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Vista students who took the SAT <strong>in</strong>2009 was 1916 out <strong>of</strong> 2400, 27 percenthigher than the nationwide average.Respected kids at Monta Vista HighSchool are not necessarily athletic orvivacious, accord<strong>in</strong>g to the students Imeet here. Rather, they’re studious andsometimes quiet. “Be<strong>in</strong>g smart is actuallyadmired, even if you’re weird,” aKorean-American high school sophomorenamed Chris tells me. Chris describesthe experience <strong>of</strong> his friend,whose family left to spend two years <strong>in</strong>a Tennessee town where few Asian-Americans lived. <strong>The</strong> friend enjoyed it,but suffered culture shock. In Tennessee“there were <strong>in</strong>sanely smart people, butthey were always by themselves. Here,the really smart people usually have alot <strong>of</strong> friends, because they can helppeople out with their work.”520/929

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