Well, I think that since East Asians are discriminated against in the US, I guess that just shows that us Asians are geniuses right:) - jokes aside, all of the kids here do focus all of their efforts into academics(10 hours a day - verifiable source), which makes it almost impossible to win academic awards, although it is admittedly easier to win sports based ones(I guess? - pro level is really high though as well).