whats the gene that makes them so smart?i have never met an asian who is not at least a b minus in math whats their secret?
2007-09-23 11:42:39 · 27 answers · asked by limo 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
im not being mean you guys becuase being smart in math is nt a bad thing
2007-09-23 11:46:38 · update #1
It's got noting to do with a gene. It has everything to do with focus. In this country kids are more concerned with the social element of school, instead of the course work. Many foreigners focus more on education than socializing.
You do the Math
2007-09-23 11:46:02 · answer #1 · answered by westfield47130 6 · 18⤊ 3⤋
Like most things, it's a combination of genetics and culture. Japanese-Americans, who are the most Americanized of the East Asian groups in the US, show the least difference in math scores relative to the White population. This despite the fact that the citizens of Japan have the highest average IQs of any national goup in the world.
Notice I said, "relative to the White population". The infamous decline in the academic standards of the US is a lot less dramatic when you don't lump Whites (aka Americans) in with the other ethnoracial groups in the US. Ditto for the famous intellectual superiority of East Asians over the average US citizen; the disparity almost disappears when you compare East Asians with actual Whites, instead of the US average. The average for the US as a whole is severely dumbed down by the various low-IQ tribes that have been granted citizenship since the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
This whole thing goes right back to the famous "Nature vs Nurture" argument which people have been batting back and forth for at least a century now. If intelligence is purely IQ, then people's culture wouldn't matter but obviously, it does. If on the other hand, intelligence is purely cultural, then everybody of the same cultural background should also have the same IQ, but obviously they don't.
For several hundred years, it was an unchallenged dogma that IQ was absolutely determined by birth. For the past fifty years, it has been an equally rigid dogma that intelligence is absolutely determined by culture. This dogma is just as doomed to be overthrown as the previous one was. The fact that it increasingly depends on official coercion and/or mob action is a sign of how weak it is scientifically. The supporters of the "Nurture" theory would not require coercion to remain ascendant, if their belief system was not so obviously contradicted by reality....
Nimadan
2007-09-23 19:26:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
OK people, let's get the racist idea out of the way- this is a good question. I've taught many Asian students. The answer is in the Asian school systems. A regular school day for an Asian student may be 10 or 12 hours. Many go to regular school, then prep school after their regular school. The students can sometimes get home at 9pm or later. They PRACTICE their math skills more than any American student I have seen. The teachers and parents work together to train the students. Teachers are respected and well paid. Parents are respected and revered for the sacrifices they make for their children. In some schools, teachers are allowed to discipline children as if they were their own.
The Asian culture is very education-minded and the math skills you speak about are practiced constantly. Practice makes perfect for all of us.
Peace,
Ken Chin
2007-09-23 19:19:48 · answer #3 · answered by Ken C 3 · 8⤊ 4⤋
It is NOT a gene. That is a common misconception. They don't have a secret. They just take a lot of math classes and they start way before the average American knows what 1+1 is. I know because they have told me that they took (and continue taking) extra math classes on the side, kinda like a tutoring course.
2007-09-23 18:47:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 3⤋
well... im in high school at a college town and the asians are generally more studious. the parents of the asian kids usually have a lot higher standards for their children since they themselves are pretty well learned. Also, asians take a lot of pride in what they do so they expect top marks from themselves. its not anything with genes, it is instead their culture
2007-09-23 18:45:07 · answer #5 · answered by ieieiweroiweoiieieieiieiwoiehfui 2 · 8⤊ 2⤋
It's because of the radiation from the atomic bomb we dropped on them.
2014-01-16 20:02:10 · answer #6 · answered by Mike 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, from my point of view, the math classes at elementary-high schools hav concepts that r too difficult to understand, and that they don't seem to get the "canceling out" concept, and leave the number there making the problem even more complicated (one of my most difficult times in elementary school)
2/4x6/8
simplify to : 1/2x3/4 much easier
or something along those lines, theres alot more where that came from, thats y i hate american math textbooks
2007-09-25 15:33:11 · answer #7 · answered by ATO 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Better school systems, work ethics, home life, stricter parents.
Most asian cultures place a high emphasis on learning than western cultures do.
We got football at least. Gooooo Ravens.
2007-09-23 18:46:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 3⤋
well.. i don't think it's genetic. Chinese, Koreans, and Japs are proud hardworking ppl, and those two traits make them very successful here. they don't tolerate failure. math is a very valuable/marketable skill in the US. leads to careers in the engineering and medical fields, which are high-paying.
2007-09-23 19:20:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
They are no smarter than any other race, they just have better morals and are more strictly disciplined than Americans. We are lazy, and we are distracted by television and drugs and other fun things that are sinful.
2007-09-23 18:47:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 12⤊ 3⤋