The 2011 Intel Science Talent Search competition produced some interesting results \u2013 70 percent of the finalists are children of immigrant parents. The National Foundation for American Policy researched the competition, which is the most prestigious science and math event for U.S. high school students. Only 12 of the 40 finalists have parents that were born in the United States. The bulk has parents who hail from China, India, South Korea, and Iran and came to the U.S. on H-1B visas.<\/p>\n
Many of them immigrated to the U.S. to better their life and enable their children to achieve more. The NFAP found that immigrant parents encouraged their children to focus on their education and leadership roles in extracurricular activities. A good percentage of the finalists\u2019 parents came to the U.S. as exchange students.<\/p>\n
The role of immigrants and the influence they have on their children\u2019s upbringing is vast. \u201cOur immigration policies must not (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 2011 Intel Science Talent Search competition produced some interesting results \u2013 70 percent of the finalists are children of immigrant parents. The National Foundation for American Policy researched the competition, which is the most prestigious science and math event…<\/span><\/p>\n