the SAT.  IT seems like kids are pretty malleable when they're in fifth grade and maybe you can get them to do whatever you want and give up their Sundays to REPEAT an SAT prep course for a summer program -- but don't any of these kids ever rebel?  Wake up and discover that they really want to be an organic farmer?  Or does that only happen in America?[/quote]

You really should get out more. Once COVID is over, I highly suggest that you and possibly your family travel outside of the US and see the bigger world.  It is easy to judge others from your American-centric vantage point when you don't know what is beyond your front yard.  Your posted started with seemingly well intended, but ignorant, nevertheless, questions.  I am happy to educate.  However, you ended the post with such distain for how other culture live and thrive, whether by choice or not, you just aren't ready to receive that education.  And do remember, other cultures also include those diverse communities living here in the USA, like that 5th grader.  So please do all of us a favor, don't judge.

BTW, have you ever tried to strike up a conversation with that kid's family and try to understand them as people first?  and why is your daughter in SAT prep? Guess what, you are on this prepping ship just everyone else.  Please, don't bother responding.  Your opinion is irrelevant. [/quote]

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