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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The point is not that Asians are outperforming HI and AA students because of hard work.  Asians are also heavily on FARMS and have language barriers. Many of these Asian-American children have parents who are low paid blue collar workers who are working as cooks and janitors.  So, in terms of SES, they are very comparable to the HI and AA population.

What is absolutely interesting is that they are outperforming UMC and wealthy White students who have all the advantages - SES, connections, enrichment.

In a conversation with another Asian-American parent, I asked why are Asian kids able to do so well?  The answer she gave me was that the Asian parents were the reason why Asian students succeeded.  I asked if she meant the stereotypical "Tiger" parenting among Asians and she said "No. The reason the poorest, uneducated Asian parents will produce the highest achieving Asian student is because these parents are willing to give up each and every of their needs and wants for their kids. This is a group that subsists on rice and veggies so that they can scrap a few dollars to get enrichment for their kids, and they do it for their entire life. " [/quote]

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They work nights and cook cheap meals to pay for tutoring and test prep.

White students know it is a race to no where, that is why asians outperform on tests but then not at work.[/quote]

It's not a race to nowhere because Asian Americans need higher academic credentials to get a foot in the door and advance relative to their white counterparts.  Discrimination and prejudice are entrenched in the American workplace and that's why Asian Americans, Blacks, Hispanics, and all minorities tend to not "outperform" at work.  So you are actually pretty accurate - white's don't study as hard because they don't need to.[/quote]

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