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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Actually, the American perspective is that talent and hard-work should be rewarded. That's why so many people from other countries come here.[/quote]

Americans today don't  follow this perspective. School is play time. College is drinking and frat time. People come here from other countries because there is less competition (Americans are uneducated), lower taxes, and less government intrusion/instability.

Asians and Indians educated in their home countries must work hard. The population and competition is much higher. There is a cultural expectation that children and young adults will work hard and achieve not find themselves while spending 7 years to get an english or education major while their parents support them. [/quote]

PP here, I was referring to the overall value of hardwork and talent, not just in education.

And yes, in the Asian countries, education is fiercely competitive. This is mostly because there is a limited number of "high" paying jobs and jobs that hold prestige, and most of those jobs almost all go to grads of the top one or two colleges in the country.  This is not the case here. You can go to a no-name university and still land a job at a prestigious company and get paid a lot. It may take you longer than an Ivy Grad, but if one is hardworking/smart/talented, one can still achieve this type of success here.  It's much harder to do this in a lot of Asian countries unless you graduate from these top univ.  That's why it's so highly competitive...everyone wants to get into that one or two top colleges so they can be set for life. Again, it doesn't necessarily work that way here.

And to say Americans don't do well in college and ONLY party is not true.  Yes, a lot do party, but many probably study hard, too.  And yes, there are those parents that support their kids in college while the kid wastes the time and money while there. But *most* American parents don't do this because *most* American parents aren't wealthy enough to support them in college, let alone for 7 years.  We live in a bubble here in this area.   You are seeing extremes  here.  I'm not from this area.  I never partied much in college. I worked my way through it and maintained decent grades.  [/quote]

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