The enrichment class at my DC’s school is full of many kids who seem downright mediocre and boring. I am thinking the parents have bribed or threatened or something. My DC was recommended for enrichment by his teacher, but failed to get in. This is a kid who could read textbooks at 3 years old and could solve two digit math problems at 4. He could look at a list or map and memorize the entire thing easily at age 3. He could draw an exact map of the US without looking at anything, again at age 3. I never questioned why he failed to get into enrichment, maybe I should become that person? I want to know what special qualities these kids in enrichment possess.

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Anonymous wrote:I consider the sports fanatics paying for extra training, cheaters as well.

Absolutely.

Well that’s clearly an outliers opinion, as no one has yet to come up with the idea of also ‘leveling the playing field’ or ‘equal representation’ in competitive sports.

Unless Asians dominate then you will see that.

Yes this.

This is not a new thing. It's all good until Asians start moving up in one area, then they need to be checked and put in their place.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I consider the sports fanatics paying for extra training, cheaters as well.

Absolutely.

Well that’s clearly an outliers opinion, as no one has yet to come up with the idea of also ‘leveling the playing field’ or ‘equal representation’ in competitive sports.

Unless Asians dominate then you will see that.

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Anonymous wrote:I consider the sports fanatics paying for extra training, cheaters as well.

Absolutely.

Well that’s clearly an outliers opinion, as no one has yet to come up with the idea of also ‘leveling the playing field’ or ‘equal representation’ in competitive sports.

Anonymous wrote:Honest question, why is regular school time not enough? Clearly, you are doing it to gain an unfair advantage. It’s eye opening and I am glad this has been brought to my attention because it explains a lot.

Not to gain unfair advantage but to counter racial discrimination like the actions of fcps’s new proposal or blatant discrimination against Asians in college admissions.

Honest question, why is regular school time not enough? Clearly, you are doing it to gain an unfair advantage. It’s eye opening and I am glad this has been brought to my attention because it explains a lot.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I wasn’t even aware that extra prep was even a thing until recently. I succeeded just fine sans any prep classes. My son is truly gifted, however now I feel like I must sign him up for extra prep classes just to be able to compete with these clearly mediocre kids who have been receiving extra prep classes since they were 3. I have no choice, I have to sign him up. Damn it.

Yup. White parents have been paying lot of money for privy tutors to prep their kids behind closed doors for years.

Based on these threads it looks like only Black and Hispanic parents are the only ones who aren't paying private tutors.

Asians are either too poor or too cheap to pay for $300 per hour private tutors. Only white parents do.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a shame we are forced to live in such a cut throat, ruthless society. Once upon a time, years ago, a public school education was sufficient. Now, for some reason, we have to pay for prep classes in addition to paying taxes for public school or paying for private. It’s madness and unfortunately it’s our culture now. It leaves the playing field very uneven, more so than ever before. If you want your kid to be in the game, you gotta pay, and too bad if you can’t afford it, you’ll be left in the dust. Gotta go sign my kids up for Kumon, I guess. It’s subliminal, but it is cheating just the same.

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In what world is signing your kids up for kumon the same thing as cheating?!
That is some bs logic only Americans would entertain.

At our local mathnasium they do cogAt math prep which I do consider to be a form of cheating the system.

And some white parents bribe to get their kids into AAP.

There is a White parent in my neighborhood who threatened to bring her lawyer into the conversation if her child did not get into AAP on appeal. The child ended up in AAP.

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I wasn’t even aware that extra prep was even a thing until recently. I succeeded just fine sans any prep classes. My son is truly gifted, however now I feel like I must sign him up for extra prep classes just to be able to compete with these clearly mediocre kids who have been receiving extra prep classes since they were 3. I have no choice, I have to sign him up. Damn it.

Then your child is not truly gifted. Truly mediocre, maybe but probably not even that.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I wasn’t even aware that extra prep was even a thing until recently. I succeeded just fine sans any prep classes. My son is truly gifted, however now I feel like I must sign him up for extra prep classes just to be able to compete with these clearly mediocre kids who have been receiving extra prep classes since they were 3. I have no choice, I have to sign him up. Damn it.

Yup. White parents have been paying lot of money for privy tutors to prep their kids behind closed doors for years.

Based on these threads it looks like only Black and Hispanic parents are the only ones who aren't paying private tutors.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a shame we are forced to live in such a cut throat, ruthless society. Once upon a time, years ago, a public school education was sufficient. Now, for some reason, we have to pay for prep classes in addition to paying taxes for public school or paying for private. It’s madness and unfortunately it’s our culture now. It leaves the playing field very uneven, more so than ever before. If you want your kid to be in the game, you gotta pay, and too bad if you can’t afford it, you’ll be left in the dust. Gotta go sign my kids up for Kumon, I guess. It’s subliminal, but it is cheating just the same.

NP

In what world is signing your kids up for kumon the same thing as cheating?!
That is some bs logic only Americans would entertain.

Welcome to DCUM where the logic comes to die. Practicing additional math problems is considered cheating, practicing 3pt shots is a great thing to do.

Not quite that illogical. It's good for their kids to practice additional math problems, and it's good for them for your kids to practice 3pt shots because that gets them nowhere. Me first mentality. Hypocrisy ok.

Anonymous wrote:I consider the sports fanatics paying for extra training, cheaters as well.

Absolutely.

I consider the sports fanatics paying for extra training, cheaters as well.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a shame we are forced to live in such a cut throat, ruthless society. Once upon a time, years ago, a public school education was sufficient. Now, for some reason, we have to pay for prep classes in addition to paying taxes for public school or paying for private. It’s madness and unfortunately it’s our culture now. It leaves the playing field very uneven, more so than ever before. If you want your kid to be in the game, you gotta pay, and too bad if you can’t afford it, you’ll be left in the dust. Gotta go sign my kids up for Kumon, I guess. It’s subliminal, but it is cheating just the same.

NP

In what world is signing your kids up for kumon the same thing as cheating?!
That is some bs logic only Americans would entertain.

At our local mathnasium they do cogAt math prep which I do consider to be a form of cheating the system.

And some white parents bribe to get their kids into AAP.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a shame we are forced to live in such a cut throat, ruthless society. Once upon a time, years ago, a public school education was sufficient. Now, for some reason, we have to pay for prep classes in addition to paying taxes for public school or paying for private. It’s madness and unfortunately it’s our culture now. It leaves the playing field very uneven, more so than ever before. If you want your kid to be in the game, you gotta pay, and too bad if you can’t afford it, you’ll be left in the dust. Gotta go sign my kids up for Kumon, I guess. It’s subliminal, but it is cheating just the same.

NP

In what world is signing your kids up for kumon the same thing as cheating?!
That is some bs logic only Americans would entertain.

At our local mathnasium they do cogAt math prep which I do consider to be a form of cheating the system.