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Asian students’ reverence for their
teachers. Another vowed to make class
participation part of the grade in order
to prod Asian students to speak in class.
“You’re supposed to downgrade yourself
in Chinese learning because other
thinkers are so much greater than you,”
said a third. “This is a perennial problem
in classes with predominantly
Asian-American students.”
The article generated a passionate reaction
in the Asian-American community.
Some said the universities were
right that Asian students need to adapt
to Western educational norms. “Asian-
Americans have let people walk all over
them because of their silence,” posted a
reader of the sardonically titled website
ModelMinority.com. Others felt that
Asian students shouldn’t be forced to
speak up and conform to the Western
mode. “Perhaps instead of trying to
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