Last week, in a repeat of last year a child of Indian origin won the Spelling Bee, a contest among American school going children, yet again. Infact of the 11 children who made to the final, 8 were of Asian origin, of which definitely 6 and probably 7 were Indian.
Its easy to be tempted and say Indians or Asians are a smarter race and overlook the logical and more rational conclusion that most Indian & Asian children generally end up working far harder than their counterparts. Read my article Indian winner at Spelling Bee : A story without a happy ending published on a website for South East Asians
2 comments:
Sonia,
read your article on the website .. have to say , while it was well written, and lucid, I dont agree with your conclusions..
Apologies for the delayed reply and respect your opinion. But,I belive we all have know our biases. That includes you and me. Think of the upbringing majority of Indian children get.
Though I can agree that struggle in India is mostly for the middle class. Those you believe education can change their fortunes. Super-rich don't need it while those extremely poor are too busy trying to survive. Unfortunately that also means that they have to vie for those coveted jobs as doctors or engineers, because atleast so far being a good enough artist or a writer doesn't pay enough.
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