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A message to loving parents who buy $1 mil+ on shacks for the kids. This is no exception in third world countries like China and India - Lots of kids come from rural areas,from very poor families and make to top colleges in those countries and eventually make to good universities in USA.

bubblesitter says

Lots of kids come from rural areas,from very poor families and make to top colleges in those countries and eventually make to good universities in USA.

not true; the quality of a kid's school and teachers overwhelmingly determine a child's academic and professional success. This has been demonstrated in multiple studies.

You may read about anecdotal inspiration stories, but those are the exceptions.

It's not the school itself... it's the parents.

The school districts just get all the credit, but in my experience, the teachers and staff are no better than any other district. The teachers and staff will work just as hard as they need to, as dictated by the expectations of the parents.

So the follow-up is, if you want to turn your area into a fortress, get all the parents together and collectively demand higher standards from the teachers. It's really that simple.

It seems that the town the kid went to school had pretty good teachers. Somehow there are no overpriced McMansions. Ok, I saw some double wide trailer homes maybe... LOL

Nobody is disputing that good teachers help. Its debatable that the teachers in Cupertino are any better then say Santa Clara or Sunnyvale. If anything it has more to do with:
1. New immigrants that move into Cupertino put more pressure on their kids to excel.
2. The kids are already pretty booksmart because their parents had to be booksmart to got out of their poverty stricken country and move to the US.
3. Parents put pressure on teachers to turn the school into an Asian style pressure cooker school.

I don't need a study to tell me good teachers = good students. I just don't think overpaying for a mcmansion really buys your kids a good education.

If you have a study on the relationship between overpaying for a house and academic success, I'd love to see it.

Serpentor says

1. New immigrants that move into Cupertino put more pressure on their kids to excel.
2. The kids are already pretty booksmart because their parents had to be booksmart to got out of their poverty stricken country and move to the US.
3. Parents put pressure on teachers to turn the school into an Asian style pressure cooker school.

A+ or GTFO.

exactly

Serpentor says

A message to loving parents who buy $1 mil+ on shacks for the kids.

what is GTFO?