刷题? USAMO, USAPHO, etc.

I know several students who have USAMO, and USAPHO were not even admitted by Cal.

So if you think your children are really interested in Math and Science, by all means push forward.  Otherwise, let them freely explore may not be a bad idea. 

MIT, Caltech, Cal, etc will take only a few from the each competition category.  But they will take a lot of more students from other pools.  Standing in the shoes of AOs of MIT, you would know what to do.

I encourgage my children to do more exploration of their interests.  Would you like to be the founder, or CEO of Google and Microsoft, or would you like to be the top coder in the organization? We, as a race, should not waste our children's time on competitions.  Think of large pictures. If they are not admitted by the top colleges, we need to work on the policy so that the colleges take more qualified students instead of letting our children to beat each other out.  That means that, we, as parents, are " weak".  We don't have enough influence and power.   We need to work harder make changes, not deprive our children of their childhood, and their sleep.

 

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• 这刷呀刷的，到哪一天是个头。我先戒两天子坛，各位刷好 :) -OneManArmy- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/17/2017 postreply 10:01:52

• 学理工的，是金子早晚会发光，本科州大，研究生M，UCB，S的有的是。Google founder不就是吗 -cutedolphin- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/17/2017 postreply 10:06:06

• 不光是founders, 现任Microsoft, google, apple的ceo们的本科更是 -高山峻岭流水人家- ♂ (146 bytes) () 07/17/2017 postreply 10:17:09

• 这些CEO也是要天赋的。没有天赋的还是老老实实刷刷题，进个不错的学校， -数与形- ♀ (74 bytes) () 07/17/2017 postreply 10:22:13

• Disagree! We need to plant the seed -Smilee- ♀ (46 bytes) () 07/17/2017 postreply 10:36:36

• 人的能力有大小，智商有高低，这个您不反对吧？ -数与形- ♀ (233 bytes) () 07/17/2017 postreply 10:45:14

• 我觉得理解他的意思。每个孩子都有自己的长处和passion，家长不要按自己的意愿去cookie cutting孩子的特长。 -Rockeymountain- ♀ (117 bytes) () 07/17/2017 postreply 11:10:35

• 每个孩子都有自己的长处，这我同意。但要说passion，恐怕不是每个孩子都有吧？ -数与形- ♀ (247 bytes) () 07/17/2017 postreply 11:17:46

• 所以LZ强调给孩子时间和自由，让他们去explore方方面面去寻找自己心中的passion。不要急于把生存的枷锁套在他们头上。 -Rockeymountain- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/17/2017 postreply 11:24:47

• 不刷题，成绩越来越差，更没信心了 -bluestudio- ♀ (200 bytes) () 07/17/2017 postreply 11:13:31

• Recruit and recommend Chinese Student Interns -Smilee- ♀ (250 bytes) () 07/17/2017 postreply 10:42:48

• 很多家长太过焦虑生存，而且本身也不了解美国文化。还是抱着中国接受的一套教育方式。 -Rockeymountain- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/17/2017 postreply 11:26:15