I know I have been in the minority in my obsession about future options for our children as the "new normal" takes over. I had lunch with my Chinese friend yesterday. Her youngest son tested with the SBV with and IQ of 160 -- he didn't get into Hunter, what we first have in common.
She goes back to Beijing in the summers to see her family and get her sons back into speaking Mandarin etc. She says there is this program that is on constantly on all the channels, sort of America's got talent. But it is all children and they compete in their age range and she says it makes her children look so mediocre she is afraid of what kind of competitive landscape it will be for her sons as they apply for colleges -- because they will be applying here but against all those Chinese students coming from China.
I just thought it interesting. I know that often that I am in the minority in worrying about options for DD5 when she gets older and I find the majority here think that if they are smart, they will find a way. But I think the current economic climate will show us an example. There are a lot of unemployed really smart people trying to find a way.
Ren
