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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (381358)	7/23/2008 12:13:25 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574249

Anyway, my explanation is only partial, but the point is that Asians were able to make it without starting rich. I'm not stupid enough to think that money makes no difference whatsoever, but people will have to own up to their own circumstances and make the best of it. Your theory sounds good but in practice it isn't always true. For an example, while not as bad and as big as their black and Latino counterparts, Asian gangs in LA do their fair share of violence. And what I am finding in my classes is that the Asians who do well do very, very well helping to bring up the averages of their less successful counterparts. And its true as well for Asians after they graduate. Some do very, very well after college like yourself helping to bring up the averages overall. But there are a lot who do very menial jobs. Along that theme....my bias is much like yours. Therefore it came as a big surprise to me the number of Asian kids in my classes who were planning to go on to vocational schools after they graduated from high school. Some wanted to be mechanics, others cooks, still others manage their parent's grocery store, etc. Averages can hide a lot of deviations and create an impression that is not always accurate.