My Masters program was about 80% Chinese nationals. I became friends with a few of them despite the language barrier. I like hanging out with people from other

My Masters program was about 80% Chinese nationals. I became friends with a few of them despite the language barrier. I like hanging out with people from other countries because it's a very cheap way to vacation at home. 'A' was a guy, about 23 years old, not very talented as a programmer, though there were some great ones in the group. He did not understand that plagarism was wrong. He would copy paste wikipedia and I'd point out that that was not allowed and he handed it in anyway and the teacher would read him the riot act. I think he got a C anyway. He had an idealistic worship of American culture and really wanted to be friends, but his personality was as bland as can be. Guy went to an all boys school in China and so he said one of the main reason he picked school X was that there were a lot of women there and his TOEFL scores were good enough for them to let him in. 'B' was a very upbeat and enthusiastic young lady who would always wear hats that said "Genius" is Chinese. Lots of energy, always got projects done on time. Told me she took a semester off to have a baby. I was thinking, "wow, that's odd, a very career focused ambitious woman having a baby in her early 20s". Then I thought the politically incorrect thought (downvotes!) that this was an anchor baby, except not the penniless economic refugee type. Ahh good for her, I think she'll be a great addition to our country.