Immigrant Children and School

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It is said that children that have immigrated "perform as well or better than their same-race, American-born mates." The reason for that being is because, also depending on the country, children have a tougher and harder educational system back home. Their thinking and learning is much more advanced than children born in Canada or America. That is not necessarily a bad thing, it is just the way the schooling system is in Canada. It differs from the ones in Easter Europe.
As it talks about it this article, and even in my experience, it seems that immigrant children show more ambition and motivation towards school which also has to do with the fact that children are aware of the fact that they must live up to "high parental expectations", therefore, Eastern European children, as well as children in general with tough schooling back in their country of origin, strive when coming to Canada to do well in school because they do not want to be behind but at the same time they want to please their parents.
Another reason why parents might have high expectations for their children to get high marks in school is because of their culture and tradition. It might be in their culture that their parents' parents had to work hard to get the child's parent into a school, therefore, when they were young they were taught not to take anything for granted. As well, they also had to live up to high expectations which was then passed on to their children because that is the environment they grew up in. The reason parents are tough on children at first, in the first couple of years, about school is because their parents have made an effort and a decision to move to a better country where there would be hope for their children; as well as a better education which would provide them a better future.
Being tough on children when you first move to another country is perfectly normal because you want the best for them, however, at some point you have to be more flexible as time goes by. It is good to be tough at first because it does not let them fall through the cracks with school and it does not let them forget where they came from and who they are.