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"Among the handful of American high achievers, only one in eight comes from the bottom socioeconomic quartile. In Canada it’s one in four; Germany one in six; a
by imareaver 11y ago
"Among the handful of American high achievers, only one in eight comes from the bottom socioeconomic quartile. In Canada it’s one in four; Germany one in six; and Singapore one in three."
One in three high achievers in Singapore come from the bottom quartile? That means the bottom quartile is OVERrepresented among high achievers, which sounds very odd to me.
- peterfirefly 11y agoRecent immigration from mainland China? If the newcomers are bright, hungry, and hardworking whereas the native Singapore Chinese are by now a bit more laid back + if the Singapore Malay are not as bright, hungry, and hardworking but more established so above them in SES, then it might make sense. Singapore is far from ethnically homogeneous.
- sopooneo 11y agoIn Boston high schools, immigrant students make up close to or exactly 100% of the valedictorians each year.