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STEP RIGHT UP AND TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!

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Neal Boortz
@ September 8, 2009 8:40 AM
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution tells us that there were four perfect 2400 scores in Georgia on the SAT test. Wunnerful wunnerful. Let's have our own little test right here: First, we'll do what the diversity mavens like to do so much, and that is divide Georgia school children into four different ethnic classifications.

[  ] White
[  ] Black
[  ] Hispanic
[  ] Asian

There you go. Remember, to the diversity cops it's all about ethnic heritage, not so much about personal character, ability, effort or traits.

OK ... Now you go ahead and put a number beside each ethnic classification showing how you think those four perfect SAT scores were distributed.

Done? If you put the number 4 beside Asian, you have just made a perfect score on our own little test! Aren't you proud! Their names are Cong "Tom" Hui, Michelle Liu, Marissa Pan and Tanya Nguyen. You can read their stories here.

So - do you think that all four of the Georgia students who scored a perfect 2400 on their SAT did so because of some genetic inherent superiority of the Asian people? It's not genetics, folks. It's culture. Read the stories. In every case these kids came from a family - a culture - that honored and prized education. You can bet that when these students worked hard in class or actually brought in their homework their Asian classmates didn't accuse them of trying to "act white." You can also bet they weren't denigrated by friends for learning to speak English in an understandable and proper manner.

This "culture" message doesn't sit well with a lot of people. Why not? Because culture is something you can change. You cannot change your race. If you fail to rise above the negative aspects of the culture in which you were raised, your bad. For many it is so much easier to blame failures on skin color - something you can't change.

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What others are saying

  • SAT scores
    You had four perfect scores in the entire state??? We had four in my graduating class!!! And they were all Caucasian, natural-born Americans, too.

    Of course, that was 35 years ago...
  • To BonnieK
    Apparently one of those sacrifices you endure to send your child to a private school, is not being a parent. Socialist indoctrination and government dependency? It is YOUR responsibility to teach your child morals and values, right from wrong, not a teacher. Writing a check and dumping your child off on someone else to raise is not the answer.


    Back to the point, rationalize it however you would like, these kids disprove all your (and Neal's) arguments about the academic superiority of private schools.
  • education standards
    My family moved south when I was 16. It was shocking how bad Georgia education was (and probably still is).

    The difference between education standards in the north and south have nothing to do with race. However, liberal/dumbed-down education standards ARE applied to areas with high numbers of minorities, which is racist in itself (just like affirmative action). They're creating a dependent/victim class.

    The difference between American education and developing nations is also pretty screwed up. You'd think we would be top dog, considering Americans in general are just plain better than foreigners, but it's not the case anymore. American college graduates can barely read or write the one language they understand. I mean, how the hell did these morons earn a degree, FFS?? How did they pass their english courses?? And don't get me started on math!! Gubment-educated brats can't even perform simple multiplication without the help of a calculator. It's really pathetic.

    Earning a degree in America nowadays really doesn't automatically qualify you for a job in your given field. They give out college degrees like FEMA hands out taxpayer dollars.
  • Public Schools
    To Jason and JL: you are justifying your children attending public schools. A child can achieve a perfect score on the SAT despite attending a public school if their parents either tutor them themselves or hire tutors. Also, what Neal talks about is how government schools teach government dependancy and other socialistic ideas, not just poor academics. How quick you were to jump on that issue. I make sacrifices to pay tuition on top of property taxes. I am sure I will have regrets in hindsight in parenting but that won't be one of them.
  • step right up and text u knowledge
    Well first is the what color u are look i believe kids should go same school no matter race creed are Natl orgin. If they want a Private ed so be it....blacks have good grades just we afraid to put why AJC had this stupid poll.
  • Asians
    The difference in a school with a higher populations of Asians to ones that is not is that Calculus class in the higher % if Asians is a hell of alot harder than one that has a lower population. I sadly learned from experience
  • boy you're waaaaay off.................................
    DALEC..............acting white????......if you're acting white you cut 'bout 865 on your sat......am I 'rong....or Wong.......
  • Innovation
    It's true that it used to be Asian "countries" were very good at improving what western countries (US) has innovated. But if you look at "who" are innovating in US universities or corporations nowadays, you will see mostly are Asian (or eastern European) . American born and raised are no longer as innovative as previous generation. This generation and their education are more of celebrity and sport culture.
  • Not Exactly
    It is illogical to say that genetics play no role. I am not saying that the Asian race is "superior," but these children are undoubtedly smart, a trait that is inherited. Environment and genetics always play a factor; it is never simply one or the other.
  • RE: The Dude
    "I would rather kids be spoiled, and get a scholarship with sports while having fun in high school than living in the books like these dorks." -- The Dude

