Asian America
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I hated Chinese school. I hated the squeezing into the family car for what seemed like an eternity to Chinatown from Hollis (home of Run DMC). I hated standing up to be judged on the mindless recitation of odes to being a “moral person” and a “proper student.” I hated the flimsy little exercise books
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My eldest was one of the kids who took the citywide gifted and talented test meant to bring equity to the city’s gifted and talented programs. Despite scoring well on the test, my son has been denied a seat in any gifted and talented programs. It began a several months ago when my wife and
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My eldest was one of the kids who took the citywide gifted and talented test meant to bring equity to the city’s gifted and talented programs. Despite scoring well on the test, my son has been denied a seat in any gifted and talented programs. It began a several months ago when my wife and
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I was one of those kids in the video. In many ways I still am. If you were to ask me off the cuff: Do you know Vincent Chin? I would more than likely say I didn’t. When Imaginasian TV launched one of the first films they broadcast was Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Pena’s Who
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I finally got around to editing the video my wife shot at the reading I was a part of in January. I read four poems and a piece from the novel I am “working” on. It was not my best performance but it was the best audience and situation for me to reacquaint myself with
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The key characteristic of appreciation education is its focus on a child’s strengths and fortes and building upon them, in a bid to awaken a child’s mentality that “I am a good child”. Conversely, a negative education would be one in which the child’s weaknesses and shortcomings are highlighted and magnified, causing the child to
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The movie, I Not Stupid Too, dramatically presents the academic and emotional stress students in Singapore schools face from their parents, teachers, and themselves. As a nation that claims its only natural resource is its population, the situations presented in the movie feed some rich questions regarding the role of education in different cultures. I
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Using a stereotype to judge people is like using a standardized test to gauge intelligence. A stereotype does not capture the complexities of a people and a test does not reveal the full body of knowledge. There is an article in the latest issue of Rethinking Schools written by two Asian teachers addressing a book
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