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Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) have come to be defined in contemporary America as the 'good' minority that seeks advancement through quiet diligence in study and work and by not making waves - the minority that other American minorities should seek to emulate. In reality, AAPIs are a diverse group of various ethnicities and cultural backgrounds; no simple generalization can characterize the group as a whole. Furthermore, despite the 'model minority' stereotype, AAPIs also face academic challenges and socioeconomic hardships. The report provides empirical data to refute prevailing fictions about this group of students, and explains how the 'model minority' stereotype can be harmful: in assuming universal academic strength, teachers and counselors often do not extend help to their AAPI students to the extent they do other students.