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Why the immigrants are kicking your ass academically and why your
kids are going to community college instead of the U.C. (hint: those
immigrants prepare for the SAT as early as kindergarten)
\_ I prepared for the SAT for exactly 1 evening.
\_ I prepared for the SAT for exactly 1 evening, but then I was
a foreign student, not an immigrant. My immigrant cousins
prepared quite a bit - The older one is very bright but doesn't
like to study. She got 1400s, went to Irvine, but dropped out
after a year for getting a bunch of bad grades. She is now
at a community college. She could still achieve great things if
she puts her mind to it. Her brother got a 1100 on first-try and
1000 on second-try, but he is a very good kid, has lots of friends,
and plays a mean game of basketball. So much for the stereotypes.
\_ Prepared? I just went and took it...
\_ If you feel your ass is getting kicked, you have no one to blame
but yourself.
\_ You can't "prepare" for the SAT in kindergaten. Don't be lame.
\_ Sure you can, it's called paying attention and learning to
think. Ideally it should continue until you die
\_ The SAT and HS are so damn easy its not even funny, its just like
the Farm, you get decent grades for showing up, turning your hw
and taking all the tests.
\_ SAT actually is to the advantage of smart but lazy people.
\_ Yes! Let's hear it for the smart and lazy people! Too bad that
once you get into Cal its all about hard work and near zero to
do with smart. Sigh....
\_ Amazing.. almost like the real world.. Only there, it's
exactly zero to do with smart.
\_ What do you do, software sales? Where I work, how
fast you learn things (i.e. how smart you are) is
pretty important.
\_ Immigrants and foreign students from non-English-speaking countries
have a disadvantage on the Verbal Test. |