<p>my grandpa also wanted me to switch to my right hand, but my mom (had a higher education in US) decided it wouldn't be good and let me continue using my left hand. a lot of asian people have something against lefties...probably because they think it's 'abnormal' and thus their 'oddities' should be suppressed?</p>
<p>my parents like expressing their expectations in a joking manner, so their form of pressure is better to handle. but sometimes they are more obvious, such as saying "this guy can write your rec since he knows an adcom, so you should apply to MIT!" when i obviously am not suited to the hardcoreness of such a place. luckily i got into a school ED so they don't need to ask about that one anymore!</p>
<p>actually, dad said something about lefties being more analytical than righties... w/c is a serious blow on my part cause i've a brother who's a leftie.</p>
<p>ugh, berkeley is terrible, my sister hates it since its just like high school over again, competition w/ everyone to get into grad/professional school...and not to mention the grade deflation that grad schools don't seem to notice...although, it never ceases to amaze me how half of my school (who think they're going to harvard until the day they get rejected) are going to end up there...</p>
<p>and speaking of the rightie-leftie argument, my parents are totally anti-left hand, they wont even let me keep my left hand on the table when i eat w/ my right hand (thank god im right handed) </p>
<p>they always bring up some argument about how the left hand is reserved only for use in the bathroom and taking out garbage and stuff...</p>
<p>...oh, and they bring up their ancestral traditions that shouldn't even be applicable since mind you, what was practical 150yrs ago in rural india isnt necesarily practical in 2006</p>
<p>my parents gave me this one hour lecture last night about why i should major in finance, since financalists(not a real word but who cares) 1) make tons of money 2) are well-respected 3) there's a nobel prize for finance...like they seriously expect me to win that or something. then i tried to sit down and read this college text book on finance (BA 301, penn state, no clue where the heck i got it from) and it bored the crap out of me... how sad. =(</p>
<p>i'm a lefty, and i used to do art, but my parents were like, " ok time to do what's important, math/science. no more art." Im good at logic and sports, not exceptional though. same with academics</p>
<p>my sister was born left-handed, but my mom would always change the pencil or whatever object she grabbed to her right-hand. so she is right-handed now.</p>
<p>by the time they had me, they loosened up a bit and let me use whatever hand i want. I eat and write with my left hand, but i use my right for sports and whenever i reach for something.</p>
<p>I used to be left-handed. My dad would hit me and place the pencil in my right hand. Once he left the room, I would switch back to my left hand. Yes, sneaky me.</p>
<p>I am right-handed now, but when it comes to snapping and catching things, my left hand is more adept.</p>
<p>Being a lefty myself, I can vouch for this myth and say that it is, in fact, 100% true. Lol just kidding it may play a small factor but it really doesn't matter, but lefty ppl do tend to be a bit more clumsy, but thats just an observation.</p>
<p>My Dad was born a natural lefty and his parents forced him to use his right hand all the time....i dunno the real reason but traditionally the right hand is used to receive anything from priests and holymen etc....i guess this makes it more important ..... as for lefties being analytical my dads from IIT (India) so you can imagine .........</p>
<p>I had a question actually. Let's say that a person is originally a righty but forced to become a lefty.. Does that mean that he can fall in the same group as the other lefty's ( in terms of being more logical,etc )?</p>
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<p>This might sound ridiculous but I was told that it was because the left hand was used to clean one's rear in the olden days and hence was considered dirty.. not sure how true it is...</p>
<p>"Living their dreams through their children" ?</p>
<p>I am a new member and have been following this topic most interestingly. For one thing, I am an Asian parent and want to know what other Asian students think of their parents. Many have expressed the thought that Asian parents are living their dream throught their children. While it maybe true in some cases, it is by no mean uncommon for parents of all races. I want to say, at least in the case of our family, it is not quite like that. </p>
<p>Early in grade school, our child was a standout in his school cademically and was also extremely likabe - a most-likely-to-succeed candidate. We saw that early on and sacrificed financially through private schools and my wife staying at home so she could furry him to his many after-school activities. And I helped out on weekends to complete his other EC's. We did that out of love that we were in trust of a gifted child, and were doing everything we could to make him reach his potentials. We encouraged him to aim for the best and along the way he had set high standards for himself and achieved them through self motivation and hard work. There were nights he stayed to 4am to perfect a term paper after we begged him to sleep. In other words, he wanted it himself, we only had to pushed a little. Finally hard work finds its award. He is now in one of the schools frequently mentioned on this board. It had become his dream. We were just glad he let us share in it, just a little.</p>