Stereotypes

Just back from the awards ceremony for 7th and 8th grade at Catherine's school. Its kind of nice in that they don't tell the kids what award they are getting so we all get to be surprised. She got an award for French. It is very inclusive in the American way - you know, lots of people are excellent. But there were also some totally predictable trends. Hmmm, they started with something called the Academic Team. These are the kids that compete for the school and last year our school team came second in the nation. 95% of the team members were Asian or Indian. But when we got to the choral and dance awards, well, they all pretty much looked like Nordic immigrants. There was an abundance of Olsens, Lindgrens, Lofgrens, etc.