WASHINGTON,D.C: The success of Asians in the United States in academics could be attributed to their family values, an American business newspaper has reported.
Reports said May 30 that the most important factor in the rise of “this new American elite” is Asian home. This include respect for elders and high standards for children, including hard work at school and off-hours responsibilities, that many times still include chores at relative’s business. recover files A survey conducted by the paper revealed that if admissions were based on merit alone to the University of California at Berkeley, one of the premier educational institutions in the United States, Asians will make up a clear majority at the Berkeley campus.
“This astounding when you think of how far this country has come from the dark decades, as recent as 50 years ago when Asian immigrants American citizens, even were subject 10 some of the harshest legal treatment since slavery,” reports say.
Article extracted from this publication >> June 23, 1995
