Asian student confesses: 'we work harder'

[Rudey]

It's usually a separation between Asian and pacific islander isn't it?

-Rudey

Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
I love how Asians are STILL lumped in as a whole...

I'd venture to say that a lot of non-Asians would, say, group Filipinos in the same group of other Asians who "work harder" like Koreans, Chinese and Japanese, and comparing our cultures for similarities is often laughable.

I really don't know how to respond other than facts are facts, and test scores are test scores. But I'm not going to assume that blacks and hispanics are TOTALLY uninterested in the academic part in school.

Maybe Asians are just TOO involved. Amongst our age, suicide is highest amongst Asians....and that's greatly attributed to the pressure Asian parents place on their kids to succeed.

Since my mom never did that with me, and I come from a much poorer background, just the fact that I made it to college seems to be fine, probably cause she knows I want more than that anyway......