Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 13:15     Subject: Re:ES with high percentage of Asian students
Anonymous wrote:
I would prefer a good mix of ethnicities. That's my ideal. They have this now in a school in MoCo. About 50% white, 25% Asian, approx 10% black and 10% Hispanic, and some FARMS kids. To me, this is a good mix. I want my kids to be exposed to human differences from an early age.


Oh my...you do realize that this 'diverse' breakdown of yours conveniently leaves 50% of the pop white which is 100% larger than the next sized group. Too many people who congratulate themselves for seeking diversity really want to comfortably stay in the majority and just have a few friends from other races.


The US population as a whole is the largest segment. Same in west MoCo, where I live has just a bit over 50% white. So yea, 50% white and rest minority is a pretty damn good mix around these parts. And I'm not white.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 13:13     Subject: Re:ES with high percentage of Asian students
Anonymous wrote:
I would prefer a good mix of ethnicities. That's my ideal. They have this now in a school in MoCo. About 50% white, 25% Asian, approx 10% black and 10% Hispanic, and some FARMS kids. To me, this is a good mix. I want my kids to be exposed to human differences from an early age.


Oh my...you do realize that this 'diverse' breakdown of yours conveniently leaves 50% of the pop white which is 100% larger than the next sized group. Too many people who congratulate themselves for seeking diversity really want to comfortably stay in the majority and just have a few friends from other races.


Not pp. According to the census, the demographics of Northern Virginia are 55% white, 11% black, 10% Asian, and 16% Hispanic. Her desired ratio doesn't seem crazy to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Virginia#Demographics
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 13:13     Subject: Re:ES with high percentage of Asian students
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My white kid spent 4 years at TJ. SOME east asian (south asian is a whole nother ball of wax) families do fit the stereotypes, some do not.

Tell us about that other ball of wax.


I'm not sure I want to contribute to furthering stereotypes when my point was mostly to treat folks as individuals. Suffice it to say that the South Asian kids, on the whole, were somewhat different from East Asians in terms of some cultural attitudes.


And skin color?


Obviously, but that was not my point.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 13:08     Subject: Re:ES with high percentage of Asian students
I would prefer a good mix of ethnicities. That's my ideal. They have this now in a school in MoCo. About 50% white, 25% Asian, approx 10% black and 10% Hispanic, and some FARMS kids. To me, this is a good mix. I want my kids to be exposed to human differences from an early age.


Oh my...you do realize that this 'diverse' breakdown of yours conveniently leaves 50% of the pop white which is 100% larger than the next sized group. Too many people who congratulate themselves for seeking diversity really want to comfortably stay in the majority and just have a few friends from other races.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 13:04     Subject: Re:ES with high percentage of Asian students
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My white kid spent 4 years at TJ. SOME east asian (south asian is a whole nother ball of wax) families do fit the stereotypes, some do not.

Tell us about that other ball of wax.


I'm not sure I want to contribute to furthering stereotypes when my point was mostly to treat folks as individuals. Suffice it to say that the South Asian kids, on the whole, were somewhat different from East Asians in terms of some cultural attitudes.


And skin color?
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 13:02     Subject: Re:ES with high percentage of Asian students
If you find yourself starting a sentence with, we're thinking of moving to Centreville...stop, think for awhile, and reconsider.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 11:57     Subject: Re:ES with high percentage of Asian students
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My white kid spent 4 years at TJ. SOME east asian (south asian is a whole nother ball of wax) families do fit the stereotypes, some do not.

Tell us about that other ball of wax.


I'm not sure I want to contribute to furthering stereotypes when my point was mostly to treat folks as individuals. Suffice it to say that the South Asian kids, on the whole, were somewhat different from East Asians in terms of some cultural attitudes.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 11:24     Subject: Re:ES with high percentage of Asian students
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My white kid spent 4 years at TJ. SOME east asian (south asian is a whole nother ball of wax) families do fit the stereotypes, some do not.

Tell us about that other ball of wax.


Good at spelling bees?


http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/06/01/why-do-children-of-indian-immigrants-dominate-american-spelling-bees/
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 11:23     Subject: Re:ES with high percentage of Asian students
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My white kid spent 4 years at TJ. SOME east asian (south asian is a whole nother ball of wax) families do fit the stereotypes, some do not.

Tell us about that other ball of wax.


Good at spelling bees?
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 10:47     Subject: Re:ES with high percentage of Asian students
Anonymous wrote:My white kid spent 4 years at TJ. SOME east asian (south asian is a whole nother ball of wax) families do fit the stereotypes, some do not.

Tell us about that other ball of wax.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 10:01     Subject: ES with high percentage of Asian students
First of all, I don't think there are any schools in Centreville (Fairfax County) that are 50% Asian-American except for the advanced academic centers. If your kids are in regular classes, you won't have to worry about it. If your kids are in the AAP, you're going to have to get used to it in this area or if you want to send your kid to an elite college.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 09:28     Subject: ES with high percentage of Asian students
Anonymous wrote:People claim asians are bad and want other minorities because they feel threatened and want to be superior academically and socially. I mean how would you feel if you aren't top of the class and asians live in large new homes vs the white people's love of tiny crap shacks. Your kids aren't stupid they will feel less intelligent and wonder why the patels or kims house look new big and nice.


non-asian troll, I imagine

My kid went to school with asians, some living in huge houses in McLean, some in apts in Annandale.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 09:25     Subject: Re:ES with high percentage of Asian students
My white kid spent 4 years at TJ. SOME east asian (south asian is a whole nother ball of wax) families do fit the stereotypes, some do not. Some kids follow what the parents want, some do not (some defy pressure to go STEM and become artsy) If the whole tiger mom thing is what you want, there is a good chance to find it in schools with lots of east asian kids, and if its what you want to avoid, well .... But remember each kid is an individual, numerical tendencies are only that, and every human being is entitled to be considered as an individual.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 08:38     Subject: ES with high percentage of Asian students
People claim asians are bad and want other minorities because they feel threatened and want to be superior academically and socially. I mean how would you feel if you aren't top of the class and asians live in large new homes vs the white people's love of tiny crap shacks. Your kids aren't stupid they will feel less intelligent and wonder why the patels or kims house look new big and nice.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 08:07     Subject: ES with high percentage of Asian students
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't live in VA, and I'm Asian. But I wouldn't want my kids to go to a school that was 50% Asian for various reasons.


PP here.. I wouldn't want this because I want my kids to go to a school that is as diverse as I can get it... both in SES and in color. I also wouldn't want my kids to go to a school that was 80% white, and no black or hispanic kids. I would prefer a good mix of ethnicities. That's my ideal. They have this now in a school in MoCo. About 50% white, 25% Asian, approx 10% black and 10% Hispanic, and some FARMS kids. To me, this is a good mix. I want my kids to be exposed to human differences from an early age.

And yes, wherever you have a large Asian population, you will get more of the stereotypical Asian tiger parents. I don't want to start yet another thread on the merits or negatives of this kind of parenting style, but suffice it to say, I'm not a huge fan of it. A little bit of it is fine, good even. But some parents can go overboard with it. And to me, whenever there are this many Asian parents, the likelihood of the overboard parenting is higher. I just don't like the atmosphere. There doesn't seem to be much balance. Just my opinion.

Nice. You've obviously not from around these parts. But I can't figure our where you'd have to be to meet your standards.