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If that were the case then Asians wouldn't comprise 50% of school populations where affirmative action is banned even though there are far more middle and upper

If that were the case then Asians wouldn't comprise 50% of school populations where affirmative action is banned even though there are far more middle and upper class whites in those states (California, Washington). I don't think you've experienced what "caring about education" truly means. I mean that you are held to a high standard from a very early age. No B's allowed or you get an ass-whooping. You are expected to rank highly in any competitions or standardized testing. You're expected to take the most challenging classes possible and do well in them. Your parents constantly compare you to those better than you and motivate you to become better than them. Those are much higher standards than what you're proposing, which is to just give them tutoring. They're things that you don't get by funding more resources, but by a certain form of family cultural norms. You can't buy culture with money.

lostdog 5y ago
> No B's allowed or you get an ass-whooping. You are expected to rank highly in any competitions or standardized testing. You're expected to take the most challenging classes possible and do well in them. Your parents constantly compare you to those better than you and motivate you to become better than them. I'm not sure that the world in which we give 90% of children depression is really the ideal we're striving for here.
hiptobecubic 5y ago
This is not "caring about education" in a way that I think really helps anyone. I cared about education and didn't have these things. I honestly don't see how anyone can look at e.g. the SK system and cram schools and the like and think "Yeah! _They_ really know how to do it!"
- bobthepanda 5y ago
  Also, it's not clear that this actually leads to better outcomes for South Koreans either if you look at any sort of economic data. Three quarters of South Koreans are college graduates but only 30% of jobs require a college education.

lostdog 5y ago

> No B's allowed or you get an ass-whooping. You are expected to rank highly in any competitions or standardized testing. You're expected to take the most challenging classes possible and do well in them. Your parents constantly compare you to those better than you and motivate you to become better than them. I'm not sure that the world in which we give 90% of children depression is really the ideal we're striving for here.

hiptobecubic 5y ago

This is not "caring about education" in a way that I think really helps anyone. I cared about education and didn't have these things. I honestly don't see how anyone can look at e.g. the SK system and cram schools and the like and think "Yeah! _They_ really know how to do it!"

bobthepanda 5y ago
Also, it's not clear that this actually leads to better outcomes for South Koreans either if you look at any sort of economic data. Three quarters of South Koreans are college graduates but only 30% of jobs require a college education.