You’re Asian, How Could You Fail Math?
From the perspective of someone who struggled in school and had to work hard for every good grade received, I often wished that I was one that was like the Asien culture. I saw them as an extremely smart culture and wondered how they made all those high grades. How were they so different than me? I never really saw how much pressure a particular culture could have on another. I never really thought about it. I found it very interesting to read how diversified the culture “Asian” really is! It is so widespread within our society. I found the term given to the Asian cuture, “Model Minority” a little disturbing. If the Asian culture is considered the “model minority,” then how do all the other cutures compare? It seems just as the article said that by assigning one group this particular term, than the other cutures are the reason for weaknesses within our society. This seems to be a pretty unfair statement to make. In my opinion, one should not judge someone by how smart they are or how successful they are by the color of their skin or the cultural group with whom they identify with. It is a teachers job to teach their students and differentiate instruction where it is seen it is needed. It whould not be assumed that one student is smarter than the other. We all have our strengths and those areas that we struggle in. It is our job to teach ALL students.
