Why Is It Considered a Paradox That Young People Who

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Multiple Choice

Why is it considered a paradox that young people who have recently immigrated to the United States tend to do better academically than young people of the same ethnic group whose parents were born in the United States?

• A) People who immigrate to another country are likely to perform well academically.
• B) Immigration is usually stressful socially, academically, and psychologically.
• C) Emigration and immigration have different social, academic, and psychological outcomes.
• D) Emigrants usually perform better than immigrants in studies of social well-being.

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