I'm in total agreement, Guenevere, about the Chinese boys. In fact, one of the many things I'd change about public education is that I would make it NOT mandatory. It is a privelege and should be considered to be so. One of the many advantages that private schools have over public schools is that they can set standards for academics and behavior that make sure you keep problems out. In public schools, short of criminal behavior you have to keep them in.
I just think, with regard to the Chinese boys, that if the school is going to have them, they're going to have an attitude that they're going to really bring them in. If you can't offer anything to them, I don't blame them for that. But they shouldn't be registering them and then claiming to the state two more warm bodies for which we need a few thousand dollars each for their education.