[Yonsu]

That's a bit of a stereotype... ^^;;; There are all kinds of Asian students out there, and not all of them are super smart. Take me for example. Math and science are the hardest things for me in the world, while my mother gets frustrated easily about how I'm not good at math like a lot of my other Asian peers. XD;;;; Not all Asians are future doctors or lawyers or businessmen.

Other than the cultural value of education in Asia (courtesy of Confucius), one reason for the stereotype might be how much more advanced asian curriculum is compared to American curriculum. Often what Americans are learning in their freshman/sophomore year is something that middle schoolers have already mastered. I have a cousin who goes to a Korean school and he's only a year younger than me. However when I looked at his math homework, I was absolutely stumped. He in turn asked what the heck I was learning in America. My ego = -10000000 x 10^100 XD;;;

Although, asian education is more based upon rote memorization and is less humanities-based, so that would be a downfall. My mother said that in her history classes, the teacher often had the whole class memorize their textbook cover to cover before taking the test. Naturally, my mother knew the answers to the test questions, but she had no idea what they actually meant.

Just my two cents. ^^