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Old 06-21-2012, 08:18 AM  
Just Alex
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Oh, and on the main subject of the post. I am not shocked. The girlfriend is half Asian and her parents basically told her and her brother and sister to not consider themselves done with school until they had at least a bachelors degree.

A friend of mine had an exchange student from China stay with them and she was telling us how high school there is basically just a prep school for college and how it is competitive to get into any school you want so you buckle down and work hard so you can get into the right school and get to study something you are interested in.
College enrollment among asians is close to 80%. Unlike some minorities they value opportunity and new life that was given to them
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