Don't British Chinese with high academic qualifications represent high status?

British higher education does not mean high status.

Recently, according to the British Times, the proportion of Indians and China people attending grammar schools is higher than their proportion in the country's total population. Experts believe that ethnic minorities pay more attention to education than whites and regard receiving excellent education as a ladder to enter the local mainstream society.

Asian education is commendable.

English grammar schools provide free education and admit students according to their abilities. Graduates generally enter famous universities such as Oxford and Cambridge, laying a solid foundation for future employment in mainstream industries such as officials, doctors, judges and teachers.

According to the government survey, in Greater London and greater manchester, 65,438+02% of grammar school students are of Indian origin, and 4% are China students. In central and western China except Birmingham, the proportion of minority students in grammar schools has risen to 19%. Although middle-class white students are still the main body of grammar schools, poorer minority students have become the second largest source of students in grammar schools.

Not only in Britain, but also in other western countries, Asians are equally commendable in education. According to the survey, in the United States, the proportion of China people over the age of 25 who have a bachelor's degree or above is 5 1.8%, which is twice that of Americans (26.4%). In the best universities in the United States, the proportion of Asians is as high as 10% to 30%. The proportion of high school students in China who go to college is 57%. At the University of British Columbia, 43% of the students come from China, Japan and South Korea, while only 38% are white students. 80% of the students in Australian elite public schools come from China families.

The educational tradition is deeply rooted.

Due to the limitations of their own cultural level, it is difficult for Asian groups of early immigrants to integrate into the local mainstream society. They don't want their children to repeat the same mistakes and attach great importance to the education of the next generation. Daniel Golden, a reporter from the Wall Street Journal, said in his book The Cost of Admission that Asians are an isolated group in western countries, and they have neither the preferential treatment enjoyed by other ethnic minorities nor the wealth and lineage possessed by the white upper class. This determines that Asians can only change their destiny by knowledge and make more efforts than others.

At the same time, many countries and regions in Asia are deeply influenced by Confucian culture, and the educational thought of "learning to be excellent is an official" is a deep-rooted tradition. Canada's North American Times pointed out that Asian ethnic groups generally attach importance to education, which has become a national characteristic. Moreover, a new generation of Asians has already rewritten the original situation of "only focusing on learning, without any ability". Many new generations of Asians have become elite talents with broad minds, strong creativity, wide interests and initiative.

The consciousness of participating in politics needs to be improved urgently.

Good education has cultivated a high level of knowledge and humanistic quality of Asians, but it does not mean that they will definitely enter the mainstream western society. According to the survey, Asians account for 5% of the American population, but Asian officials only account for 0.3%; 30% of software engineers in Silicon Valley are Asians, but only 6% of the board members; There are only 9 CEOs in Asia; In the top 500 companies in the world; In famous American universities, only 2% of Asians are presidents or provosts.

The commentary said that people with high academic qualifications do not mean high status. Although Asians can be called "model ethnic groups" in education, they have not done enough in public services, social influence and political participation. Among people of color in the United States, the proportion of African-American voters participating in the election is as high as 90%, while the participation of Asians is much lower, especially Chinese, with only 20% participation. Moreover, there are not many issues raised by Asians as a whole to safeguard their own interests, and it is impossible to form a * * * voice in mainstream society.

Therefore, some analysts believe that entering the mainstream western society can not only rely on high academic qualifications, but also actively participating in the discussion of state affairs and caring about the local situation is the key for Asians to improve their status. In addition, Asians should also strive to create a positive, healthy, enthusiastic and energetic image, actively participate in the activities of mainstream communities and other ethnic groups, change the prejudice of other ethnic groups against Asians, and exercise their resilience in multiculturalism.