I am wondering from the asians who seem to be so willing to discuss issues here. Being somewhat new here and not having kids up to the age of competing just yet, I have heard HS kids complain about trying to compete with the Asian kids. I know in my case I probably spend more time worrying about what HS my kids will attend because of the sports, rather than worry about education so much. We have La Costa Canyon (too far away for my taste), San Dieguito Academy, and Santa Fe Christian close by, and all seem like good schools, so the API scores I just don’t sweat.

Am I just possessing a big-dumb-jock attitude despite my advanced degree? I was warned that it’s such a pain to get into a UC school, that I should question whether my kids even play at all and focus on grades, but I just don’t find that acceptable, if my boys want to play, they should. They are currently doing well in elementary, always on honor roll, and one is in GATE, but I also know we are not gung-ho around here about going above and beyond the standard curriculum, despite my wife being a teacher. Of course she was a college athlete, and is more of a “sports mom” than a calculus mom.

So my question what should I expect as my kids start moving up, are the HS kids I spoke with likely disgruntled and giving up too easily? This is what I suspect, because they don’t strike me as having that stick it out attitude about things.