why do asians like school so much?

k_amp_s
Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:05:42 +0000

Have to differentiate black students in the US (generally) and black students from Africa.

Black students who are sons/daughters of African immigrants are often amazed at how hard the students study in Nigeria, Senegal, etc.

As for Asians - they are hardly a monolithic bloc.

53% of Cambodians, Laotians, Hmong; 24% of Chinese, 38% of Viets, etc. have LESS than a HS education (in contrast to 15% of white Americans and 29% of black Americans).

In some parts of the US - people think that if you are Asian - that you belong to a gang (in Miami of all places - a club barred Asian males for exactly that reason).