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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Thu Jan 5 08:11:21 2012, in response to Re: OP-ED: What Americans keep ignoring about Finland's school success, posted by PATHman on Thu Jan 5 03:41:26 2012. I struggled in pre-Calc while they [Asians] learned it effortlessly, and I put in the time.I've lived in Flushing for nearly 50 years and witnessed its transition to an Asian community. One difference is that I no longer see kids playing ball or other street games after school. In fact I see very few kids playing on the street (or in parks). I've wondered where they are. I got an answer this summer, when I went to a local pizza shop for lunch. An academy had just let out for lunch. The place was packed with students from the academy. There are about half a dozen such academies within a five block radius of my home. Those kids were studying the same courses they get in high school. There may be a genetic factor but I believe that the Asian achievement differential is the result of hard work. That hard work isn't limited to the public school system. |
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