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Chinese elites sending their kids to NYC prep schools
Photo credit: Ángel Franco/The New York Times
According to the NY Times, more and more wealthy Chinese are sending their kids to expensive New York City prep schools.
Yijia Shi, a freshman, wanted to increase her chances of an acceptance letter from Brown University. And Meng Yuan, a junior, was seeking Western-style independence, not to mention better shopping. When she is not heading to track practice or doing her homework, she is combing Bergdorf Goodman for Louis Vuitton limited edition handbags and relishing in the $295 tasting menu at the celebrated Columbus Circle restaurant Per Se.
New study says tiger parenting doesn’t work
Amy Chua (from Forbes article)
There was an article in Forbes by a white woman named Susan Adams whose son goes to Stuy, where most of the kids are Asian: Tiger Moms Don’t Raise Superior Kids, Says New Study. She wrote the article and read Amy Chua’s Tiger Mom book because she questioned whether her kid would lose out to the Asian students. Now, according to the article, there is evidence that ought to allay her fear. Su Yeong Kim, a professor at the University of Texas, had been working on the same topic before Amy Chua’s book came out, and she has just published her results. According to her, Tiger parenting doesn’t work. The Forbes article says:
The Association of Asian American Studies and the boycott of Israeli institutions
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I recently received an e-mail from Dr. Jonathan Marks, who wrote an article in Commentary Magazine about the Association of Asian American Studies and its boycott of Israeli academic institutions. I became aware of this boycott through FB since I’m FB friends with lots of Asian Americans in academia. Dr. Marks mentioned in his e-mail that he was surprised that there seemed to be a complete lack of discussion regarding the resolution by the AAAS. If you read his Commentary article, he is also (rightfully) surprised by that they would even have a resolution on the Israel/Palestine conflict:
Cram schools no longer an Asian thing
According to the NY Times, cram schools for test prep is no longer an Asian thing. Although many of these schools are run by Asians, more and more non-Asian kids are signing up. Not only are the non-Asian kids streaming in, but the businesses are adjusting their strategy to attract them:
Horizon, a well-reputed cram school in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, known among Chinese-American families for funneling students into Stuyvesant High School and NEST+m, was recently rechristened Gifted Kids New York City. “It’s a little more appealing to Caucasian parents,” said the owner, Andrew Chan, who tells prospective parents from Park Slope and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, that he is offering “Chinese rigor” with Western-style teaching methods.
China and her new college graduates/students
Credit: Sim Chi Yin for The New York Times
Two articles on college graduates/students in China recently came out in the NY Times.
There was this one from today, which says that college grads in China are turning down factory jobs, and that only 78% are employed, mostly because they want office jobs, and China doesn’t have many office jobs. According to the article, lots of grads turn down the jobs because these jobs lack prestige, or they’re seen as dead-end. The kids are able to turn them down because they’re only children with two parents to support them, thanks to the one child policy.
A possible solution to affirmative action and anti-Asian racism
This could be my last blog post of the year (although I’ll probably be hanging around in the comment section if anyone else is here). Every year, David Brooks gives out “Sidney Awards” to the best essays of the year. I haven’t read through all of the 2012 winners, but here are two good ones:
1. The Myth of American Meritocracy talks about the discrimination that Asians face in college admissions and how we might fix a secretive, racist, college admissions process.
Dropping out of college vs. just not going
What do Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Larry Ellison, the guys who invented Twitter, the guy who invented Digg, and the guys who invented Livefyre all have in common? They’re college dropouts who made tons of money! Read more here: Saying No to College.
College swim tests
I saw this on FB: For Certain College Students, This Test Calls for a Plunge. Certain colleges (mine included) require students to be able to swim a couple hundred meters in order to graduate. If you can’t swim, you don’t graduate. But now it looks like some colleges are dropping that requirement.
I think that the swimming requirement is a good one. It’s a life skill, something every well rounded person should know. If building a complete individual is the purpose of an education, then an educational institution should be allowed to test. Among physical activities, swimming is unique in that it doesn’t come naturally (unlike walking) but that it’s universal in just about every culture where there is proximity to large bodies of water.
Eastern vs. Western theories on learning
I’d heard this theory many times before, but there was an interesting article on Eastern vs. Western learning at NPR (thanks, AL): Struggle For Smarts? How Eastern And Western Cultures Tackle Learning. According to the article, Westerners tend to see learning as a matter of innate ability: smart kids get it, less-smart kids don’t. Asians tend to see learning as a matter of effort: kids can get it, but they sometimes need to learn to struggle in order to do so. The article begins with a story of a Japanese classroom, and how the teacher calls on a student who doesn’t understand something and makes him stand at the front of the class until he figures it out. Effort is rewarded.
Why doesn’t the NAACP claim Nigerian immigrants?
A few nights ago, I was sending someone a Yiyun Li video, and I stumbled across the video above, in which John Dabiri, a biophysicist and professor from Caltech, talks about his research. He won a MacArthur Fellowship in 2010 for his work in biophysics, which is a $500,000 no-strings-attached grant (also won by Yiyun Li for literature) to promote innovation and creativity from gifted individuals. Dabiri works on wind turbines and design, which could have a very positive influence on our economy if we ever succeed in cutting back on oil for more sustainable solutions. I was thinking to myself–”Hey, an African American scientist! Why isn’t the NAACP jumping on this and making a big deal about this guy?” While the NAACP is trying to create a racist, uneven playing field by eliminating real admissions requirements for schools, they’re missing some wonderful opportunities to promote people who could be real inspirations to their base. If you google “NAACP Dabiri,” you’ll get one endorsement from a pro-African American blogger, but no big NAACP endorsements/publicity.