    You should be nicer towards those "dorks" (aka, rich high-achievers). They are the ones paying your welfare checks.
  • Spoiled is better ????
    riiight...someone needs to cook the french fries. Also, someone needs to teach the jocks at the college and manage the ex-jocks in corporate or run a multi-billion dollar company. Wondering who will do the teaching, managing and running a company ???? And you are wondering why most of the hi-tech jobs are being shipped overseas ? or Hi-tech companies are run by Asian ? or China/India are slowly overtaking US as the powerhouse ? 3 words dude, education, education and education. Not spoiled, sports and fun
  • @ The Dude
    riiight...someone needs to cook the french fries. Also, someone needs to teach the jocks at the college and manage the ex-jocks in corporate or run a multi-billion dollar company. Wondering who will do the teaching, managing and running a company ???? And you are wondering why most of the hi-tech jobs are being shipped overseas ? or Hi-tech companies are run by Asian ? or China/India are slowly overtaking US as the powerhouse ? 3 words dude, education, education and education. Not spoiled, sports and fun
  • Cultural differences
    Listening to Neal this morning, he was right on target. These results underscore the difference in family values, driven partly by culture.


    But I must add, Neal, hopefully you noticed all these students attended "failed government schools." None from private school? Neal? :crickets:
  • Government School?
    So Neal - how many attended a government school?
  • Perfect SATs
    I am not surprised.
    These kids are from parents that have families, not from humans that merely reproduce.
    They put academics on top of their list of priorities and do not fall into the "gifted athlete" category.
    They did this because they figured out that it is important and they like it, not because they were forced and not to fit in or be popular.
    These are "smart" kids.
  • my opinion doesn't count butt............................
    GREG........I don't agree with you butt I'm not going to argue with you........

    I don't believe any race/culture is superior......the focus is just different......here in amerika we don't have a focus any more......there are too many hyphenated-amerikans.

    in japan, they're japanese, china is chinese.......of course there have been mixing of the jeans pool over the centuries butt...............

    the primative tribes of africa have a goal every day......FOOD!.... here that isn't a real concern......food bank! the fishermen of indonesia goal=food....

    in the modern countries of asia food and water is there so......education and money is the goal.......education=more money....pretty simple to spell out maybe dificult to execute in some places....
  • lazy white kids
    Most white kids in this country are lazy. My daughter cares more about her makeup and hair than she does school. She doesn't want to to anything that resembles work. I am white and am telling it like it is.
  • It seems to me
    If you have a purposeful goal and strive to achieve it regardless of the sacrifices while holding onto high moral values, you usually are successful. The Asians are the perfect example.
  • Re: The Asians are the superior race
    Ever hear of a little something called WWII...they may have beat the whitey to gunpower, but whitey beat the Asians to weapons of mass destruction.
  • Agree with Joyce
    Joyce, you said it! My 2 cents worth - I came to US 19 years ago and was amazed initially and apalled later on on the level of mediocrity that is not only accepted, but considered praise-worthy in corporate America. When you come from a nation where tens of thousands of applicants compete for a few hundred positions, you tend to work extra hard to get ahead. Americans, by contrast, have had it easy for a while and really didn't want to go that extra mile to excel. First and second generation immigrants work hard partly because they have to, but mainly because it's been drilled in their heads from the time they were in their mama's womb.
  • you don't have to think like a race-baiting leftist
    Think like a statistician. There are countless metrics out there that demonstrate time after time that there is superior performance among Asians in all things.
    Why would you even bring race into this? Because 4 ethnic groups are listed? It's cultural - not racial.
    If you cannot believe that Asian cultural influence induces this phenomena, you haven't been paying attention to the technological and financial prowess of these people over the last 50 years.
    We shouldn't be threatened by this, we should be motivated to follow their lead - especially in the realm of primary and secondary educational performance.
    Asian culture requires "knowing the answer" or else face the consequences of scorn and shame.
    Another culture I'm thinking of requires "not knowing the answer" or else face the consequences of scorn and shame.
  • missed it by that much.......................................
    damn almost got it.......1 outa fo ain't bad........

