From Quartz:
Failure is not an option. In their new book, The Asian American Achievement Paradox, sociologists Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou have documented how our community’s emphasis on high achievement – our “success frame” – can place significant stress on Asian American children. [Jennifer Lee is a professor of sociology at UC Irvine.]
 
For the full story, please visit http://qz.com/424884/for-asian-americans-standardized-testing-is-its-own-costly-hyper-competitive-culture/.

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