I am guessing the tests have been dumbed down for American students and the Asians can really knock it out of the park. Letter grades are pretty easy for all students because Admin makes us give out A's for C quality work and up and we are constantly pressured to go easy on students because they have it so hard with there video games, movie phones, and classroom fights.

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Anonymous wrote:There are two different parts of your brain school requires you to use; one part is for math and science, while another is for English and history. The stronger one part is, the correspondingly weaker the other part is, and vice versa.

Since K-12 and the SAT encompass both areas, 4.0s and perfect scores should be impossible. This means the quality of education in the world is very poor.

The 4.0 GPA, 1600 SAT, 5s in 10+ APs - mostly happening for Asian-American students. Asian-Americans - they are the product of their culture and family life. But, most of the majority students and minority URMs in USA are not getting these grades.

Yeah, quality of education in schools is quite poor.

Statistician here. Pease folks even among high achieving Asian Americans, the subset of those with Perfect everything is very small. These kids are the top even among Asian Americans.

Anonymous wrote:There are two different parts of your brain school requires you to use; one part is for math and science, while another is for English and history. The stronger one part is, the correspondingly weaker the other part is, and vice versa.

Since K-12 and the SAT encompass both areas, 4.0s and perfect scores should be impossible. This means the quality of education in the world is very poor.

The 4.0 GPA, 1600 SAT, 5s in 10+ APs - mostly happening for Asian-American students. Asian-Americans - they are the product of their culture and family life. But, most of the majority students and minority URMs in USA are not getting these grades.

Yeah, quality of education in schools is quite poor.

OP definitely didn't get a 1600. lol

Anonymous wrote:I went to school in France. We have a different education system. We are graded out of 20. Anyone who gets 16+/20 in some of the core subjects physics, chemistry, math and philosophy is considered a GENIUS.

I can't count the number of times my kids came home with perfect score here in the US lol.

I don't necessarily think the system is broken, I just feel like in the US if you deserve a 100 the teacher gives you a 100. Whereas in France, you are going to be known in the entire grade if you score 17 or 18 out of 20 in physics or math.

That reminds me of a Youtube video I saw comparing French grading to American. In the skit, the French teacher told the American student that “18 is for students. 19 is for teachers. 20 is for God.”

I went to school in France. We have a different education system. We are graded out of 20. Anyone who gets 16+/20 in some of the core subjects physics, chemistry, math and philosophy is considered a GENIUS.

I can't count the number of times my kids came home with perfect score here in the US lol.

I don't necessarily think the system is broken, I just feel like in the US if you deserve a 100 the teacher gives you a 100. Whereas in France, you are going to be known in the entire grade if you score 17 or 18 out of 20 in physics or math.

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Anonymous wrote:There are two different parts of your brain school requires you to use; one part is for math and science, while another is for English and history. The stronger one part is, the correspondingly weaker the other part is, and vice versa.[i][u]

Since K-12 and the SAT encompass both areas, 4.0s and perfect scores should be impossible. This means the quality of education in the world is very poor.

Where in the world did you get that stupid idea?

I think there are some really misguided parents who tell their kids that "everyone has strengths and weaknesses and it all balances out." simply untrue.

There are SO MANY straight A, perfect or near perfect SAT people at T5 schools. Many many many. People who have taken all sorts of classes and never gotten less than an A in them.

I'm not one (I'm a 99th percentile test taker who got plenty of bad grades), but my brother, husband, and many close friends are in this category, and when you talk to them, you realize there is actually nothing they can't process and reason through.

Anonymous wrote:There are two different parts of your brain school requires you to use; one part is for math and science, while another is for English and history. The stronger one part is, the correspondingly weaker the other part is, and vice versa.[i][u]

Since K-12 and the SAT encompass both areas, 4.0s and perfect scores should be impossible. This means the quality of education in the world is very poor.

Where in the world did you get that stupid idea?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are two different parts of your brain school requires you to use; one part is for math and science, while another is for English and history. The stronger one part is, the correspondingly weaker the other part is, and vice versa.

Since K-12 and the SAT encompass both areas, 4.0s and perfect scores should be impossible. This means the quality of education in the world is very poor.

Have you never met smart people before?

My husband is this, he went to MIT and he both has an incredible memory (for subjects like history) and incredible processing skills (for math and physics).

90% of people will never have more than a brief a conversation with a 99%ile IQ person.