I trust Ms Howard will learn about Asian values, in particular, that:
1) East Asians do not believe in the extreme form of individualism practiced in the West. We agree that every individual is important. However, he or she is not an isolated being, but a member of a nuclear and extended family, clan, neighborhood, community, nation and state.
2) East Asians believe in strong families. Divorce rates are much lower than those in the West, and Asians do not, as a rule, abandon their aged parents. They believe that the family is the building block of society.
3) East Asians revere education. Unlike the West, this is a value held not only by the elite but by all strata of society. Asian mothers would make any sacrifice to help their children excel in school.
4) East Asians believe in the virtues of saving and frugality.
5) East Asians consider hard work a virtue - the chief reason this region is outcompeting Europe.
6) East Asians practice national teamwork. Unions and employers view each other as partners, not class enemies.
7) There is an Asian version of a social contract between the people and the state. The government will maintain law and order, provide citizens with their basic needs for jobs, housing, education and health care. Governments also have an obligation to treat their people with fairness and humanity. In return, citizens are expected to be law-abiding, respect those in authority, work hard, save, and motivate their children to learn and be self-reliant. Most Asian governments do not pay unemployment benefits, partly because there is little unemployment and partly to avoid the Western disease of welfarism. Asian governments do not make welfare payments to unmarried women with dependent children because teenage pregnancy and illegitimate birth are, fortunately, rare in Asia.
8) In some Asian countries, governments have sought to make every citizen a stakeholder in the country. More than 90 percent of Singaporeans own their own homes. Singapore also has the world's highest percentage of citizens who own shares (50.5 percent, compared to 16.2 percent in Britain, and 11.7 percent in the United States). Each year, employees in the private and public sectors receive a performance-based bonus.
9) East Asians want their governments to maintain a morally wholesome environment in which to bring up their children. A recent survey found that most Singaporeans do not want magazines such as Playboy to circulate in the country. Recently, the democratically elected government in Seoul refused to allow Michael Jackson to perform in South Korea. There is no reason Asians must adopt the Western view that pornography, obscenity, lewd language and behavior, and attacks on religion are protected by the right of free speech.
10) Good governments in East Asia want a free press but, unlike the West, they do not believe that such freedom is an absolute right. We do not want our press to be mere mouthpieces of government. Yet we believe that the press must act responsibly. For example, it has no right to instigate trouble between racial, religious or linguistic groups, or between countries. We also insist that the press should give those whom it has attacked the right to reply.
(taken from
http://www.iht.com/articles/1993/12/11/edkoh.php )
Let's see, apart from some aspects of point 1), all of point 6), and partically point 10), all are red state America values. Is Ms Howard going to turn out pro-life and pro-family when she garduates?
Guys, watch out. We may see New York turning into a bright red state in 25 years' time LOL.
