text: why do people automatically label asians as smart? it's just that, i'm kind of sick of it in school. people sometimes come up to me after we receive our tests and they say, "what did you get on your test?" if i get a low grade, they run back to their friends and say, "oh i got a higher grade than her!" or something of that nature.   some people also say, "it's the apocalypse!" when i miss a question. i don't want to be a nerd but sometimes when the rest of the people in the class are asleep, it's hard to just have the teacher waiting... should i just keep quiet even if i know the answer, or should i say it? i don't automatically label asians as smart, there are smart people in every race and i'm sure that all asians are not smart.  if you know the answer to a question go ahead and answer it if you want to, you shouldn't let others affect your education - in the future when you're working they wont be there with you.