Re: Why do Latino kids do poorly in schools?

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From: Richard
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:29

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On Feb 28, 1:10 pm, Bob LeChevalier <loj...@lojban.org> wrote:
> "Richard" <richardfangn...@excite.com> wrote:
> >Latinos are kind of like Asians in their devotion to the family unit
> >and good work ethic. I don't get why their kids don't score well on
> >tests - could it be that the tests don't measure achievement?  Or does
> >their culture emphasize manual tasks and not mental prowess?
>
> Or maybe it is that a different class of immigrants come here from
> Asia (mostly highly educated professionals and their offspring) than
> from the south (mostly poor, uneducated peasants).
>
> When you compare the top of one bell curve with the bottom of another,
> seldom do you find parity.  But one Asian group that had similar bad
> demographics to the Latinos, the Hmong, has had similarly poor success
> in American education.
>
> lojbab

Why does China only allow educated people to emigrate?
And aren't the Hmong people mostly from China, too?

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