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Why Asian American kids excel. It’s not ‘Tiger Moms.’
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Anonymous
Many of them are, in my experience. In fact, in my experience, most of them are. But I don't live in Bethesda or Potomac. |
Anonymous
| The reserved, calm, quiet demeanor is true for Asians overall. This is not just a family values issue, Asian children that are adopted into white families are reserved, calm and quiet too. It's excellent for performing well in school, but these traits are not so excellent for Executive positions. (Capital E) |
Anonymous
Oh good grief. |
Anonymous
"My kid attended vast majority Asian American high school with whites/blacks/Hispanics being the minority in numbers. From what I have seen and heard, the non-Asian kids were mostly "reserved, calm and quiet" in and out of classroom. Asians were the most active and engaged in both classrooms and outside the classrooms. Asian kids ran the student government, newspaper, most clubs etc. Whites were mostly passive and quiet. It's not the racial thing, it's the numbers thing." |
Anonymous
| The MCPS elementary school grading is a joke. All races and income levels know this new grading makes no sense. And now comes the no final exams for high school. I learned today the the state of Md superintendent resigned and MCPS is still looking for a new county superintendent too. MCPS should focus on filling these positions before any more major changes. This is not an Asian only issue! |
Anonymous
It kind of makes you wonder about all of those Chinese, Japanese, and Korean companies that are doing so well, doesn't it? Where do they get their Executives (Capital E) from? Do they import them from outside East Asia? Oh, wait, no, actually, they're Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. How can that be? |
Anonymous
How do you explain Asian gangs? |
Anonymous
No, it doesn't. And the elementary-school grading makes sense to me. I don't find it confusing. |
Anonymous
They're very reserved, calm, and quiet gangs. 
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Anonymous
I didn't say it was confusing. I understand it. And it is a horrible grading system. |
Anonymous
+1. Yes, that reserved calm demeanor is what is behind going from third world countries (without flush toilets) to first world countries (making the best flush toilets in the world) with some of the biggest GDPs in the world in less than a generation. |
Anonymous
| Trump will make America Great Again! |
Anonymous
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Most of my Asian friends excelled in high school, got scholarships to attend colleges like Boston College, Carnegie-Mellon, Cal-Tech etc. Some of them came from families with hard backgrounds - Nationalist Chinese refugees, poor families in big U.S. cities whose parents to this day have never learned English.
One friend went to work right after college to pay for his sister's education and did his parent's taxes for years. He is doing alright with a government job but has a really self-deprecating attitude because he never became a doctor or lawyer. One is still battling with herself feeling like she let her (now deceased) mom down, even though she is amazeballs smart and has an MA and JD, because the life of a top lawyer just did not suit her. I'll always feel she could have been more successful in another field if she had allowed herself to pursue her passions. Then there was the kid who inherited money early on and turned into a total trust fund slacker. After a lot of hard work to go to a good college, she spent all her time walking her dog and going out drinking. She finally got motivated when her boyfriend, an immigrant who worked three jobs just to survive in the U.S., said he was having trouble respecting her because she was pissing her privilege and potential away. The pressure they felt was foreign to me as a white kid whose parents valued education not because they wanted to be rich but because they were teachers and just liked being well read and knowing about stuff. My parents couldn't teach me how to become a successful businessperson. That's what I always felt my all-American culture and education was lacking. Academic achievement gets you a PhD and then what? Not always financial or emotional reward. |
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Anonymous
Please tell that to my loud Asian kids. They keep getting into trouble in school for talking too much. Also, my one DC's teacher said DC has great leadership skills. Dc is in 4th grade. Maybe those Asian adopted kids are quiet and reserved because they feel like they don't fit in? Also, did you know that there are several large corporations in the US that are headed up by Asians? Shock, I know. |