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Two corrections to your non sequitur: 1. The quote you've selected doesn't mention second, third, or eleventh generation "immigrants", it mentions "second and

• VladRussian 16y ago
  you wanna "sequitur". Be my guest. Lets follow you logic. By definition: children of the first generation = second generation and children of the second generation= 3rd generation So according to your logic "The study found that second immigrant generation often outperform 3rd and 4th generation in school" That is one heck of sequitur. The actual meaning of the "first generation immigrant children" here isn't children parented by the first generation. It is children who are immigrants, ie. they are first generation themselves, whereis their children and grandchildren are second and third generation mentioned in the study.
  • anigbrowl 16y ago
    You're both correct, but his interpretation is a bit more common. By definition: children of the first generation = second generation and children of the second generation= 3rd generation But that's not the definition that many people use; when people say first generation, they mean the first generation that was 'generated' (ie born) in America. Immigrants aren't part of an American generation, they're part of some other country's generational history that arrived in America. Usually when someone I meet says 'I'm second-generation (somewhere)-American' they turn out to mean their grandparents came from that place to the US and their parents were born here. I tend to meet more Asian- and Irish-Americans. Perhaps customs vary between different groups due to different traditions of counting? For example, a newborn baby is traditionally considered to be age 1, although most western countries would consider the baby's age to be zero (but some positive # of months).
    • anigbrowl 16y ago
      That would have made more sense if the last sentence had still included the words 'in China'...