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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was in Asia was there a few times I was presenting and doing sales calls.

Interesting I could not fill my own drink, order my own food, someone handed me towel in bathroom and people of lower rank carried my briefcase and called my cab.

Your life is often decided in 8th grade. Bad grades off you go to a technical school to be a Janitior. Average grades in HS no college will want you. And you better have a prestigious college and high GPA to get a great job.

The pressure starts elementary school.

I once addressed a group of 200 international Asian MBA students and[b] two actually said "you no study no good yet big job" it was actually a compliment as they wanted to know hiw I did it. [/b]

In Asia someone whose resume had a so so college would not be at my level.  [/quote]

I'll take "that didn't happen for $500", please.

What a gross, racist comment. [/quote]

Don't know how poorly the actual person spoke, but I'm guessing it wasn't perfect English if he was addressing students who are actually in China or something. That said, the post did come across as hilariously bad/racist.

It reminded of me this cringe-worthy video of this lady singing a racist song in a fake Asian accent with an Asian lady in the crowd.... ugh hard to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgSS1pDkMgQ

[b]It is true that your life path is determined very early in those countries... Really shitty.... If you don't get into the top schools, you're screwed.[/b][u][/quote]
So true, right!  Well said like an all knowing and yet a humble human being.  Whereas in our good old US of A, one can go to any shitty college/university and yet climb to the highest positions, as for example the following US Supreme Court Justices did:
Scalia graduated valedictorian of Georgetown in 1957 with a degree in history. He continued on to Harvard Law School where he graduated in 1960.  Kennedy graduated from Stanford in 1958 with a degree in political science. He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1961.  Thomas graduated cum laude from College of the Holy Cross in 1971 with a degree in English literature. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1974.   Ginsburg graduated from Cornell University in 1954 with a degree in government. She started at Harvard Law School in 1956, before transferring to Columbia Law School when her husband took a job in New York.  She graduated from Columbia in 1959, tying for first in her class.  Breyer graduated from Stanford University in 1959 with a degree in philosophy. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1964.  Roberts graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College in 1976 with a degree in history. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1979.  Alito graduated from Princeton University in 1972 with a degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1975.  Sotomayor graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1976 with a degree in history. She graduated from Yale Law School in 1979.  Kagan graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1981 with a degree in history. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1986.  Gorsuch received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Columbia University in 1988, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.  He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1991 with a Juris Doctor.  In 2004 he was awarded a DPhil in law (legal philosophy) from the University of Oxford.
Just as you and many other commenters here on this forum, I am also puzzled why Asian parents and Asian students value Ivy education so much.  They could aim for any of the shitty colleges/universities the above mentioned justices studied at and achieve heights of their chosen careers.  After all they are living in the same good old US of A just as we commenters do![/quote]

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