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<p>As I have written before, there is some truth in many stereotypes, and not having any stereotypes would make us dumber. There really are Tiger Moms, and they seem to get results, although it is difficult to separate nature and nurture. The Tiger Cub (she has a blog by this name) is now at Harvard.</p>
<p>With deference to Saturday Night Live, how about calling it the Science, Calculus+Higher Work, Engineering Technology Institute (SCHWETI), perhaps to be hosted at Ball State U?</p>
<p>I suggest every school auto-admit a nobel prize winner if they want do an undergrad again. :D</p>
<p>I do hope SCHWETI counts Rhode Island as part of US.</p>
<p>Agree Bel and it meets a conversational need. But so many on this thread got knocked out of shape by other phrases, so I thought why not ask for consistency.</p>
<p>SCHWETI Ball University? Love it!</p>
<p>Then again, as also suggested somewhere in the layers of this thread, what if the kid falls asleep during the exam? Or his calculator dies?</p>
<p>Yes. SCHWETI it is. I am going to start preparing my future grandchildren immediately.</p>
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<p>Brilliant auto-admit types don’t need calculator’s, duh. ;)</p>
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<p>That’s falls under the part of the student’s responsibility to be prepared for class/exams. </p>
<p>IMHO, this shouldn’t be considered a part of the examiner’s responsibilities…especially for college admissions.</p>
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<p>First time I’ve seen calculator use permitted was in college calculus classes and my HS’s calculus and above. </p>
<p>All pre-calc and below courses didn’t allow for calculators during exams.</p>
<p>“There really are Tiger Moms, and they seem to get results, although it is difficult to separate nature and nurture. The Tiger Cub (she has a blog by this name) is now at Harvard.”</p>
<p>That doesn’t mean she “got results.” Getting one’s kid into Harvard isn’t the end goal of life.</p>
<p>(The excuses for B’s didn’t come from me, cobrat. I agree about responsibilities.)</p>
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<p>Results at any cost is the TMM – aka Tiger Mom Motto. How tasting are the end results when one cannot enjoy a single instant of the journey. </p>
<p>Regardless of the justification --and perhaps vindication-- brought by the “results” the practices that have been widely reported, criticized, or applauded in certain circles remain among the most frightening and despicable elements of one’s education and youth. The best one could hope for is that this form of abuse is not hereditary, and that the circle will be broken by the young who might wonder why all the sacrifices were necessary. </p>
<p>But heck, for some, the answer to the original question of How did he get in might very well be answered by “Did you mean how the Mom got the precious one in?”</p>
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<p>It is the result many Tiger Moms crave.</p>
<p>So true, Pizzagirl ! </p>
<p>I offer as proof TED KACZYNSKI and a few others: [url=<a href=“http://contests.thephoenix.com/student-survival-guide/criminals-who-went-to-harvard]9”>http://contests.thephoenix.com/student-survival-guide/criminals-who-went-to-harvard]9</a> Criminals Who Went to Harvard<a href=“Are%20their%20mother’s%20proud?”>/url</a></p>
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<p>However, I can see a reasonable case that falling asleep in class could be caused by poverty due to lack of nutritious food, time to consume them, and/or having to work long hours after school/weekends to help contribute to the family. </p>
<p>Even so, that’s something in the domain of public policy working with families/students and the school system in a separate domain. It shouldn’t be used to excuse a student for getting a B or more often…failing the exam as I’ve heard from some loopy educational activists in NYC and elsewhere.</p>
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<p>Several folks on this thread have cited the fact his crimes may have been caused by sketchy Harvard Psych experiments which probably would not be approved today on ethical/human rights grounds.</p>
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<p>A new type of academy mimicking some of the functions of the military academies might work. With the caveat that the graduates would have to pay back the cost in the form of multi-year long public service. And no retirement after 20 years of sinecures either.</p>
<p>Cinder block bunkers-- sounds like the Harvey Mudd dorms :eek:</p>
<p>Yeah, and you only got to see the ones open to the public.</p>
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<p>A.K.A.: Price of free/low cost education is long-term exploitation by the government/public to be used at their pleasure and discarded like trash after 20 years of faithful service. </p>
<p>Newsflash: One reason for the 20 year retirement is to attract more highly talented folks* who may be turned off by lower government salaries compared to equivalent private sector equivalents and in the case of labor intensive public sector jobs and especially the military…having to work in exceedingly political and harsh conditions. </p>
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