Almost everybody around me will think that “Asians are smart.” I have heard this for a quite long time and I have to say that it is not true!
Take me as an example; I had physics and math class this quarter. I screwed up on my physics mid-term as always. The average score is even higher than mine. I was kind of pissed off; however, I do not think myself as a smart cookie. I think the reason why Americans think Asians are smart are Asian people always regard their school stuff very seriously. We have tons of homework to do and all the teachers work hard to push us to a higher grade. If all the American school have the same teaching system as we do, I bet all the Americans will be smart as well. In China, school system varies in different cities even though overall it is hard. Some of the cities have a more relaxed learning environment like my hometown. I used to be in a girl’s high school and they have the least strict rules and we have a lot of clubs and sports to join after school. I usually think my school as very strict until I came to America; I found all the other Chinese students have a much strict high school life. However, all their hard work paid off, they did great on all of their quizzes and midterms comparing to me. Now I understand why others think Asians are smart. As a matter of fact, they did not see all the hard work Asian kids have done in their schools.
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