WHAT'S IN THE WATER IN INDIA?? OTHER THAN FOOD BORNE ILLNESS...

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For the regular readers of this blog you know that I'm a big fan of the Asian Miracle.  What's that??  Well it's been the uncanny ability for Asians to come to this country and do incredibly well when compared to other minority groups and even the majority whites, who theoretically should be doing better than everybody since they're given the most advantages.  However, this isn't happening.  

As the above statistics show, there is a group that is even outshining other Asians and it's the subculture of India.  Indians are technically Asian, but I rarely think of them as such because they make up such a huge area and population just on their own.  Many sociologists refer to them as a subcontinent because of this very reason.  It was a very eye opening experience to visit India and Nepal this past year.  

By looking at two factors it's not hard to see why Indians have been so successful in this country.  What are those two factors?  Education and cheapness!  Sure all Asians are educated and thrifty, but Indians take it to a whole new level!  See the comedy routine below...

Now it's not just that a vast majority of Indians are being college educated, it also matters what they're being college educated in.   Indians are notoriously good at math and this translates into other areas such as engineering, science, and technology.  It's not a coincidence that so many IT call centers go to India.  

I know from the statistics that a lot of Indians and Chinese read this site.  As many of them will attest, the great wealth and income that their people are able to produce here comes from that fact that they save their money and that they major in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) degrees in college.  My brother majored in engineering and he told me repeatedly how there were only two white guys in his classes, of which he was one of them.  The rest were Asian and Indian! 

So if you're looking for the fastest and easiest way to make sure that your kids have a better life than you.  Then just look West!  Assuming you're standing in America...