why do asians like school so much?

silverbullet
Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:48:43 +0000

Imagine if you breed Jews, Asians, and Indians together. You’ll get a super study machine known as Jasindian.

Indians are Asians.

My parents are Chinese and grew up during the Cultural Revolution, so they were poor. Working hard academically is a huge cultural thing. My dad and his side of the family were all straight A students in Shanghai, and even that wasn’t enough seeing how they were all thrown in the farms for almost almost a decade.

As far as my education goes, i was a really good student up until HS. I now attend a 3rd tier university, and i wouldn’t call myself an over achiever at all. My little bro on the other hand was a slacker up until his Jr year of HS where he all of a sudden decided to start getting near straight A’s. He is now applying to 2nd tier and nationally recognized universities. Just making a point on generalization and how two people with the exact same background can be completely in completely different situations.