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Rebellion against the status quo has an equally rich academic tradition. "Education" in the abstract doesn't prefer one view over the other. Further education
by Avshalom 8y ago
Rebellion against the status quo has an equally rich academic tradition. "Education" in the abstract doesn't prefer one view over the other.
Further education is in no way a guaranteed path to success: I have two BS degrees Physics and Geology with math and CS minors, and yet I am a stock boy at Target.
Nothing is a path to anything. We of course hear from the successful children of "tiger moms" but how many stories in the last 50 years do you remember with the headline "my mother demanded everything and I am a fork lift operator at an industrial door warehouse" and yet https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_58ff7f40e4b0c46f0782a5b6 https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_58ff7f40e4b0c46f0782a5b6 Asian Americans are statistically poorer than most...
- cornholio 8y ago> Rebellion against the status quo has an equally rich academic tradition. "Education" in the abstract doesn't prefer one view over the other. Before you can rebel academically, a decade of conformism is required. So few nonconformists survive that such traits are immediately valuable - but do not mistake that for neutrality, modern education is conformist above all else. > Further education is in no way a guaranteed path to success. Sure, and I made no such claim, the article author is concerned about educational achievement in and of itself.
- Avshalom 8y agogranted I'm white AF but I managed to get through college twice with a "conformism" of swearing at teachers, not doing homework, letting others blatantly copy my work and about once every year telling a teacher "fuck you" since 8th grade when I punched a teacher for insulting me.
- learc83 8y ago>Asian Americans are statistically poorer than most... Not only is that untrue, it's the exact opposite of the truth. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_the_United_States_by_household_income https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_the...
- Avshalom 8y agoSorry "Asians Americans in the largest city in the country".
- learc83 8y agoPercent living below the povery line in 1 city has more to do with the geographical distribution of immigrants from poor countries than it does with anything else. Poor Asian immigrants are just more likely to settle in NYC.
- Avshalom 8y agoOh yeah sure because NYC is definitely the cheapest city to immigrate to...
- learc83 8y agoPoor immigrants in NYC often share housing with far more people than native born Americans would tolerate. How do you think all those people making below the poverty line afford to live there? They move there because of the existing immigrant communities already in place. 3/4 of Asian Americans in NYC are immigrants.