Why do Asians/Jews/West Indians do better?

[mam1959]

<p>Marriage is not as popular as an institution in Scandanavia. </p>

<p>But what is important is a participating mother and father in the raising of the children (and two people with same sex couples). They have that. </p>

<p>In our society where relationship bonds seem to be too often broken too easily (remember, the children are at stake), marriage makes a lot of statistical sense in terms of raising children. </p>

<p>Read any of Kay Hymowitz’s work. I am also surprised when those on the left attack her. Of all of the researchers at Manhattan Institute, her work and her data seem the most unassailable. There is just so much evidence around to support the notion that children do so much better with two parents involved - overwhelming so.</p>

[timely]

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Role models for a generation of homeschoolers, David and Micki Colfax are teachers turned ranchers who taught their four sons at home in the 1970s and '80s and schooled three of them into Harvard. Isolation on their northern California homestead forced them into the experience, but this resourceful family eventually discovered all kinds of advantages to home education. Like a modern-day Little House on the Prairie, the Colfax children learned about geometry while constructing outbuildings on their ranch, explored aspects of chemistry and biology as they improved their livestock and garden, and generally discovered the value of self-reliance as they went about life without TV or neighbors. Their world is described in clear, warm words that illustrate the fondness these parents and children possess for each other. Family photos grouped throughout the book show the boys working and learning together.[Role models for a generation of homeschoolers, David and Micki Colfax are teachers turned ranchers who taught their four sons at home in the 1970s and '80s and schooled three of them into Harvard. Isolation on their northern California homestead forced them into the experience, but this resourceful family eventually discovered all kinds of advantages to home education. Like a modern-day Little House on the Prairie, the Colfax children learned about geometry while constructing outbuildings on their ranch, explored aspects of chemistry and biology as they improved their livestock and garden, and generally discovered the value of self-reliance as they went about life without TV or neighbors. Their world is described in clear, warm words that illustrate the fondness these parents and children possess for each other. Family photos grouped throughout the book show the boys working and learning together.

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<p>This was mentioned today on another thread, so this may be a repeat for some of you. I am not mentioning it because of the homeschooling, but because 1 child is theirs by birth and the other 3 are adopted. Looking at the cover of their book, one of the children is African-American and another is Asian. It’s a strong anecdotal example supporting nurture’s role in intelligence.</p>

[Canuckguy]

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I have, however, come across descriptions of Oxford and Cambridge being completely “their own world”. Could you PM me a copy of the letter?

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<p>My newspaper clipping is old and I do not have a scanner. Furthermore, it is too long for me to type out. I will do the next best thing and give you the reference here. Perhaps somebody on CC with better research skills than I do can find it on the net?</p>

<p>It appeared in Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper on Feb. 9, 1991 under the title " One Rhodes scholar’s unhappy experience". It is a letter to the editor by David Alexander Mitchell.</p>

<p>Hope this helps.</p>

[mathmom]

<p>I think the Scandanavian suicide rate is related to the long, cold and dark winters.</p>

[Vanessaaa]

<p>The novel “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell is an excellent resource.</p>

[sefago]

<p>Its just funny that Mr Payne et. al extracted themselves from this discussion when they found out it had nothing to do with arguing about racial superiority or intelligence.</p>