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by Jane Y. Kim,Soo Kim Abboud

  • ISBN: 0425205614
  • Category: Politics
  • Author: Jane Y. Kim,Soo Kim Abboud
  • Subcategory: Social Sciences
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  • Language: English
  • Publisher: Berkley (November 1, 2005)
  • Pages: 224 pages
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  • Rating: 4.4
  • Votes: 766
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Book should be named "How our South Korean parents raised the two of us" without reference to anything broader than that. This book contains many excellent anecdotes about how the Kim sisters were raised by their parents.

Book should be named "How our South Korean parents raised the two of us" without reference to anything broader than that. Not Korean-American parents, not Asian-American parents, not Asian parents. Just two parents and two kids recalling their upbringing. They discuss how their parents, immigrants from South Korea, instilled in them excellent learning habits and a thirst for knowledge. The book is worth reading for that alone

Top of the Class book. Then, later in a book, there's an entire chapter on how parents who have money should make their kids pay for their own education so they don't become spoiled and lazy.

Top of the Class book. Asians and Asian-Americans make up 4% of the . . I understand the concern here, but making this distinction goes against the primary premise of the book, which is to instill a love of learning in a child and the value of an education that goes along with it. Nevertheless, I did find some value reading the book in that confirmed many of the things that I am already doing as a parent.

Asians and Asian-Americans make up 4% of the . and 20% of the Ivy League. What are Asian parents doing to start their kids on the road to academic excellence at an early age? What can all parents do to help their children ace tests, strive to achieve, and reach educational goals? In this book, two sisters-a doctor and a lawyer whose parents came from South Korea to the .

Top of the Class: How Asian Parents Raise High Achievers-and How You Can To. In this book, two sisters-a doctor and a lawyer whose parents came from South Korea to the .

In this book, two sisters-a doctor and a lawyer whose parents came from South Korea to the . with two hundred dollars in their pockets-reveal the practices that lead Asian-Americans to academic, professional, and personal success. Read on the Scribd mobile app. Download the free Scribd mobile app to read anytime, anywhere. Publisher: Penguin GroupReleased: Nov 1, 2005ISBN: 9781440623479Format: book. Top of the Class - Soo Kim Abboud.

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Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Top of the Class: How Asian Parents . Now find out how they do it. The numbers speak for themselves: 18% of Harvard's population; 25% of Columbia's; 42% of Berkeley's; 24% of Stanford's; 25% of Cornell's.

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Instead, in ''Top of the Class: How Asian Parents Raise High Achievers . In "Top of the Class" the Kim sisters advise parents who want successful.

Instead, in ''Top of the Class: How Asian Parents Raise High Achievers - and How You Can Too'' (Berkley), to be published Nov. 1, they applaud their parents' coercions WHEN they were growing up, Dr. Soo Kim Abboud and Jane Kim used to sit, like many children, in the shopping cart next to the candy racks at the checkout line and wail loudly, hoping that their humiliated mother or father would cave in and shush them with a Snickers bar. But their parents, who were hard-working middle-class immigrants from Korea, had other ideas.

Top of the Class : How Asian Parents Raise High Achievers-And How You Can Too. by Jane Y. Kim and Soo Kim Abboud.

Soo Kim Abboud and Jane Kim compiled their observations in a new book, Top of the Class: How Asian Parents Raise High . Asian parents sometimes pressure too much to force their kids in one direction," Jane says.

Soo Kim Abboud and Jane Kim compiled their observations in a new book, Top of the Class: How Asian Parents Raise High Achievers and How You Can Too. In it, they explain what Asian parents cultivate in their kids that helps them maximize their chances of success in school. And they highlight the differences between Asian and American families in raising their children. But I think the key here is that Asian parents can learn something from non-Asian parents about expressing that their child's happiness does mean as much as any educational achievement," Soo adds.

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Asians and Asian-Americans make up 4% of the U.S. population...and 20% of the Ivy League. Now find out how they do it.

The numbers speak for themselves: 18% of Harvard's population; 25% of Columbia's; 42% of Berkeley's; 24% of Stanford's; 25% of Cornell's...

What are Asian parents doing to start their kids on the road to academic excellence at an early age?  What can all parents do to help their children ace tests, strive to achieve, and reach educational goals? In this book, two sisters-a doctor and a lawyer whose parents came from South Korea to the U.S. with twohundred dollars in their pockets-reveal the practices that lead Asian-Americans to academic, professional, and personal success.


