I am an Asian and my kids do perform well( fitting in with the stereotype) academically but also do music, sports ( to a degree), volunteering, lazing around, going out with friends etc.,
She came home yesterday and told that she probably will not apply as she won't fit in Cambridge and would rather go somewhere else instead, which made me wonder that there are probably not many Asian students in these institutions.
There is another thread about Asian children in grammar schools and how they are over represented, if so why they don't go to these universities.
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ProfessorLayton1 · 12/09/2017 12:47
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