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Re:Seattle shuts down gifted program for having too many whi... by Freedom2 on Thursday April 04, 2024 @03:26PM (#39934739)
> wealthy enough to afford private tutoring

I can't speak for other cultures, but non-wealthy first generation Asian immigrant parents consciously and constantly sacrifice their own well-being to afford tutoring and extra curricular for their kids.

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Re:Seattle shuts down gifted program for having too many whi... by readthenotes1 on Thursday April 04, 2024 @04:06PM (#39935196)
The children of immigrants for all races do much better than the norm in the United States on just about every measure.
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Re:Seattle shuts down gifted program for having too many whi... by hilux on Friday April 05, 2024 @02:34AM (#39939300)
That's certainly what I experienced at Lowell High, a San Francisco "test school."

I recall that in my AP Chemistry class, 100% of the students were Asian. Nothing kept non-Asian students from taking the class, except the desire to work hard and be there. (The other section had at least a few white kids.)

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