[martin_fierro]

A propos of nothing.

[politicket]

It sounds like an interesting movie, yet one with a politically correct bias.

We were at the National Spelling Bee last year (my son representing Colorado) and there were no stories even remotely close to the scenario outlined in the movie.

They also seem to stereotype the Chinese/Japanese kids as being the most driven by the parents. This is not true. The kids from India are mercilessly driven by their parents. Most of them did not take part in any of the sightseeing activities during the week. They were in their hotel rooms studying.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

in her school there is danger in being labeled a "brainiac," and it's wiser to keep your smarts to yourself. This is a tragedy in some predominantly black schools: Excellence is punished by the other students, possibly as an expression of their own low self-esteem.

Where did this attitude come from, that black kids mock other black kids for academic achievement?? I think I'll see this movie.