<p>^^^^^^ exactly! “it’s how you’re taught to use that knowledge”…
That’s what I mean when I say how they were raised. </p>
<p>From everything we have read on this thread, maybe we could say that it isn’t the asian students that live in the asian countries that are such great students, but the american kids that grew up in a good town in the US with parents that valued the asian lifestyle. </p>
<p>It has nothing to do with race, ethnicity, religion, etc. It is all about each individual’s values, and most asian-americans value a good education.</p>