<p>my parents worked way up from farmers, and i prefer work my way up, just like they did.</p>
<p>Definately....my mother came from a very harsh background....her father died 2 weeks before she was born and her and my grandmother lived with cousins and distant relatives that didn't really have secure careers in India...she basically worked her way up all by herself</p>
<p>i just have one wish.</p>
<p>I wish my child doesn't have to be called a fob by his/her peers, doesn't have to go through the pain of a double rejection from college/opposite sex, doesn't have to wake up early in the morning with no hot water, doesn;t have to walk a mile for food.</p>
<p>That's why I am here. To provide for them.</p>
<p>In all actuality, first-generation Asians, and to some extent, second-generation Americans have the best work-ethic; if I ever have a child, I would most probably never raise him/her in the US. The standards of elementary and middle school education frighten me, and I often worry about the kinds of children that are developing under the current system</p>
<p>Fantastic aspirations...I'm with you all the way on that....but in addition...I'd also like my child not to be considered a terrorist, and demeaned on the basis of his/her religion, have friends that use them for their money, ever make the mistake of getting in to drugs and sway from their lives like i did...I'd also like to make a difference in how this country does it's politics, show the world that America can be diverse in its populus as well as in its government.</p>
<p>However there is this one problem, which is especially severe with in the Chinese culture -- We look down on another.</p>
<p>People from city call people from rural areas farmer.
People came back from US call people in city "secondary citizen"
2nd Asian call immigrants FOB (hey, aren;'t your parents FOB once?)</p>
<p>I had this encounter with an asian girl, I told him about my theory, and she said
"I hate FOBs (fresh off the boat, immigrants)"</p>
<p>I said: "Look, the mainstream is not going to distinguish between YOU and ME, 2nd gen and FOB, they are probably laughing at asian"</p>
<p>"Yes they will, and no they aren't laughing at me", she said</p>
<p>"What about William Hung (the american idol guy). I am sure there was some more qualified asian applicants, why William hung? why does the white image got to be pretty, the black image got to be cool, and the asian image got to be FUNNY (recall most asian movie, we are all painted as funny people"</p>
<p>"Eh, William hung is funny cuz he's a FOB, we all laugh at him."</p>
<p>Pathetic girl, she doesn't know, that as a second generation asian, she doesn't look different from a first generation immigrant.</p>
<p>and she was being laughed.</p>
<p>People of second generation, NEVER look down on people of your origin.</p>
<p>I think the girl was disappointed in pop-culture's use of Asian's, as if it perpetuates some sort of pathetic generalization about our race. Though television shows do happen to portray us as somewhat odd, I take solace in the fact that our more cerebral of citizens understand that such a means of information-gaining is not always the best, and there is a general consensus in academia that Asians are among the highest caliber of students, though that could deteriorate rapidly.</p>
<p>I suggest ya'all take look at great chinese movies like "Infernal Affair" or "Ong Bak the Tai Warrior", instead of American asian movies that only protray asians as something funny.</p>
<p>And no, we don't smoke weed and ride animals around.</p>
<p>Divagirl, you want to transfer out of Dartmouth to Duke? Just wondering why...I actually transferred into Dartmouth!!</p>
<p>-Research, Duke has a bigger research triangle
-I HATE THIS FREAKING RURAL AREA, it's in the middle of the moutains
-Cold</p>
<p>It's ****ing me off Dartmouth won't give me research cause I'm a) overqualified and b)underage</p>
<p>hey, slipper - is it damn near impossible to transfer into D as a junior? i was looking at their website and it said that all transfers have to enroll for at least six terms. would i lose a year?</p>
<p>Jr, I know plenty of junior transfers. Dartmouth is on the quarter system, so 6 terms means two years (Dartmouth calls its quarters terms). You won't lose any credits at all and will have a summer for an internship/ research too.</p>
<p>Diva, I wasnt THAT hot on Dartmouth my first year, but it totally grew on me and by the end I was in love with it. You are right, research isnt readily available for first years (it isnt at most places), but by next year with presidential scholar status it will get going. (If were you I would set up a meeting with C. Everett Koop. He is very available and helpful. My friend ended up being a Rhodes scholar after working with him.) By senior year thesis time you will be entrenched in research.</p>
<p>There are some clever ways to avoid winter. Sophomore summer is the best, and if you do research somewhere warm your junior winter you will have skipped winter for two years! </p>
<p>Also, Duke is in Durham. Its not rural, but its also not exactly a nice city either. My friends there say they spend zero time in Durham.</p>
<p>But regardless good luck! I transferred from a good school too, and transferring is totally a cool experience. I can totally understand how the cold can be intimidating. After living in the north for so long I am trying to find my way somewhere warm myself!</p>