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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The real privilege on academic is intelligence. Who should be responsible for your lacking of intelligence? You can make it up if you are willing to be diligent. The reality is, those people who speak loud about the academic privilege are those who have neither intelligence nor diligence. [/quote]

You are such a smug jerk.  You have no idea others’ IQ.  Justify yourself however you need to.  Just because your kid has been prepping since pre-k does not mean they are intelligent. And the problem that you fail to acknowledge is that there are some people who don’t have the privilege to do that. Get out of your little insular world and try to stand in someone else’s shoes for a minute.  It’s not that everyone else is lazy and stupid.  Other people have different circumstances that you know nothing about.  Try, just try to imagine that someone else may be in a different situation.[/quote]

No matter in what circumstances, responsible people should do their part well first before trying to pull others back.
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Says the person of privilege who has never suffered.  Nobody is trying to pull you back.  They are trying to help those who are disadvantaged and need a little help to get to the same place.  Don’t we want a society where all kids are well educated or do you just care about your own?  Never mind.  Don’t answer.  I already know the answer.[/quote]

Not all Asians are smart.  Some can study all they want and take all the prep courses available and they may not even qualify to apply.  No, there will not be equality of academic intelligence.
Do you know that many prep centers do not select everyone?  They have to take a test to qualify.  Many who do take prep classes are usually smart enough to not need them.  It is just that many parents do not want to have any doubt about providing the best for their kids.[/quote]

True, this is what no one gets it really. Most kids that take prep classes are already pretty smart, otherwise, they can't really keep up with that extra workload. Yes, I agree that not everyone can afford it and definitely not fair. Parents pay for prep schools, not for the teaching, but for the material and schedule. 1hr/week is hardly considered teaching and usually spent in answering the questions about homework more than anything. If you are familiar with kumon, prep centers aren't much different and students are given homework that they are expected to finish in a week at their own pace. Whether they actually do and don't is upto to the students. Yes, similar material can be found in bunch of books, but its difficult for students to stick to a schedule and/or have someone to clear their doubts. Thats all there is to it. Some claim there is cheating involved, and if there is actually any cheating, it would have been caught and prep centers would have been sued/closed by now and there is no concrete proof expect for some speculation about similar questions appeared in a test (I have seen kids say exact same questions they practiced appeared in SAT as well), there are not millions of different questions and if you practice enough of them, you are eventually going to encounter questions that you are very familiar with. Finally, I am not saying prepping is good or bad. As long as there is a demand for it, there will be availability. There are prep classes for SAT or any sort of screening test/process. If you are not aware, there are now many exclusive prep classes for TJ essays, considering how important these stupid essays are :)

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