why do asians like school so much?

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<p>k&s, I’d like to see your claims backed up by sources. </p>

<p>Please provide them.</p>

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<p>are you kiding me???..
asains DO NOT LIKE school…lol…
They just excel in it and so they (we) tend to work for it(more then americans). Also, asians in asia won’t work that hard …just like americans in america. Also, its not because they are immigrants…becuase more than half students(asians) are born in the USA.</p>

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<p>ook…well…let me reframe it…they dont work hard in US…US education is just 10x easier than that in Asia…
I can assure you that as im Indian who came here 2.5 years ago. :)</p>

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<p>^Agreed, in Asia you often find students who have to memorize an entire darned textbook for a midterm.</p>

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<p>Yeah a lot of the top performers on those olympiad contests come from Asian schools [Results</a> - 18th INTERNATIONAL BIOLOGY OLYMPIAD](<a href=“http://ibo2007.usask.ca/results.html]Results”>http://ibo2007.usask.ca/results.html)</p>

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<p>Just want to let all of you know that I am black but I don’t fit this stereotype at all, so yes, there ARE exceptions, obviously (same with the stereotype that all Asians work hard). But I think a lot has to do with the impoverished education system in the US at the moment.</p>

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<p>we don’t love schools don’t be silly, no one does. it’s just the way we are raised and lessons drilled into our mind. plus, we like being better than anyone (grade-wise, or performance-wise, idk), and yeah, we basically rock it.</p>

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<p>When I came to America my goal was to get laid by a white chick.
Also did anyone notice how much internationals there are in San Diego compared to other cities.</p>

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<p>Is this a real question?
Well the answer isn’t that they like school, it’s that they and their families have realized that school is the best way to “move up” and become wealthy, etc. Some might like learning, but that’s a different issue altogether.</p>

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<p>kingjoker54, dude, no joke, that’s an awesome goal.</p>

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<p>Read John Ogbu.</p>

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<p>Have to differentiate black students in the US (generally) and black students from Africa.</p>

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

<p>As for Asians - they are hardly a monolithic bloc.</p>

<p>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).</p>

<p>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).</p>