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It seems that Indians and Chinese cultures both (all?) celebrate education and particularly science/engineering more than other cultures.
by arebop 11y ago
It seems that Indians and Chinese cultures both (all?) celebrate education and particularly science/engineering more than other cultures.
- thaumasiotes 11y agoIndians in America aren't particularly representative of Indians in India.
- chimeracoder 11y ago> It seems that Indians and Chinese cultures both (all?) celebrate education and particularly science/engineering more than other cultures. We start to head down a dangerous path when we paint with broad strokes like this. Starting off by talking about Indian culture as if it's a single entity (as opposed to an incredibly heterogenous set of cultures that happen to exist in the same sovereign state) does not lead to an accurate or nuanced perspective for the discussion at hand.
- arebop 11y agoI'm not saying that all Indians are alike in all ways, just that in India the most popular majors are STEM [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_education_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_education_in_India], whereas in the U.S. the most popular ambition of students is to become business administrators [https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=37 https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=37].