Hum Dinger
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Amazing the amount of valedictorians among the sons and daughters of Vietnamese rice farmers, eh?Perhaps:
When people come from families that have been educated for generations, it's expected that they become educated. They exercise their brains from a young age. Especially since the family has had evidence that education is well rewarded.
When people come from families that have never been educated, that have a history of oppression, and have no evidence that education is rewarded, those people tend to by cynical towards education and intellectual development. They do not exercise their brains.
That results in lower IQs.
It's amazing the amount of Valedictorians among my sons - two for two. I was never a Valedictorian, nor was my wife. But they were raised in a culture of education. I was raised in a culture of athletes (second rate athletes).
When children are raised to believe that education will result in a rewarding life, they tend to value education.
The same holds true of my Jewish relatives. When met my nephews - they were only about 6 and 8 years old, one said he wanted to be a doctor and the other said he wanted to be a lawyer. Now, one is a surgeon and the other is a financial industry exec.
When I was that age I wanted to be a profession baseball, football or basketball player. I didn't even know what a lawyer was.
How you are raised matters.