Well, my HS student population is around 92% asian and my district is about 70-80% asian. (I am white tho)
Like others here, I hold that Asian families strongly emphasize education.
At my high school, there are many "stupid,"..well, not-so-smart Asians; similarly, my high school has some "average" students (Asians generally...my high school, as I mentioned, is around 90-92% Asian.) Only a few would I deem "smart"/"motivated" or "intelligent."
The Asian emphasis on education, from my perspective, is usually limited to grades and transcript appeal. Given the watered/dumbed-down curriculum of public education...students will
not gain competence/capabilities via an emphasis on grades. This is
not a case of "grade inflation"...really, it is due to a lack of academic rigor in public education, and that affects almost
every student.
You see...they may appear "smart" or "good students" due to grades or extracurricular activities. Unfortunately, the extrinsic pursuit of grades and "transcript appeal" has its faults
; if an activity/award/educational subject cannot enhance one's transcript, it will not be pursued. They are
"hard workers
" without a doubt---but not necessarily "bright, intelligent, or truly motivated students."
**However, the proportions of students who are intrinsically motivated in academia appears greater among Asian populations than others! Why?
*Quite simply
, however extrinsically motivated their academic pursuits are----they are, after all, "academic pursuits." Basically, there is already some sort of academic "ground" and knowledge available---already better environment for intrinsic academic inspiration to occur in...provided that it *does* occur
In general (aside from the previous paragraph), it seems, rather than "explore academia for its enjoyment and understanding that follows," or "take some additional courses...even if they don't 'enhance' one's transcript"...the emphasis is on
grades and
transcript appeal.
This has its advantages--that is, entrance into a good college/university--as well as its disadvantages--that is, lack of intrinsic motivation to learn academic material. Especially with teachers who just grade on homework and "effort"--there is little or no motivation, among Asians (90-92% of my school) just
as well as with others (the other 8-10%, that is) to investigate and explore the class's academic topics and material in greater depth than required for an 'A'.
In conclusion, there are three things you must understand:
**What I wrote here is my opinion, from experience and judgment. It is ONLY an opinion...so please don't sue
**What I wrote here applies only to public grade school education. Private schools, homeschools...I am not familiar with those other systems of education.
**My experience is limited what I observe/experience/see in San Francisco
Other cities have other systems of education, teachers, methods of instruction, statistics, etc...
Plastic Photon said:
I assume you people have seen the show King of the Hill, where the little asian girl is forced by her father to enter into ochestra, chess club, and other 'intellectual' clubs/groups. What I find funny is that she hangs out with the very stupid next door neighboor. Do asians have dumber friends to hang out with and make themselves seem smarter? Maybe this is why they are perceived as competitive?
Now where exactly is her
intrinsic motivation for those "orchestra/chess/clubs" ?
...
(if you see what I mean)
C'mon. We're all just joking under the guise of the internet, right? Since when does joking do any harm? 
