(June 10, 2014 at 6:22 pm)Gleneere Wrote: I'm skeptical how everyone (according to your article) can observe many East Asian family styles producing high-achieving children, yet data doesn't seem to support it... I mean I feel like there is a good reason for that stereotype to exist, though of course I'll be looking into it further.
If you need some counterpoint, come to Queens and take a random train. You'll see all the working (low and middle class) underachievers of Asian descent you care to. In my experience it is not a matter of ethnicity, it is socio-economic just like other ethnicities and cultures. Many of the so called Asian high achievers come from families that have the means to support and encourage academic or artistic achievement.
Here's an interesting article on the subject:
Quote:The more complex and far less exciting explanation for Asian Americans’ relatively high rates of education has more to do with immigration policy, which has driven selectivity about who gets to come to the U.S. and who doesn’t, said Ichinose. But a focus only on those in the upper echelons of the community renders everyone else invisible.
http://colorlines.com/archives/2012/06/p...study.html
