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computer programming, and my job is
to study.”
Mike’s mother taught the same lesson
by example. A former math teacher
who worked as a maid when the family
immigrated to North America, she
memorized English vocabulary words
while washing dishes. She is very quiet,
says Mike, and very resolute. “It’s really
Chinese to pursue your own education
like that. My mother has the kind of
strength that not everyone can see.”
By all indications, Mike has made his
parents proud. His e-mail username is
“A-student,” and he’s just won a
coveted spot in Stanford University’s
freshman class. He’s the kind of
thoughtful, dedicated student that any
community would be proud to call its
own. And yet, according to an article
called “The New White Flight” that ran
in the Wall Street Journal just six
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