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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Asian-Americans have parents who are also very well educated and intelligent. This gives them an edge because the parents can actually teach and guide them. Their children can go to momor dad if they can't understand a Math concept or want to have a discussion about Homer and Shakespeare. This is a big edge.[/quote]

What??!?

No freakin way.  I was born to Asian immigrant parents and my parents knew zilch about Shakespeare.  My mom didn’t even go to college.  Nobody at my house was discussing Homer.

However, they did really stress that I needed to do well in school and they expected me to do well.

What kind of crazy stereotype is that?  Or are you just making excuses for why Acadian American students do well in school?[/quote]
My immigrant parents only had an ES level education, so I win!  Believe me, they weren't helping with HW, or going to back to school nights.

Same for most of my Asian friends growing up. Most of their parents were working long hours. They couldn't help  with any HW, either.

Asians didn't start to immigrate here en masse until the 80s.  The first wave were  not the highly educated folks. They were blue collar workers and many ended up running their own small business because they lacked marketable skills and didn't know any English.  The current crop of more educated Asian immigrants more than likely went to school in their home country, and came here as adults for work or grad school.  I have no idea if they read any Shakespeare or Homer.  [/quote]

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