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On 60 Minutes last night they interviewed a group of five Vietnamese students and asked them why it was that Asian- American students were so far excelling American students all over the country. The reply of the students was that the whole secret lies in hard work. They just worked a lot harder than American kids. And they worked so hard because their parents were strict with them. Their parents made them work hard. The parents believed that education was the secret to doing well in life, that it was the way up to the good things of life. They told them this as the reason why they must work hard. Another reason they said they worked so hard had to do with family honor. Being best was a matter of family honor. Not to be the best would be to disgrace the family. It was a matter of honor and maintaining their honor. They all agreed that the reason Asian students do so much better than Americans was, at bottom, a matter of culture --- cultural values. They were asked if they did any dating. They didn't. Their parents wouldn't allow it. They wouldn't even have the nerve to ask. They wouldn't be able to date until they were in their twenties and out of school. And, of course, they didn't drink or smoke or do any of those things either. When asked what they did in the way of socializing they said they got together with other Asian-Americans and picked topics, philosophical topics for example, and talked about them. They were very clean-cut , wholesome looking kids. Four were girls and one was a boy. When asked what their advice would be to American kids their reply was: "Get busy and start working. Anyone can do it." Feb 1987
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