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Hyper education why good schools, good grades, and good behavior are not enough

"Beyond soccer leagues, music camps, and drama lessons, today's youth are in an education arms race that begins in elementary school. In Hyper Education, Pawan Dhingra uncovers the growing world of high-achievement education and the after-school learning centers, spelling bees, and math competitions...

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Main Author: Dhingra, Pawan (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Asian American children > Education > Social aspects.
Children of immigrants > Education > Social aspects.
Asian American students > Psychology.
Asian American students > Social conditions.
Gifted children > Education > United States.
Student activities > United States.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The growth of extracurricular education
  • Part I. Good schools: "Overprogrammed families" ; "If the schools were doing their job, then we wouldn't need to exist"
  • Part II. Good grades: "You've got to survive in this world" ; "Hyper education does something for you on moral grounds" ; "Whites are lazy, Asians are crazy"
  • Part III. Good behavior: "Everyone in the family was involved" ; "I have no time for haters"
  • Conclusion: What needs to change.

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