Reviews about Top of the Class: How Asian Parents Raise High Achievers--and How You Can Too (7):
Qag
So a little background, I am half Asian, and half white. My mum is from England and my dad is from China, I grew up in Hong Kong and I didn't understand when I was growing up why I could go to some kids' houses and not others. All my friends who had two expatriate parents seemed to have more fun and their parents didn't put that much pressure of them. My Chinese friends, however, all seemed under a lot of pressure. Growing up I tended to be friends more with my white friends than with my Asian friends, however, when I went to college, I ended up hanging with Asian classmates because it always seemed to keep me on task.

I wondered for so long why this was and my father would always tell me that it's because he ran away from communist China that he never wanted to go back. As a teacher in a public school, I now see my Asian students: Koreans, Indians, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Singaporean, they all consistently produce better quality work than my caucasian students. There is a prejudice that is out there that Asian students are just smarter... they are not. They just have incredibly demanding parents that work together to ensure their child's success.

I used to tell my parents that if I grew up with only one of them my life would have been totally different. If I grew up with just my mom, I wouldn't have cared as much about school and would be working an hourly job and living a highly social life, if I just grew up with my dad, then I would be a rocket scientist with suicidal tendencies. As it is, I became a teacher with four master's degrees and a doctorate--but I'm very happy.

This book does a great job of providing a lot of insight into this phenomena. It describes the steps needed to make your kids ACHIEVE... but it may not be the Holy Grail for SUCCESS. We all define success differently and this book comes purely in the form of raising high-achieving children that go on to become phenoms in the classroom. But then what's next? Where do you find that balance of making your kids happy? Where do you find out how creative they are.

I gave this book five stars because the information in this book is true. It did what it said it does. If you are an American parent, this book is well worth reading because we are having problems with worth ethic in our schools, however, I would also pair it with one of the Danish books on parenting to give you another perspective.

Just like what Bruce Lee said: "You keep what you want, discard what you don't, and make it your own." Hopefully you'll enjoy this as much as I have. If you're Asian, you'll actually start laughing at certain points and say: "Whaa! So I'm not crazy, Ba-Ba and Ma-Ma did things the same way as other parents!" Nostalgia at its best ladies and gentlemen...
Kigabar
I came from a high achieving family. Later in life after years of law practice I taught for six years in high schools. Nearly all the students came from poor families. I saw and learned a great deal because I was actually in the trenches. This is by fair the best description of how students succeed in school that I have ever read and I have read a great number of books on education. If the child did not have parents committed to education it was a serious struggle to educate the student. Quite often the parent/or parents took an adversarial relationship against the teacher. Under this negative influence it was extremely difficult to succeed with the student. The lack of constructive family involvement was often fatal to the child's education. If the parent was rude then the student was rude. If the parent took pride in insulting the teacher then the student would do the same. If the parent did not think education was important then the student saw no reason for hard effort. I saw many students who were naturally bright but they failed for lack of a true team effort between the teacher and the family. There was great pressure on the schools to find a "silver bullet" to make learning easy. Learning difficult subjects is not easy. It takes hard work, self-discipline, and family involvement for the student to succeed. If you are interested in education and/or interested in educating your child then this book will open the door to satisfaction and academic excellence.
KWC
Clandratha
I liked the tips in this book, but didn't care too much for the personal background stories. It IS, however, more informative (and less biographical) than Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom (another book I read hoping to get insight on how Asian Americans often raise high achieving children).
Ytli
This was my second time reading this book, and I am so glad I did. While I was pleased to know that much of what I have done to instill a love of learning matched what was discussed in the book (and I'm not Asian;)), the book was packed with accessible, excellent advice. I shared the tips with my 8th grade daughter and she had an interesting comment that I wish I could share with the authors: she was happy for them that they were also able to pursue their passion for writing through this book. This book was an absolutely beautiful tribute to the authors' parents' efforts and involvement in their education.
Keth
This book contains a list of great advice on how to be more involved w/ your kids' education and learning. The advice really has nothing to do with being Asian although the author made gross generalization throughout the book. Overall, the book shows you how to be involved parents.
Nalaylewe
Interesting book!

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