大侠行天下日记 我见我闻我思 02/12

為华裔掦眉吐气

由谷爱凌和陈巍為首的华裔青年在本届北京冬奥会上展现了无比威力， 创造冬奥运歷史上新记录， 更為华裔争光。

根据统计数字显示 ，在美国冬运代表团中有近四成是亚裔成员 ，而亚裔只佔全美人口的百分之七， 究其原因，多半是因為华亜裔家庭对子女教育之成功，并对课外体育运动之特别重视。

今天我们面临的学校教育有重大之挑战 ，在美国地方政府掌握有教育之资源和経费， 联邦政府之补助是非常有限， 所以造成富有地区之税收比较多，当地之学区就相对良好， 许多华亜裔家庭拚命要在好学区去买房， 主要是為了子女之教育， 而那些贫困地区之学区相对资源和师资都无法相比，加上父母亲都是劳工阶级 ，子女们只要能高中毕业 ，就直接进入职场 ，还谈得上什麼去学才艺 和上名牌大学， 这也是我们社会逐渐贫富加大的原因。

我们始终认為教育是改变社会最基本之要件， 唯有加强教育资源才是国家未来之希望。

We Are Proud Of Chinese Americans

The Chinese American youth led by Eileen Gu and Nathan Chen showed their incomparable power and skills at the Beijing Olympics games creating a new record and winning the gold medals.

According to statistics, nearly 40 % of the U.S. winter games delegations are Asian, while Asians account for only 7 % of our total population. Most of the reasons are due to the success of Asian families in their child’s education and the special attention given to extracurricular sports.

Today America is facing major challenges in school education. The school districts are run by local governments and federal government subsidies are very limited in the rich areas because of the higher taxable incomes. The schools are much better there so many Chinese Asian families will select the better school districts, but in some poor areas, the school districts have less resources. Most working families just want their kids to graduate from high school and go straight into the job market. These kids very rarely have an opportunity to learn much more about, or participate in, the arts or sports.

We always have believed that education should be our top priority and the basic element that will change our future.