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Re:I taught the Iliad to Chinese teenagers by HPsquared on Sunday February 18, 2024 @12:35PM (#39421081)
It could also be a selection thing though, you'd have to compare "typical American students in a typical American school environment" to "typical Chinese students in a typical Chinese school environment".

Still probably quite different, but maybe more similar than looking at Chinese emigrés vs typical "US average".

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Re:I taught the Iliad to Chinese teenagers by alephnerd on Sunday February 18, 2024 @12:40PM (#39421131)
I'd second OP's opinion as a 1.5 Gen.

Immigrant parents (Asian, Latino, Eastern European, African) in America will push their kids harder because when you're an immigrant, a mistake like getting suspended in school or a DUI can destroy any chance at naturalization because you need to establish "Good Moral Character" [0] which is largely at the discretion of the presiding interviewer and a backlogged USCIS Immigration Judge

[0] - https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter...

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Re:I taught the Iliad to Chinese teenagers by waveBidder on Sunday February 18, 2024 @12:59PM (#39421313)
the original article is talking about native Chinese in China, though the fact that they're attending a school with an english teacher from America is also a strong filter
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Re:I taught the Iliad to Chinese teenagers by watwut on Sunday February 18, 2024 @01:14PM (#39421460)
The article characterizes them as elite students, so you then need to compare them to elite American students. Elite as in highly performing in school and motivated.
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Re:I taught the Iliad to Chinese teenagers by em500 on Sunday February 18, 2024 @05:16PM (#39424037)
True, the author is teaching at an elite Beijing high school. But elite American high schools are usually disproportionally populated with Asian (an very often Chinese) students.
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Re:I taught the Iliad to Chinese teenagers by alephnerd on Sunday February 18, 2024 @01:00PM (#39421331)
I'm talking about lr4444lr's comment
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