I work with a lot of Chinese and Indians. Their kids are not exceptionally bright. But they work very hard at studying even if the school program is easy. A lot of Anglo parents of bright kids don't like the Asian kids taking all the top honors and NMSF, but OTOH they do not want their kids to put in the hours studying.
Well, at least they don't have to go through the severe shock of transitioning from school (where you don't have to do much of anything) to the world of work, where you actually are expected to *do* something as opposed to simply *being* intelligent (which works just fine in school - skip classes and cram).
