I am sick and tired of Asian parents and their snooty little views on college and academics. Yes, this includes my parents (who I am very grateful for and love very much but still have these exasperating Asian qualities).
Some of the following may be over-exaggerated... just a little. ;)
1. The whole where-is-your kid-going-to-school-and-how-did-she-get-in, can-I-see-her-resume? thing has got to stop. Yes, it is good to get advice from students who have gone through high school and the application process, but stalking Harvard kids is not the way to go!
2. And then the judging of kids based on where they go to school. You? Oh you are going to UGA?? Oh my..
3. Oh and the classic: what award did you get? How many of them were given? !@#! Doesn't it just make you happy that your child got an award in the first place?! Not every kid gets an award.
4. The crazy ridiculous focus on SATs. "Emily! Did you study for SATs? Make 2400!"
5. And the bragging between the Asian Parent Community. "Eh.. my son is going to Perimeter." "Ha, mine is going to Gerogia Tech!" "Oh. My daughter is going to Princeton."
I guess parents will never stop being shallow. They just care about you and want the best education for your future. But this judging a person based on their college is just wrong.
Maybe I rant because of where I've chosen for my future.
2 comments:
Emily, I totally understand. Like my family is really supportive (my parents are almost too thrilled), but I still get that whole "You're the valedictorian and you're going to UGA?" thing. For instance, last week I was at the nail shop and another girl was there getting her nails done, and she recognized me, and told the Asian nail shop ladies that I was the valedictorian (which was weird enough in itself). But then they were all like "What's your GPA? Where are you going to college?" and when I said UGA, they were like "What? Is that where you wanted to go?" Which is so dumb because UGA is an amazing school where lots of incredible students go, and we actually get to have fun instead of slaving away in impossible courses and competition. (Wow, I think this comment is going to be as long as the original blog.) And really people should be proud of us for making a mature choice and saving our money instead of wasting it on a big name school which is supposedly so much better.
But in the end, people are always going to be shallow, and we know that we made a good choice and we're going to have an awesome time at UGA, and maybe this is what college is really about: breaking away from what everybody says and making our own decisions, finding our own happiness.
hey now. there's some positive side in slaving away in impossible courses and competition. like you get to see sun rises and listen to birds chirping in the morning of all nighter. it's pretty beautiful.
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