Tiger Mothers and FOB Moms

[Jimbo]

I'm not surprised at India. I see a lot more highly-educated, high-income East Indians in the States than any other Asian ethnic group, and they even seem to have surpassed immigrants from China in that regard. They're also the most prominent and accepted Asian ethnicity in Hollywood.

As far as over-emphasis on homework by Asian (particularly among Chinese and Korean) families, IMO it doesn't make them any smarter than anyone else. It's just rote memorization for exams. Oftentimes, people who grew up with far less homework, regimentation and stress actually end up with greater all-around life knowledge, and end up at least as successful and happy in life, if not more so.