Posted on 03/26/2014 5:51:29 PM PDT by OddLane
The rise of Asian-Americans and their dominance in academia may be exemplified by the extraordinary performance of Asian-American students in New York City.
How A Chinese Solar Giant Was Snared In An Italian Fraud Scandal According to recent media reports, Asian-American students account for almost three-fourths of the enrollment at Stuyvesant High School, one of the city's eight specialized, elite public schools that strictly use test scores for admission. Asians represent less than 14 percent of the city's entire public school student body, meaning they are disproportionately represented at Stuyvesant by a magnitude of about five. (In 1970, Asians accounted for only 6 percent of Stuyvesant’s student body.) Whites, including Jewish students whose numbers made them prominent as a group at the school, now represent less than a fourth (24 percent) of Stuyvesant’s enrollment, down from 79 percent in 1970.
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EACTLY TRUE !
Furthr in the article,Jennifer Lee, a professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine said :
"“Access to unequal resources will result in unequal outcomes,”
as is true with all of Common Core , the intellectuals are more concerned about "outcome" , rather than equal "opportunity" and productivity.
It represents the dumbing down of the education system so that all students finish academicly "the same " .
Common core is nothing more than Common Crap !
Ping!
RE: I’ll take Asians into this country all day long. They are smart, they work hard and they contribute greatly to our society.
OK, I agree, next question -— WHAT PARTY DO THEY VOTE FOR?
Unequal access my eye. I’m a teacher. I see Asian kids outperform the other minorities every single day, and they are in the same classes, using the same books, same teachers... The only thing they have unfair advantage in is a focused, hard-working culture and attentive, no-nonsense parenting.
I think they are mostly conservative. Hopefully we give them somebody to vote for in the coming elections!
Gosh, what a puzzle. I have absolutely NO IDEA why Asians would do so well, and blacks so poorly. Yes sir, that is a real head-scratcher....
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Sortof. Most of those you cite are probably not American born. IOW’s, they were recruited from overseas by companies OR emigrated here.
Exactly. Many work hard, but they’re not angels. It’s never good to put people on a pedestal besides which, why are we importing so many of these people to begin with?
In Cali, they tend to vote Dem.
Agreed ! My daughter taught in San Franciso area and the Oriental parents made their kids study , be obedient , and stay focused.
They had parents who insisted on productivity from their kids
They would put their kids into private schools, or schools for the exceptional student .. and the kids worked for thier grades.
The parents didn't accept mediocrity either from their children , or from the teaching staff, even if they couldn't afford tuition. If necessary , both parents would work two jobs , and watch over their children's grades .
The parents were committed to having their children be successful , academicly to the best of their ability .
THe difference is the interst and committment of parents in their children's education , and accomplishment .
Normal Parent-Teacher COnferences were supposed to be 3 1/2 hours total ;
my daughter had to have an interpreter in order to communicate with the parents, and the coferences were 7 1/2 hours long.
The difference was parental committment to academic performance and success.
It's unwise to stereotype any group, whether applying positive or negative attributes to them. I know many in my community who fulfill the positive stereotype and are brilliant, driven, and successful; they have doctorates and work at research institutions, while their kids go to Stanford. But there are also some Asians who are criminals, some who are not terribly bright, some who are not hard-working. There are Asian gangs in this country; I've encountered them in the suburbs of Washington DC. People in a particular ethnic group are not all alike.
Where do you get that? I socialize sometimes with NASA people. There are Indian scientists but nowhere near 36%.
“With 59,523 physicians of Indian origin working in the English speaking Western world (the US, UK, Australia and Canada combined), India is by far the single largest source of emigre physicians in the world.”.......from wikipedia
Those percentages I cited are not from a prominently recognized site such as wikipedia, and therefore accuracy is not guaranteed.
> Asian-American students account for almost three-fourths of the enrollment at Stuyvesant High School, one of the city’s eight specialized, elite public schools that strictly use test scores for admission. Asians represent less than 14 percent of the city’s entire public school student body, meaning they are disproportionately represented at Stuyvesant by a magnitude of about five.
Thanks OddLane. Gentrification ping.
But in the Philippines and Thailand, if you have some white ancestry, it’s a plus. You can thank American influence for that.
Can't have those Asians getting too uppity in the 'hood.
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