<p>wow.
My parents used to be like that, but now they've seen how hard I've been working, so an average night goes like this
10:30, dad: Why don't you go to sleep Lucy, it's almost 11!
me: I have an A- dad, and I need to raise it up
dad: an A- in an AP class? That's still good!
me: goodnight dad.
dad: Ok, no later than 11:15 how about?</p>
<p>lol, I guess they've seen how much work and ambition i've put in my academics, so it's no use if they pressure me even more now.</p>
<p>cannednish... i agree with you... that comment by dionysius1987 is so wrong....</p>
<p>J3ff, unfortunately, I think Zerox found a new form. He is like a bad case of VD. He has shown all the symptoms: starting random forums, incohenrency, blatant and/or odd viciousness and stupidity. Yep. Hey Zerox your next name should be The_Clap4Every1.</p>
<p>who is zerox on this thread???</p>
<p>This thread confirms that ABCD is not just an alphabet</p>
<p>just another affirmative action hater with an asian pride, he/she seems lol</p>
<p>CC is funny</p>
<p>AP ("asian pride" for those of you who may be confused") is so.... juvenile</p>
<p>My dad is on the verge of kicking my brother out because of his last report card. I'm so serious too. The next talk won't even be about improving or anything, it'll be "take your junk and go". Oh man .</p>
<p>sarorah... ur asian?!?!?!?</p>
<p>I wish my dad would just kick me out when I get "bad" grades. (B means hell) cuz if he does, I'll get the HELL out of here very contently without complaining :D haha</p>
<p>But instead my parents torture me to death so that I would HAVE TO get good grades next time. (mentally, not phycially lol)</p>
<p>AP.. ugh</p>
<p>No, cujoe, arab. :)</p>
<p>I wouldn't want to get kicked out. It's really rough out there with no money or support or anything, not really a laughing matter. I'm not bluffing, my dad is really about to get him kicked out. I could tell you the story but it might be long.</p>
<p>i'd kick my kid out if he got bad grades. what a disgrace.</p>
<p>lol wrathofgod64... good plan</p>
<p>@sarorah... ok i was thinking, didn't you say something before about how ur sn was a muslim nickname or something... and then i saw that haha</p>
<p>Check out the bio on Physics Nobel laureate Steven Chu:</p>
<p>He was an Ivy reject as he only had an A- average. Went to Rochester and still won Nobel. Very very inspiring.</p>
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<p>Yeah one of my parents is really really conservative but still voted Kerry in 2004. Not only that but they are TOTALLY AGAINST SENDING ME TO A PRESTIGIOUS SCHOOL. Caltech and the local university are the only options available to me. While I understand htat there is too much pressure to get into Ivy, perhaps there could be some umm... relaxation if I get any scholarships bringing price to a little above that of the local university. And it really hurts (I get a lot of conflicts because I'm a strict vegetarian and want to eat all natural foods on a pretty low calorie diet) -- which is why I'm going to college next year.</p>
<p>That was before my acceptnace early entrance. Once I got the acceptance letter, I accepted it immediately. Few conflicts for the next four years.</p>
<p>Also, they're really really into their Asian stuff. They just MUST SERVE RICE TO ME EVERY DAY no matter what the hell the rice is, white rice or brown rice. WHole grains are better, if not just as good as rice. And their weird beliefs too. Common colds are caused by the cold OMGORZ. And they're also really into my personal hygiene although maybe any parent would mind it because if I'm not forced to shower or change my clothes, I won't. I don't sweat much anyways so I don't find any necessity in it.</p>
<p>One of them is really parsimonious, really conservative, and doesn't care about the new But honestly, I don't get into too many conflicts because I have few desires. I rarely go outside or spend money - as ylong as you drive me to libraries and competitions and provide me with the Internet, I'm content. </p>
<p>THey're also pressuring me to take driver's ed, which I really don't want to do because I've declared that every summer from now on must be spent on a summer research program or something related to studying.</p>
<p>You don't want to learn to drive? [Alert! Stereotype]: Heh you sound more Asian than your parents.</p>
<p>At least your parents aren't ignorant as mine:</p>
<p>I got into UCI with Chancellor's...</p>
<p>Their response: "Isn't UCI a public school? Isn't that free to go to begin with? Your sister went to college for free!"</p>
<p>I got into LA:</p>
<p>"Meh, everyone gets into LA"</p>
<p>I got into Harvard:</p>
<p>"It's not like it's hard. Look at so and so and so... she came here at 19 and still managed to get into Harvard. She now makes 500,000+ (true story of mom's friend's daughter). You came here when you were 5. That's a big difference."</p>
<p>But all in all, I know they love me. I enjoy their ignorance and neglect. It only pushes me to work harder.</p>
<p>Yeah, and Asian parents know how to play mind games. They yell at you when you suck, but when you do succeed they pretend it's nothing but deep down inside they're really proud of you.</p>
<p>Now, to convince them that I despise medicine or law and will probably not consider them as career choices... that my friend, is the true slap in the face to an Asian parent - your kid not doing law or medicine.</p>
<p>"He was an Ivy reject as he only had an A- average. Went to Rochester and still won Nobel. Very very inspiring."</p>
<p>Lol what is that supposed to mean? Rochester is still an elite tier 1 school..</p>
<p>rochester... maybe tier II not I... but an a- would hardly get you rejected from all the ivies... perhaps he was anti social!</p>
<p>Seriously about the Ivy thing, kamikaze.</p>
<p>My parents want me to go to UF. They don't care about prestige. Anyway, if I ever got into an Ivy/top tier school, they would definitely be saying, "Like that's hard."</p>
<p>And my mom wants me to do law. I want to do film. So now she wants me to take every film/video thing in school. Sort of atypical, no? I'm a crunchy granola/liberal artsy type, and my Asian parents <em>support</em> me. Compared to my maternal family (who aren't as racially mixed as my dad's siblings), we are ultra-liberal in Asian ways.</p>
<p>And... the big shocker: we hardly ever have rice. I mean, it's always available and I can have rice <em>any</em> time I want, but we hardly eat it for dinner. Dinner is, strangely, usually Mexican, Italian, or American.</p>
<p>"Yeah, and Asian parents know how to play mind games. They yell at you when you suck, but when you do succeed they pretend it's nothing but deep down inside they're really proud of you."</p>
<p>So true. Mother said when I wanted to go Wesleyan: "You think you can get in? Ha!" So what I do? Work harder--and she knew that was going to happen.</p>
<p>And get this: my brother is <em>average</em> in school, but very active in military type stuff. My parents <em>never</em> grouch about his grades. Ever. He wants to pursue a military career, and my parents actually drive him to all these out-of-state JROTC functions. Is that not crazy? I dunno, I've never met Asian parents like that.</p>
<p>cujoe69...you are wrong...are you on crack?
Washu/Colgate/brandeis/etc are all Tier 1 universities...Rochester is in that academic class..i would know since i'm going there next year.</p>