Tithering on the brink of racism is a debate why the Asian kids do well in schools, compared to the 'natives'. Normal cliches associated with this would be the Tiger moms, the disciplines and so forth, the values that are thought to be 'ingrained' in Asian culture. Statistics prove it beyond doubt.
Top students tend to be of Asian backgrounds, so do the high school mathematics olympians, college graduates and so forth. But the buck seems to stop there. How many of these kids grow up to be the innovators? Or creators or leaders? The answer would be pretty dismal.
So what's going on? Do the asian kids get surpassed by the others as they grow older? I think the answer is yes. Anwers can be found in every Asian household raising their children. With their Tiger moms and Tiger dads dictating every aspect of their lives and every breathing moment - from what they eat, do, where they go, who they are friends with, when they sleep and wake up, at micro level, little wonder the kids' brains have to do little cognitive thinking. With their parents, grand parents, relatives at standby and disposal for service every second like housemaids, there is no learning of how to be responsible, negotiate, take risks, socialize or show gratitude or make an effort to form good relations. All these courses of social and natural learning abilities are being completely shut up.
Because they are provided whatever they want, more and whatever the parents would have wanted at their own childhood, at very early age, there is virtually no appreciation of how lucky they are compared to the have nots of the society.
Another little wonder the children are in their own space and are growing up as aliens in the household. Glued to their social media, games, and other forms of mild addictions, they might fulfill their parents' obligations by acquiring good grades at schools, but they are growing up to be isolated from inside, as they have so little experience of how to interact with the world. Tiger parents might be living their lives through their children, but they are rasing self centered, indifferent, socially inept aliens, with little creativity, social skills or empathy for others. Its not surprising to imagine these young people grow up to be the cold blooded and disillusioned individuals. On one hand they are given all the luxury and exemption from having to be responsible for anything since the day of birth, on the other, they are under the piles of expectation from the Tiger parents who are trying to fulfil their own dreams from their offsprings. The affect of these extreme pressure and unnatural up bringing can start to manifest from early teenage, to later where the suppressed volcano starts to erupt.
My observation of the 'native' kids is completely different. They are taught to be responsible, caring, logical and fair. Because less emphasis is put on the academic achievement at school, they are not under the immense unnatural pressure as their Asian counterparts. This can be very visible physically, where these kids seem natural, smiling, open, considerate, whereas the Asian ones are reserved, un caring and socially inept outside their own circle. The values taught early on and consolidated over the years make what they are as adults, no doubt.
You can take the Asians out of Asia, but cannot take Asia out of the Asians. These princes and princesses are raised as if there is no end to the lap of luxury provided by their parents and relatives. The outside world is for the others, the unpreviliged. As these kids grow older, and have to increasingly face and deal with the outside world, something they are rarely taught at home, along with the hindsight to 'think outside the box' they start to falter. So they are good at following orders and doing what they are told, but not able to think, take initiative or lead on their own. The technical skills they possess, of being able to memorize, will no longer be an advantage as it used to be in the confined walls of schools and colleges.
The end results are open for all to see, in any workplace, organisations, Universities, research labs in the Western world, although the Asian kids appear bright and high achieving they end up not achieving full potential at later life as adults.
