stellardust

Hey, I'm Indian....India's also a part of Asia...why does "Asians" only refer to Chinese or japanese...
Anyway, The thing is, to get into US universities as an asian, you've gotta be good, cuz they won't take average people. They want smart, hard workers. And to be that good, you gotta study hard. And that means, it's possible that such people aren't very social or extrovert.

It's not Asians who have these features, but it's possible that the asians who make it to the US have such features.

It ****es me off too when I see Indians in the US shown as geeks. But then, that's a fact. You can't say indians are geeks. But only geeks (in general) will be accepted in US universities.
So end the discussion.

stellardust

hey, i didn't know there are automatic word censors!!!

Topdog

NO WAY. People stereotyping other people??!!

This is news to me!!

leeznon

-_-

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employer

I don't know how I came upon this thread but I registered an ID just so I could respond. Both me and my wife are successful business owners who have over the years been responsible for the hiring of many people. I say to the Asians who are unfairly being discriminated in the college admissions process, don't worry in the end your merits will bear fruit. I can easily say the "more Asian" the hire the better their work ethic and skills, Asian americans are going to be the only chance this country has against the onslaught of competition we face from abroad in the coming years. The discrimination you are all victims of today in the college admissions process is the total perversion of the merit based system that made this country great.
Start companies of your own, be confident in your abilities and don't let some admissions counselor that has watched too many disney movies on diversity keep you from getting the education you want.
Harvard was the past, the universities in the east (your cousins) the ones that admit on purely brain power will be where top companies will be hiring from in the near future if not already - I know I do.

math+sci=asian

^Are you implying we should move back to our home countries and study hard so we can get into tsinghua/beida/university of tokyo?

Right. Great, practical, advice.

Circumsyze4life

If it isn't true for you, then it shouldn't bother you. F-the-BS!

Besides,

you Asian boys make my job that much easier.

ROFL..

k&s

@Employer

Actually, Asian-Americans are disproportionately underrepresented at the executive/upper management level in business (even in Silicon Valley) and Asian-American males make LESS than their white-male counterparts who have the same education level.

It's just regional peculiarity.

"Asians" in the US tends to mean East Asians while in the UK, the terms refers to people from the Indian subcontinent (and East Asians are referred to as "Orientals" - which is a no, no here).

Also, getting good grades and being social aren't mutually exclusive.

rymd

i find asia to be much louder and much more social than america. in asia, you always find people yelling in the streets or markets at each other and its really noisy. if you've ever been at a dinner party with asian relatives or friends, you know they talk for hours and hours nonstop and really loud. I wonder if generally asian americans tend to be "quiet and shy" because of the cultural differences.

futurenyustudent

The loud talking only happens in open air markets and stuff. People don't talk loudly if you go to the upper class areas, at least from my experience. And I feel like I'm pretty loud-well I'm not loud, I just speak my mind.

swkim51

The reason why Asians are pegged that way is because of the rotten education system in Korea.. you would know what I'm talking about if you've been to school there. Which is #1 reason why my dad sent my mom, my brother, and me here to study in America. Thankfully I don't consider myself as a mindless brain calculator child.

nbachris2788

Korea produces mindless brain calculator children. America simply produces mindless children.

Experiment8

I had a math teacher last year who was previously a professor in Korea, and she literally did refer to her old students there as 'robots'. She really enjoys teaching in America now, because the students actually engage her in the teaching.

swkim51

thats kinda funny because it's not true. I was talking about korean children as mindless brain calculator children because they lack creativity and the ability to think outside the box in general because the education system forces the kids to conform to one narrow - very narrow - path or fail. I am a korean student myself, so don't take it the wrong way. America offers so much more creativity and promotion of each individuals. Kids who don't use the system to their full advantage turn out to be mindless children and kids who do take it don't turn out to be one.

namaste

Here in the US we value certain qualities that are not typical of Asian culture. The Asians who are assimilated into the US (with parents born here, and they born here themselves) are pretty much just like any white American. In general the Asians who are closely connected to Asian culture will generally have less "sociable" qualities but it doesn't mean better or worse, it's a cultural difference. Over there, we americans may be seen as obnoxious and dirty.