immigrants in america are asian. asians have surpassed hispanics and settling down in surprising parts of the country. with more on this here is abc s sharyn alfonsi. reporter: one of the faces behind the new numbers. the daughter of korean immigrants they expected excellence from her. i honestly don t think i brought home a c ever. my sister did once. her life wasn t the same for about another year. reporter: ape philosophy that paid off. she is now a successful surgeon, author, professor and mother of two young children. the embodiment of the modern asian family. forget poor huddled masses, this wave of immigrants is highly educated and successful. asians now streaming into the country faster than hispanics. the result of a slowdown in illegal immigration and the rise and demand for high-skilled workers. take a look at where they re heading metro detroit now 37%
surprising parts of the country. with more on this here is abc s sharyn alfonsi. reporter: one of the faces behind the new numbers. the daughter of korean immigrants they expected excellence from her. i honestly don t think i brought home a c ever. my sister did once. her life wasn t the same for about another year. reporter: ape philosophy that paid off. she is now a successful surgeon, author, professor and mother of two young children. the embodiment of the modern asian family. forget poor huddled masses, this wave of immigrants is highly educated and successful. asians now streaming into the country faster than hispanics. the result of a slowdown in illegal immigration and the rise and demand for high-skilled workers. take a look at where they re heading metro detroit now 37% asian. many engineers here for jobs in
absolutely. i think we can safely say gone are the days we can go to college and study latin for the fun of it. we need to come out and still be able to pay our bills and student loans and things like that. this is a professor at the university of steinhart. you tell us college would not be a big deal if we were getting more for our money. that s right. i think one of the big problems facing american families is the fact that college tuition is going up quite a bit, almost every year at many colleges and universities, and it does raise the question of accessibility and what you get for the money. i think for many families, they re starting to make tough decisions about what kind of schools they ll send their children to, whether or not that public university that seemed less desirable before is now maybe a good bargain. yeah, you don t need to spend thousands of dollars because state schools can do that for you if you re motivated. l. zchl l.z, here s the question. ki
of a tiger dad. tell me, what is your greed policy at home? i didn t realize i was the tiger dad, but my son, he s a really smart kid. i, you know, went to graduate school. his mother is currently studying for her phd, so he comes from a background in which education is very important. he s a smart kid, so he s expected to get straight a s. and if he doesn t? if he doesn t, you know, there s incremental punishment based upon what he gets. for instance, if he brings home a b, which happened once, he loses privileges of his cell phone after 6:00. he s not able to use his television or computer after 7:00. if he brings home a c, which hasn t happened, but he did get a c on a math test once, i had him taken off the basketball team. i said, you can only have ext