Schools, asians, and racism

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[quote author="PANDA" date=1232178412][quote author="biscuitninja" date=1232176855][quote author="PANDA" date=1232161573][quote author="biscuitninja" date=1232161232]I just want to go to a school with asian chicks! UCI! :lol:



-bix</blockquote>


Bix, aren't you happily married man?</blockquote>


Yes I am... but I can oogle! (<span style="font-size: 11px;">until i get caught by the wife...) </span>:lol:</blockquote>


You see that Trojan? Don't be like Bix after ten plus years into his marriage thinking "What if i had married an Asian girl instead?" Make sure that you marry an Asian girl and not live with any regrets. :)



hahaha</blockquote>
Except aren't some of those guys married to Asian women secretly wondering what would it be like to have married a blonde or redhead? Well... SoCal has a lot of blonde Asian girls but they don't count.
 
[quote author="PANDA" date=1232178412][quote author="biscuitninja" date=1232176855][quote author="PANDA" date=1232161573][quote author="biscuitninja" date=1232161232]I just want to go to a school with asian chicks! UCI! :lol:



-bix</blockquote>


Bix, aren't you happily married man?</blockquote>


Yes I am... but I can oogle! (<span style="font-size: 11px;">until i get caught by the wife...) </span>:lol:</blockquote>


You see that Trojan? Don't be like Bix after ten plus years into his marriage thinking "What if i had married an Asian girl instead?" Make sure that you marry an Asian girl and not live with any regrets. :)



hahaha</blockquote>




Not quite, I see too many "bling bling" girls around here. Just because i think they are pretty, doesn't mean I want to marry one. I'm not quite sure i'm ready to take care of the parents/family/brother etc. etc.



a Portuguese woman is good enough for me.

-bix
 
[quote author="biscuitninja" date=1232185192][quote author="PANDA" date=1232178412][quote author="biscuitninja" date=1232176855][quote author="PANDA" date=1232161573][quote author="biscuitninja" date=1232161232]I just want to go to a school with asian chicks! UCI! :lol:



-bix</blockquote>


Bix, aren't you happily married man?</blockquote>


Yes I am... but I can oogle! (<span style="font-size: 11px;">until i get caught by the wife...) </span>:lol:</blockquote>


You see that Trojan? Don't be like Bix after ten plus years into his marriage thinking "What if i had married an Asian girl instead?" Make sure that you marry an Asian girl and not live with any regrets. :)



hahaha</blockquote>




Not quite, I see too many "bling bling" girls around here. Just because i think they are pretty, doesn't mean I want to marry one. I'm not quite sure i'm ready to take care of the parents/family/brother etc. etc.



a Portuguese woman is good enough for me.

-bix</blockquote>


Many Asian extended families are not a burden. It is a part of their culture to congregate or living together. Many parents offer the downpayment to help out their Gwailo son inlaw.
 
It took me a while to figure the "poll" out too



But then it struck me: There really is no difference between the scores at those schools. If you were talking about 900 versus 700 scores for the non-asians, that would be something to talk about. But 20 pts is probably smaller than the std. dev. of the test.



What you are really asking is do you want your kids to go to a school with a majority of asian students.
 
Personally, I like diversity and I really don't care much about scores, especially scores that are only 20 points apart. People are way too focused on these scores. I could go on of course, but as a teacher and a parent, I choose to focus on more important things than scores.
 
High score is like some IHB posters with high post status. It is the quality of the posts and not quantity that counts. Students with lower score but contribute in making their school a happier place is a winner like IR in my book.
 
[quote author="freedomCM" date=1232189276]If you were talking about 900 versus 700 scores for the non-asians, that would be something to talk about. </blockquote>


[Irvine arrogance/ignornance on]There are schools with scores below 900???? <shock><disbelief>[/Irvine arrogance/ignornance off]



Started with a school question and ended up thinking about Asian chics. They just work on so many levels... Naturally feminine, non aggressive (at least on the outside)... Mixed kids are the best looking...
 
How about adding the line:



<em>I will strive to be the best parent I can be, to help make my child be the best student they can be, whether they go to school in Santa Ana or Irvine, because being a great parent will make them successful no matter what school they go to.</em>



I find it kinda sad that any parent is dependent or desires to have their child go to the "best" school, when the best students and most successful people I know come from crappy schools but have awesome parents. This whole focusing on "my kids need to go to the best schools", makes me think that the focus should be more on "how can I make my kids be the most successful?". Somewhere along the line the personal responsibility got lost in this whole parenting thing to me. You can take the student away from the crappy school, but you can't take the student away from the crappy parent.
 
