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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think this is solely about immigrant anxiety and white privilege (although it is partially that.) I think it is about different models of education and concepts about what it means to be educated. Traditionally in the US we value things like creativity, personal development, thinking outside the box, and independent analysis. Asian education is more focused on rote learning that can be objectively judged through things like competitions and testing. Interestingly I have heard accounts of Chinese elites sending their kids to the US precisely to get access to the more creative thinking that they see lacking in their own institutions. [/quote] +1 exactly how I was going to respond. Lived in China, and the Chinese, rich and poor, act the same way in their own country.[/quote]
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