Young Asians Face Tremendous Pressure to Succeed. Steve Steinberg.
by Steinberg, Steve; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 31Human Relations. Publisher: Dallas Morning News, 2004ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Academic achievement | Asian American youth | Asian Americans -- Attitudes | Asian Americans -- Education | Asians -- Attitudes | Education -- Parent participation | Immigrants -- Attitudes | Parent and child | Social pressure | Stereotype (Psychology)DDC classification: 050 Summary: "Students of all races and ethnic groups live with the pressure to excel. But for Asian-American students, the burden can be especially crushing, especially when their parents are immigrants. The parents, who come from fiercely competitive cultures where scholarship is cherished, don't want their children to lose touch with the old values. Yet they still want their children to blend into their new society. Above all, they hunger for them to succeed." (DALLAS MORNING NEWS) This profile reports on the tremendous pressure young Asians face from their parents to be "high achievers." The role that the "model minority" stereotype plays in adding to the pressure is noted.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Young Asians Face Tremendous Pressure to Succeed, March 29, 2004; pp. n.p..
"Students of all races and ethnic groups live with the pressure to excel. But for Asian-American students, the burden can be especially crushing, especially when their parents are immigrants. The parents, who come from fiercely competitive cultures where scholarship is cherished, don't want their children to lose touch with the old values. Yet they still want their children to blend into their new society. Above all, they hunger for them to succeed." (DALLAS MORNING NEWS) This profile reports on the tremendous pressure young Asians face from their parents to be "high achievers." The role that the "model minority" stereotype plays in adding to the pressure is noted.
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