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Old 04-10-2009, 04:30 AM   #202
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Astra,

The word "Asian" has a different meaning in the UK and US. In the UK it means "from the Indian subcontinent"; in the US it means "from the Far East" - ie Japan, China, Vietnam, Korea, etc.

I have to take issue with your remarks about "Asian" students, by the way. I have many friends in the Asian community, and their culture places an EXTREMELY high value on education, and their children work damned work and get excellent marks. I agree with you that educational standards have slipped in the UK in the last decades, but to "blame" that on Asian students is just silly.
NOFI, but the same might be said about DG's glib remarks about how "blacks" are "lowering" american educational standards. People venting these generalizing kinds of "truths" about specific ethnic groups make me very uncomfortable.
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