Asian Americans Academic Success - 1728 Words

School Attendance and Family Expectations Among Asian Americans Race, gender and education are status determinants in today’s society. Asian Americans’ academic success comes from a combination of helpful parents, a motivation to succeed, a supportive academic space, a supportive community and economic resources. In this paper, I will argue that Asian Americans attend college due to their cultural roots and familial expectations. Along the way to success are some hardships like stereotypes, gender differences and economic difficulties, but there is also prosperity in means of cultural and familial involvement. Compared to other racial or ethnic backgrounds, hard work and education are frequently viewed as being factors that all Asian†¦show more content†¦Teachers were given a list of these students. Not knowing the students were chosen at random, the researchers called this the Pygmalion Effect, or a self-fulfilling expectation. In the first and second grade th e student’s grades improved dramatically and 47 percent of those students gained 20 points on an IQ test they took. Since the teachers had higher expectations for these students, this made the students feel more capable of doing things (Kristof, 2015). Stereotypes have a lot to do with the effects of an individual’s success or a group’s success. The article uses a stereotype that Asian Americans are supposed to be good at math, and even though some can live up to that expectation, troubles are created for those who cannot live up to that expectation. This stereotype makes Asian Americans less focused on being personally creative and seems more focused on memorization, sticking to the book and following equations. According to a TED Talk starring Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the danger of a single story is explained. The danger of a single story is a critical misunderstanding of a certain culture, or a person. Adichie reminds the listeners that we must tell our own stories that are about our own personal experiences because stereotypes are incomplete. She explains how single stories rob people of dignity and they emphasize how people are different rather than similar. When we reject the single story,