Economic and Professional Performance

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This paper explains how, for both Mexican-Americans and Chinese-Americans, there is greater academic achievement among students who are bilingual. These achievements are instrumental in increasing economic and professional performances in each group. Students in both groups have a higher high school graduation rate if one or both parents are college graduates, further increasing their earning potential. The paper discusses that, while both are considered ethnic groups, Chinese-Americans have greater economic and professional accomplishments, compared to Mexican-Americans. Each group is constantly striving to increase their earning potential, not only to benefit themselves, but future generations.

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"Mexican-Americans have shown to have lower academic scores than a number of other ethnicities such as Asian Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans. These scores are significant since education has a direct effect on earning potential and economic performance. Studies have shown that when one or both parents have a graduate degree there is an increase in test scores. In 1993, the combined SAT math and verbal scores for Mexican-Americans "with at least one parent with a graduate degree were 912, compared to 1072 for Asian Americans, 917 for other Hispanics, and 934 for Native Americans (Edgerton)." "

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