Originally posted by: Agnostos Insania
Damn, I wish I went to school in N. California then. Here in Oklahoma the student body is divided as such:
5% smart
5% "average"
70% just plain idiotic
20% can't even speak English and fail because their teachers have nothing to say to them
I'd say the school was 60% white, 30% hispanic (Mexican), 5% black, 5% Asian/other
My highschool actually had an unofficial race war between the more violent of whites and hispanics.
Originally posted by: mugs
So the white kids are leaving because the asians are too smart for them? Cry me a river. :roll:
Originally posted by: ranmaniac
Are there any asian NASCAR drivers?
Originally posted by: Slew Foot
Haha, I went to high school in Orange County CA, maybe 35% asian or so.
Not only was I Valedictorian, I was also Captain of the ice hokcey team (back when we had ice hockey). Now I'm a sucessful professional, take that white people!
<--Indian
Originally posted by: ed21x
the sad thing is, most people assume that we are putting in the time to get the top grades when it really isn't all that hard.
Originally posted by: Storm
I'm real curious to see the atmosphere at those high schools.
Sure academics are important but is overtaking everything in the lives of those students?
You need to have a balance of extracurricular activities and academics.
Maybe the kind of pressure to succeed was too much?
Those Asian students with parents whose primparily language isn't English tend to stress academics more because it would obviously help their kids in the future to go into better schools and obtain better jobs. Was the pressure to do so well absolutely cutthroat where students wouldn't help one another because it would remove the edge?
Originally posted by: swatX
Originally posted by: Storm
I'm real curious to see the atmosphere at those high schools.
Sure academics are important but is overtaking everything in the lives of those students?
You need to have a balance of extracurricular activities and academics.
Maybe the kind of pressure to succeed was too much?
Those Asian students with parents whose primparily language isn't English tend to stress academics more because it would obviously help their kids in the future to go into better schools and obtain better jobs. Was the pressure to do so well absolutely cutthroat where students wouldn't help one another because it would remove the edge?
i myself am a senior at Monta vista High and this article is full of BS. sure its competitive but not all the asians in the school are about overtaking each other when it comes to grades. The school has a good atmosphere. better than other school i went to .
Socially the school is getting better at doing various activities during luch or before holidays.
the article is sort of hillarious actually because the quotes which said by PTA members were taken out of context and i know this for a fact becase my friend mom knew the mother who was quoted in the first page.
fricken reporters.
Originally posted by: jagec
"Oh no, the school's not 98% white, better move away"
I swear, Americans are SO racist...
Personally, I think having a more competitive class is a good thing, since it pressures you to do your best.
Hahaha, looks like the shoe's on the other foot now."Many of my Asian friends were convinced that if you were Asian, you had to confirm you were smart. If you were white, you had to prove it,"
Originally posted by: Brackis
Types of schools in my perception (possibility of being biased):
Regular Ass HS (A few really smart people. but most morons, not particularly hard to get straight A's)
Easy HS (The smartest people are still marginal, and getting all A's comes with an IQ over 110)
Super HS (AZN's rule and try hard and "earn" high grades, but are not particularly special, usually in wealthy areas)
Regular Private School (Rich white kids who are stupid go here to get special attention and better grades from kind teachers)
Elite Private (The uber-rich whites of average intelligence but priviledge are mixed with talented minorities, everyone gets a B+ except the minorities who are there for academic merit and being pushed from home, they get A's but have to work really hard for them)
Moral of the story: Grades don't mean ******; do something for the world and I'll give you a highfive. If not, keep trying.
Edit... to be honest, SAT scores to really tell a lot. My private school had an average SAT score around 1400, but the people with top scores near 1600 had grades anywhere from C+ to A. Plenty of people had great grades and couldn't break 1400.
what are you implying?Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
better to be uncompetitive like other minorities so the whites can move away because they are just racist.
Originally posted by: ricochet
Asians can be as academically competitive as they want so that later in life they can do grunt technical labor for their white bosses. Don't be surprise that these bosses were probably not great students. They are the beer guzzling, football watching, stripclub hopping, former frat boys. :laugh:
Originally posted by: ricochet
Asians can be as academically competitive as they want so that later in life they can do grunt technical labor for their white bosses. Don't be surprise that these bosses were probably not great students. They are the beer guzzling, football watching, stripclub hopping, former frat boys. :laugh: