Honestly, what's your general impression about Asians?

Well, this question is one that I have re-evaluated quite a few times over the years. For this response, I am going to concentrate on those who I have come into contact with of Chinese origin, as this was the people included in the reading.

To be honest, reading the parts of the assigned reading on Confucianism was music to my ears. It is the root of most of the contact I've had with people of direct Chinese descent. Particularly with much of the time I spent abroad in areas with lots of immigrants, I was absolutely blown away by the respect, behavior, resourceful-ness, and kindly, positive nature of immigrants from China. Many immigrants from other countries had quite a bit of trouble transitioning to living in a different setting, and learning how to contribute to a society besides that of their place of birth. But, so many of the Chinese people that I came into contact with were transitioning beautifully, and I think that a huge part of this is the foundation that Confucianism sets for the lives of these people. No matter what happens, or how difficult life may be, they are always positively contributing to their environment, and not just for personal gain, but for the good of 'the whole' - which tended to include most everyone they came into contact with.