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<p>Unfortunately, that is not my kid’s school. School hours are 8:30 to 3. For the life of me I can’t understand why school hours have to be so long. I never had more than 4 hours of school till 8th grade. Your kids’ school sounds great in that regard.</p>
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<p>Ah, then it is not the school that is being unwelcoming.</p>
<p>As for the parents, it just happens. I see it all the time in reverse. You just have to ignore it. People are tribal. That’s why everyone wants to be in the majority.</p>
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So the question is: if one group becomes so dominant that other groups choose to go to other schools as a result, and the school then stops attracting the best students, is it a problem?</p>
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<p>Why did you say “that was a good one coming from you of all people, Bay?”</p>
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<p>Because you have been super flexible in this discussion, Bay, and totally looked at the issue from the perspective of the Asian population. You never let the perspective of your own experience taint the discussion. You have been really, really open-minded.</p>
<p>Please forgive me while I laugh.</p>
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<p>Was it a problem when African Americans moved en masse to the cities and caused the White flight to the suburbs? Of course it was, but whose problem was it? The African Americans, the cities for not putting in a place a racial cap, or the people who flew the neighborhood when it started to looked unfamiliar?</p>
<p>I don’t think it is a problem when people can’t deal with change and drop out.</p>
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<p>Which “perspective of the Asian population” did I miss?</p>
<p>That said, I think it is categorically stupid for Asians to all go the same high-performing K-12 school and then start to compete with each other. That hurts their own college applications.</p>
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<p>You didn’t, that the point. You understand the Asian perspective completely, respect it, and represent it very well in this debate. You never, ever come to the debate with a rigid perspective that is a product of your own personal experience, something that the Asians have not shared at all. You never ask Asians to care far more about your experience than their own. That’s why I like your posts, and that’s why I thought your response pointing out my rigidity was in no way hypocritical. You have earned the right to do so.</p>
<p>Why must you torture me with this humor, Bay?</p>
<p>It is a serious question, IP.</p>
<p>I do really want to know which Asian “perspective” I have failed to respect or represent.</p>
<p>Bay, stop, please stop. You are killing me.</p>
<p>Okay, I get it. You have no answer.</p>
<p>See, Bay, it was so easy. All you had to do was accept what I said, that you really have been very fair and flexible in this debate, so you have the right to call others rigid.</p>
<p>This is a hoot!</p>
<p>You are implying that I have not been fair or flexible. Give me an example.</p>
<p>I can’t! There aren’t any! ROFL!</p>
<p>Don’t quit your day job, IP.</p>
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I didn’t say any such thing. What I said was that the best and brightest non-Asian kids are going elsewhere. With such a small population of Asians in real numbers, that will eventually mean that the school has to take less qualified applicants to fill the seats.</p>
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<p>I understand that. Some would claim that’s what ruined the cities, as the rich and the middle class Caucasians all ran. But once again I ask, is the problem really one of Asian majority, or that of minority (in this case) reaction?</p>
<p>Frankly I am shocked by the reaction here. Asians are minorities in most schools, but they don’t complain. They still work hard and kick rear end.</p>