A Model Minority

ARTICLES OF WISDOM they have become the best students in America’s best English-language schools. Although they make up only 2 percent of the overall population, they have managed to secure as much as 20 percent of positions in various American institutions. Wherever they go, they prove to be more capable—sometimes even overqualified. This situation has forced American thinkers to reflect. As a result, formal research was carried out, and the findings were published in several American as well as international journals. Some references are as follows: 1. New York Times, New York, August 3, 1986 2. Why Asian Americans are doing so well, Times Magazine, New York, August 31,1987 3. Why Asian American students excel, Reader’s Digest, August 1987 4. Why Asian succeed in America, Span monthly, December 1987 5. Among the top 6 science students of the United States, Hindustan Times, New Delhi, August 30, 1987. Why are Asian Americans ahead of ordinary American youth in almost every field of education? The reason is simple: they put in more effort than American youth. Jerome Kagan, a professor of psychology at Harvard University, was once asked why Asian American students tend to be more successful than American students. According to a