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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Those early 20th century immigrants made their kids go to school and insisted they learn English.
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True. My grandparents were born in Italy; grandfather pushed a vegatable cart in New York. My father worked up from truck driver to salesman w/o college. I was the first person in my extended family to get a college degree.
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Today the schools are becoming babysitters and in their native language to boot. Fewer and fewer kids are getting a real education now.
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It varies a lot. In Saratoga, CA High School the suicide rate is high because of unhealthy levels of academic pressure from asian-born parents.