[quote author="graphrix" date=1232213019]How about adding the line:



<em>I will strive to be the best parent I can be, to help make my child be the best studfar tent they can be, whether they go to school in Santa Ana or Irvine, because being a great parent will make them successful no matter what school they go to.</em>



I find it kinda sad that any parent is dependent or desires to have their child go to the "best" school, when the best students and most successful people I know come from crappy schools but have awesome parents. This whole focusing on "my kids need to go to the best schools", makes me think that the focus should be more on "how can I make my kids be the most successful?". Somewhere along the line the personal responsibility got lost in this whole parenting thing to me. You can take the student away from the crappy school, but you can't take the student away from the crappy parent.</blockquote>


You don't have to look very far to see a real life example. Look at Skek. I think he grew up and attended school in the hood of the inland empire. Look at him now. He's probably one of those four guys on the poll who makes more than $600k a year. It is the awesome parents I tell ya.
 
[quote author="PANDA" date=1232226590]You don't have to look very far to see a real life example. Look at Skek. I think he grew up and attended school in the hood of the inland empire. Look at him now. He's probably one of those four guys on the poll who makes more than $600k a year. It is the awesome parents I tell ya.</blockquote>


$600k a year for skek? Dude... the guy you met must have been an impostor, or skek borrowed some of Ten's clothes to make you think he makes that kinda cheddar. Not sure if the clothes would fit properly, but maybe he could hide that fact. $600 a week might even be a stretch. Here is the Skekster hard at work...



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[quote author="graphrix" date=1232213019]How about adding the line:



<em>I will strive to be the best parent I can be, to help make my child be the best student they can be, whether they go to school in Santa Ana or Irvine, because being a great parent will make them successful no matter what school they go to.</em>



I find it kinda sad that any parent is dependent or desires to have their child go to the "best" school, when the best students and most successful people I know come from crappy schools but have awesome parents. This whole focusing on "my kids need to go to the best schools", makes me think that the focus should be more on "how can I make my kids be the most successful?". Somewhere along the line the personal responsibility got lost in this whole parenting thing to me. You can take the student away from the crappy school, but you can't take the student away from the crappy parent.</blockquote>


Yes and no. In my opinion, you are correct that parental responsibility is important but the peer group does influence your child whether you like it or not. During the teen years, your child will find their friends' opinions to be cooler than mom and dad's. I'd rather my kids hung out with other kids who find it cool to participate in the National Honors Society, attend music lessons, and strive to make the most of themselves instead of the group who thinks it's cool to smoke weed, ditch class, and get tattoos. (Yes, I know you will find some of those kids in "good" schools too.) I have experienced both sides of this personally and would definitely want my kids to attend school with as many other like-minded families as possible.
 
[quote author="graphrix" date=1232257351][quote author="PANDA" date=1232226590]You don't have to look very far to see a real life example. Look at Skek. I think he grew up and attended school in the hood of the inland empire. Look at him now. He's probably one of those four guys on the poll who makes more than $600k a year. It is the awesome parents I tell ya.</blockquote>


$600k a year for skek? Dude... the guy you met must have been an impostor, or skek borrowed some of Ten's clothes to make you think he makes that kinda cheddar. Not sure if the clothes would fit properly, but maybe he could hide that fact. $600 a week might even be a stretch. Here is the Skekster hard at work...</blockquote>


Wrong franchise:



http://xs135.xs.to/xs135/09036/cuban279.jpg
 
[quote author="SoCal78" date=1232258659][quote author="graphrix" date=1232213019]How about adding the line:



<em>I will strive to be the best parent I can be, to help make my child be the best student they can be, whether they go to school in Santa Ana or Irvine, because being a great parent will make them successful no matter what school they go to.</em>



I find it kinda sad that any parent is dependent or desires to have their child go to the "best" school, when the best students and most successful people I know come from crappy schools but have awesome parents. This whole focusing on "my kids need to go to the best schools", makes me think that the focus should be more on "how can I make my kids be the most successful?". Somewhere along the line the personal responsibility got lost in this whole parenting thing to me. You can take the student away from the crappy school, but you can't take the student away from the crappy parent.</blockquote>


Yes and no. In my opinion, you are correct that parental responsibility is important but the peer group does influence your child whether you like it or not. During the teen years, your child will find their friends' opinions to be cooler than mom and dad's. I'd rather my kids hung out with other kids who find it cool to participate in the National Honors Society, attend music lessons, and strive to make the most of themselves instead of the group who thinks it's cool to smoke weed, ditch class, and get tattoos. (Yes, I know you will find some of those kids in "good" schools too.) I have experienced both sides of this personally and would definitely want my kids to attend school with as many other like-minded families as possible.</blockquote>


As a parent going through the hell of Kindergarten registration and trying to figure out where my kids are going to go to elementary school right now, I can agree with this. I want diversity for my child and I definitely don't look only at test scores when making choices, but of course, I want my child to be surrounded by kids of parents who care and know how to parent. Throughout these preschool years, I have noticed that the sports and activities that my child participates in have been heavily populated with Asian children even though the Asian population where I live is relatively small. I think that definitely says something about Asian parents, however, I have also run into a few Asian parents who already seem to be burning their children out.
 
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