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I im-Chi Trinh was just nine when her father used his savings to buy a i
assage for her on a fishing boat that would carry her from Vietnam. a
It was a heartbreaking and costly sacrifice for the family, placing Kim-Chi
on the small boat, among strangers, in hopes that she would eventually
reach the United States, where she would get a good educationand enjoy
a better life.
It was a hard journey for the little girl, and full ofmrisks. Long before
the boat reached safety, the supplies of food and water ran out. When
Kim-Chi finally made it to the US, she had to cope with a succession of
three foster families. But when she graduated from San Diego's Patrick
Henry High School in 1988, she had straight Als and scholarship offers
from some of the most prestigious universities in the country.
"I have to do well," says the 19-year-old, now a second-year student
at Cornell University. "I owe it to my parents in Vietnam."
Kim-Chi is part of a wave of bright, highly-motivated Asian-
Americans who are suddenly surging intoour best colleges.
Although Asian-Americans make up only 2.4 percent of th
nation's population, they constitute 17.1 percent of th
undergraduates- at Hanrard, 18 percent at the Massachusett
institute of Technology and 27.3 percent at the University
california at Berkeley.
Why are Asian-Americans doing so well? Are they grinds,
as some stereotypes suggest? Do they have higher IQs? or
can we learn a lesson from them about values we have long
treasured but may have misplaced - like hard work, the family
and education?
Not all Asians are doingequally well; poorly-educated
Cambodian refugee children., for instance, often need special
help. And many Asian-Americans resent being labeled a "model
minority," feeling that this is reverse discrimination by white Americans-
a contrast to the laws that excluded most Asian immigrants from the US
until 1965, but prejudice nevertheless.
The young Asians' achievements have led to a series of fascinating
studies. Perhaps the most disturbing results come from the research
carried out by a University of Michigan psychologist, Harold W. Stevenson,
who has compared more than 7,ts in kindergarten, first grade,
third grade and fifth grade in Chicago and Minneapolis with counterparts
in Beijing, Taipei and Sendai. On a battery of math tests, the Americans
did worst at all grade levels.
Stevenson found no differences in IQ. But if the differences in
performance are showing up in kindergarten, it suggests something is
happening in the family,even before the children get to school.
It is here that various researchers' different studies converge: Asian
parents are motivating their children better."The bottom line is, Asian
kids work hard," Stevenson says.
The real question, then, is how Asian parents imbue their offspring
with this kind of motivation. Stevenson's study suggest
s a critical answer.
When asked why they think their children do well, most Asian parents
said,."hard work" By contrast, American parents said "talent".
"From what I can see," criticizes Stevenson, "we've lost our faith in
the idea that we can all get ahead in life through hard work. Instead,
Americans now believe that some kids have what it takes and some don't.
So we start dividing up classes into `fast learners'and `slow learners