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What The ‘Asian Grind Culture’ Panic Gets Wrong About American Education

Not all Asians are narrow-minded grinders, nor are all non-Asians free-spirited risk-takers.

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Not content with setting the online world ablaze with her thesis about the unpleasant cultural effects of increasing feminization in large institutions, conservative writer and editor Helen Andrews has started another rhetorical fire with a recent X thread about the effect of Asian students influencing higher education. Quoting her article on the topic last year, she asserts that “Meritocracy has within it certain forces that, unchecked, can turn into death spirals … As our meritocracy comes to resemble Asia’s, we will have to come up with a solution of our own.”

“In certain international markets, bad actors have long made concerted efforts to access and share test content.” As Americans get more exposed to Asian cultures of education, we are slowly learning about their downsides. So far we have been slow to adapt. https://t.co/EBxxWq770M— Helen Andrews (@herandrews) February 1, 2026

“In certain international markets, bad actors have long made concerted efforts to access and share test content.” As Americans get more exposed to Asian cultures of education, we are slowly learning about their downsides. So far we have been slow to adapt. https://t.co/EBxxWq770M

In her view, Asian students who have embraced a grueling work ethic involving constant test-taking drills and an unhealthy obsession with academics (“grind culture,” as she puts it), will gradually transform the ethos of elite universities from places........

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