    I am not sure what neals tryin' to point out butt.......

    them darn chinee been 'ritin' stuff down when the rest of the world waz still pickin' fleas offa each utter....damn it Tshirt git outa here....

    culture has everything to do with intelligence.....when you are driven to excell there is little else you can do...asians take care of their own and it shows.....gramma,granpa, aunts, uncles, ma, and pa all focus on the education of the kids.....even if they didn't get much or any formal schooling....

    my wife and I are sending 2 nieces and 2 nephews through school 3 in college now.....the youngest is still in middle school.....oh! I'm not asian....I'm a domestic terrorist(white, gun owner, veteran, voter)......
  • Acting White
    Asians only accuse someone of "acting white" if that person makes a 1400 on the SAT.
  • Yet somehow, the party chasers will have a claim on more of these hard working kids’ future earnings than they will.
    That’s called “social justice.”
  • Asian superirity
    The Asian race IS NOT superior to any other race. They simply (as a rule) work very haard to improve their own knowledge. Many of the items we see made in those countries were actually invented in the US. The Asians simply took those ideas and expanded upon them. Their culture seems to, as Neil stated, take great pride in educational achievement. They also seem to take great pride in assimilating into the American populace. While they retain many of their cultural values (family, food, hard work), they seem to be proud to become a part of the American fabric. The people who what immigrated to the US from Asia are, in my humble opinion, a very welcome and very valuable addition to our country.
  • race
    Every time some race pimp comes along with a situation to show how the people of color are held back by the people of no color,along comes the Asians to throw a monkey wrench into the mix to prove that we are all equally endowed,only some work harder to use it.I don't think the darkness of the skin has any effect on the cells of the human brain.Culture,not color effects learning and intelligence.
  • Asians manufacturing superiority ...
    is attributed to their following the advice of a Westerner...

    Asians tend not to innovate, they merely "improve upon" (and they excel at it).
  • @ Libertarian Voter
    That is what exactly Neal trying to say. Race has nothing to do with this accomplishment. It's the culture, in particular, family culture.
  • "Race" vs. Culture
    Neal, you're right! If I had had the nerve to tell my black parents that I refused to study because my schoolmates were picking on me for "acting white" (and they did pick on me), they would have beaten my butt black and blue! My parents insisted that my siblings and I study hard and get a good education so we could do better than they did. That was the culture in my black household.
  • SATs and race
    Neal, you are missing the obvious race-baiting answer: the SAT is racial biased in terms of the questions asked. You know, like math, reading comprehension, etc.
  • 4?
    It says 10 perfect scores in Georgia. Only 4 of them were from the local area of Georgia.
  • Spoiled is better
    I would rather kids be spoiled, and get a scholarship with sports while having fun in high school than living in the books like these dorks.
  • But you need to remember...
    ...that the SAT has been overhauled to give members of "preferred" races higher scores (by adding a subjectively judged new section along with the already in place practice of requiring test takers to be identified by race). So there may have well been "white" students who would have had perfect scores under the prior 1600 point system.
  • Asian Students vs American Students
    This story reminded me of a recent experience I had while visiting Monticello. Two groups of school kids visiting the day we were there, one American on Asian. When the group of American kids came by us they were unruly, talking on their cells, tuning their Ipods, and totally ignoring the pleading of their "chaperons" to quiet down. When the group of Asian students came by us there was not a word heard from any of them. They were very well behaved, and were obviously there to learn and not just having a day out of the class. It definitely made an impression on me.
  • The Asians are the superior race...
    They are more advanced and have been for centuries. They were shooting black powder cannons before we had long bows, and when you look at their Hondas and how much longer they last than the domestic stuff, you have to be convinced. This computer I am typing on has been perfected with mass production by ,,you guessed it Asians.
  • I am curious
    Maybe because I don't think like a little race-baiting leftist, I am confused by the question. Why does race have to do with getting a 2400 on the SAT? Like Henry Ford said, "Whether you think you can or you can't... you're right."
  • Just yesterday....
    ... I resumed private music instruction after a 10 year break. My one student is already paying off his own truck, pays for his own music lessons with another teacher, plays in the high school band, works two jobs, and has an A average. He is trading work in my airplane shop for my instruction. Originally from China, here since 5th grade, speaks two (maybe more)languages, has a brain like a sponge. Both parents are in the picture. His father is welder.
  • Kids
    Most kids in America are too concerned with the next party, football game or some other such social participation. They are basically spoiled.
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