[Paul11]

I gotta skip some stuff, so i'm sorry if I repeat anything. However, in Japan, I knew a 17 year old who was in a respected private school. She asked me if there are people with purple eyes. I knew adults who graduated froma four year college with a degree in English who couldn't string together a single sentance in English.

Yeah, school in japn through high school is more difficult in Japan. But in college american's study and japanese play (I know we party in college, but it's serious study in Japan it's all play). so the gap is closed.

The above examples are to show two things. 1) Asian intelligence is human intelligence. We all have the esame approximate cranial capacity for the last 100,000 years as homo sapien sapiens. (2) Japan is affected to this day by the closed policy of the Tokugawa shogunate. The effects linger. Kids who think there are people with purple eyes and a populace who can only do things the Japanese way. I know tons of foreigners who do great in Japan. I know many people from Japan who can't do anything the American way who live here.

These things, and our own perceptions, affect the way we develope stereotypes about "asian intelligents."

p.s. to the above poster. theres nothing wrong with asking sincere questions. People will always respect your admittance of ignorance and asking for more knowledge.