[EinNYC]

There’s a lot of worry about the thousands and thousands of Chinese moving in. But when they take over a city there’s one thing you can count on — the school kids’. Test scores shoot up. And all of a sudden the schools are “ highly rated” even if they’ve not changed much at all The difference is that the Chinese culture says the rugrats go home and actually do their homework. Imagine that !!!!!

Whereas it is generally true that Chinese students come from a culture that prizes education much more than some other groups, there are "bummy" Chinese students as well, and some that belong to gangs. These latter Chinese students use their smarts to make smart-aleck remarks to teachers, devise ways of cheating on tests, etc. instead of striving for high grades. In this, they are no better than the lowest of the low among the student population.

Unfortunately, many recent immigrants choose the lowest of the low as their American role models, having seen too many American movies featuring gangsta culture and ill-mannered snarky children. The first words they learn are those that begin with "F", "D", "S", and "H". They don't even fully understand the filth of those words, cheerfully injecting them into practically any conversation they hold.

[faithhopecharity]

Yes, the American mass culture is corrosive to any moral values... or achievement
to be sure...

We’re seeing mostly brand new people flooding in from the PRC, and these buy up our houses at highly-inflated (mostly) all’cash prices.

There are largely the ‘privileged’ and educated families (think: communist party factory managers)

so maybe they combine traditional Chinese culture (such as strong families with parental guidance and discipline for the kids, plus an achievement orientation) with of course, financial advantage.

SInce these are largely persons of privilege (in their native country at least, and here given that they have lots of dineros).... perhaps the article’s author would choose to criticize them and their achievement-oriented kids who actually do their assigned studies each day

“blame” their success all on their “unfair privilege”

but frankly,, it really seems mostly a matter of culture and the functionality of their family life

money buys them into these neighborhoods (ironic: the house prices are so incredibly high primarily BECAUSE the Chinese are buying, driving up the prices...so now only Chinese immigrants, mostly at least, can even think of affording houses !)

But anyway, it really seems to be culture and that includes functional family life

their money does not advantage the rugrats, indeed the Chinese parents can be quite frugal with their kids’ allowances