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> Six of the top ten school districts in the state are in the bay area. This is because the majority of the parents in the tech industry in Bay Area are tiger
by hintymad 4y ago
> Six of the top ten school districts in the state are in the bay area.
This is because the majority of the parents in the tech industry in Bay Area are tiger parents or 24x7 helicopter parents. I kid you not, in a lunch with random tech workers there you will find 9 out of 10 are PhDs from elite universities. The parents themselves are overachievers, and they push their kids really hard. They know every EC, every competition, every course track. They send their kids to tough tutoring schools like AOPS and Think Academy, if they don't get multiple private tutors for their kids. They certainly compete for those elite summer camps. In addition, people with less means, such as manicurists and housekeepers, would pool their resources to find private tutors for their kids in their big families. On the other hand, teachers in Cupertino school district ask parents to grade homework (WTF!). The physics teacher of the kids of NASA's director ask questions like "which one is heavier, a pound or a kilogram" in grade 8 physics exams (WTF!). In the meantime, some school districts try to forbid students from taking algebra 2 or geometry in grade 9 in the name of equity. This makes me especially sad, as brilliant kids who can't afford tutoring will be deprived the rights to be properly challenged, all in the name of so-called equity. But I digressed.