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There is a discrepancy between PISA results in math and International Mathematical Olympiad results.

China, Korea and Japan are scoring high on both. Western countries other than USA are doing much better with PISA than IMO. And USA and Russia are doing much better @ IMO.

For success at IMO all you need is a small pool of strong performers – countries like Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary used to rank high.

3-4 of US team members (each team has 6 students) are with Asian names and 15-20 years ago there was 0-1.

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There is a discrepancy between PISA results in math and International Mathematical Olympiad results.

China, Korea and Japan are scoring high on both. Western countries other than USA are doing much better with PISA than IMO. And USA and Russia are doing much better @ IMO.

For success at IMO all you need is a small pool of strong performers – countries like Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary used to rank high.

3-4 of US team members (each team has 6 students) are with Asian names and 15-20 years ago there was 0-1.

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There is a discrepancy between PISA results in math and International Mathematical Olympiad results.

China, Korea and Japan are scoring high on both. Western countries other than USA are doing much better with PISA than IMO. And USA and Russia are doing much better @ IMO.

For success at IMO all you need is a small pool of strong performers – countries like Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary used to rank high.

3-4 of US team members (each team has 6 students) are with Asian names and 15-20 years ago there was 0-1.

[all]

There is a discrepancy between PISA results in math and International Mathematical Olympiad results.

China, Korea and Japan are scoring high on both. Western countries other than USA are doing much better with PISA than IMO. And USA and Russia are doing much better @ IMO.

For success at IMO all you need is a small pool of strong performers – countries like Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary used to rank high.

3-4 of US team members (each team has 6 students) are with Asian names and 15-20 years ago there was 0-1.

[all]

There is a discrepancy between PISA results in math and International Mathematical Olympiad results.

China, Korea and Japan are scoring high on both. Western countries other than USA are doing much better with PISA than IMO. And USA and Russia are doing much better @ IMO.

For success at IMO all you need is a small pool of strong performers – countries like Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary used to rank high.

3-4 of US team members (each team has 6 students) are with Asian names and 15-20 years ago there was 0-1.

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Recently I realized after reading a comment on this website that everyone’s earned income *is* taxed the same. If you earn $200K/year your first $15K is taxed at the same rate as the first $15K of someone who earned $20K or $2MM.

Consequently, reducing tax rate on 82K-171K bracket benefits those who earn $2MM/year more than those who earn $100K/year even if the 172K+ bracket does not get reduced.

Since I don’t benefit from the additional 13 months of unemployment benefits, college-tuition tax credit or reduced rate on $250K income I am strongly against those. The 2% SSI reduction, child tax and equipment cost write off are great and worth borrowing money from whomever is willing to lend it.

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Recently I realized after reading a comment on this website that everyone’s earned income *is* taxed the same. If you earn $200K/year your first $15K is taxed at the same rate as the first $15K of someone who earned $20K or $2MM.

Consequently, reducing tax rate on 82K-171K bracket benefits those who earn $2MM/year more than those who earn $100K/year even if the 172K+ bracket does not get reduced.

Since I don’t benefit from the additional 13 months of unemployment benefits, college-tuition tax credit or reduced rate on $250K income I am strongly against those. The 2% SSI reduction, child tax and equipment cost write off are great and worth borrowing money from whomever is willing to lend it.

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Recently I realized after reading a comment on this website that everyone’s earned income *is* taxed the same. If you earn $200K/year your first $15K is taxed at the same rate as the first $15K of someone who earned $20K or $2MM.

Consequently, reducing tax rate on 82K-171K bracket benefits those who earn $2MM/year more than those who earn $100K/year even if the 172K+ bracket does not get reduced.

Since I don’t benefit from the additional 13 months of unemployment benefits, college-tuition tax credit or reduced rate on $250K income I am strongly against those. The 2% SSI reduction, child tax and equipment cost write off are great and worth borrowing money from whomever is willing to lend it.

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Recently I realized after reading a comment on this website that everyone’s earned income *is* taxed the same. If you earn $200K/year your first $15K is taxed at the same rate as the first $15K of someone who earned $20K or $2MM.

Consequently, reducing tax rate on 82K-171K bracket benefits those who earn $2MM/year more than those who earn $100K/year even if the 172K+ bracket does not get reduced.

Since I don’t benefit from the additional 13 months of unemployment benefits, college-tuition tax credit or reduced rate on $250K income I am strongly against those. The 2% SSI reduction, child tax and equipment cost write off are great and worth borrowing money from whomever is willing to lend it.

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Recently I realized after reading a comment on this website that everyone’s earned income *is* taxed the same. If you earn $200K/year your first $15K is taxed at the same rate as the first $15K of someone who earned $20K or $2MM.

Consequently, reducing tax rate on 82K-171K bracket benefits those who earn $2MM/year more than those who earn $100K/year even if the 172K+ bracket does not get reduced.

Since I don’t benefit from the additional 13 months of unemployment benefits, college-tuition tax credit or reduced rate on $250K income I am strongly against those. The 2% SSI reduction, child tax and equipment cost write off are great and worth borrowing money from whomever is willing to lend it.

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[quote=pri_dk]You are correct, the name is more likely Czech, but the Jakubec in this story is from Serbia.

So we can change it to: “One has an Arabic name, the other has an eastern European name.”

Point still stands.[/quote]

Well, an American is more likely to feel less than welcome in Somalia than in Slovakia.

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[quote=pri_dk]You are correct, the name is more likely Czech, but the Jakubec in this story is from Serbia.

So we can change it to: “One has an Arabic name, the other has an eastern European name.”

Point still stands.[/quote]

Well, an American is more likely to feel less than welcome in Somalia than in Slovakia.

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[quote=pri_dk]You are correct, the name is more likely Czech, but the Jakubec in this story is from Serbia.

So we can change it to: “One has an Arabic name, the other has an eastern European name.”

Point still stands.[/quote]

Well, an American is more likely to feel less than welcome in Somalia than in Slovakia.

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[quote=pri_dk]You are correct, the name is more likely Czech, but the Jakubec in this story is from Serbia.

So we can change it to: “One has an Arabic name, the other has an eastern European name.”

Point still stands.[/quote]

Well, an American is more likely to feel less than welcome in Somalia than in Slovakia.

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[quote=pri_dk]You are correct, the name is more likely Czech, but the Jakubec in this story is from Serbia.

So we can change it to: “One has an Arabic name, the other has an eastern European name.”

Point still stands.[/quote]

Well, an American is more likely to feel less than welcome in Somalia than in Slovakia.

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