<p>^ haha, i agree</p>
<p>Hmm you know Protagonizer makes a good point. Most Asian dads would like their children to succeed and have them do many activities to get them into Ivies. Perhaps your father has a bad experience with the Piano. Maybe his parents pushed him hard to be the best and scarred him for life. </p>
<p>Or maybe he is a purely academic father. My father is very much like that. He always tried to make me leave activities earlier to study. I am Asian BTW. Just make sure your grades are all As i guess - as a rule of thumb.</p>
<p>i know this is from a while ago, but i hate these generalizations and stereotypes. why did you say “asian dad”?
these stereotypes are ridiculous. my parents are indian and very liberal and so are a lot of their indian friends. and don’t say they’re in the minority because they’re not. i hate how people always assume my parents are strict and that i’m not allowed to do anything just because of my race.</p>
<p>^^^^ Stereotypes are based on truth, you really can’t just make your own little claim that they aren’t in the minority. I’m pretty lucky my parents are (relatively) easy going, but the majority of asian parents are indeed on the strict side.</p>
<p>To people who are annoyed by the stereotyping:</p>
<p>IN GENERAL AND RELATIVE TO OTHER ETHNICITIES, Asian parents do tend to be a bit more strict. I’d say it’s the fact that they are people who immigrate halfway around the world (kind of) in order to provide their children with better opportunities that make them a bit high strung. Also, in order to travel so far in the first place, they have to be very well educated (they can’t exactly simply go over the border like Mexicans). Most probably already come from an educated background, and such parents are more likely to push their children to succeed.</p>
<p>Not to mention that the philosophies of Asia, particularly China stress obedience to the elderly. </p>
<p>Also, political correctness is overrated. :]</p>
<p>Plus, it’s really hard to imagine/understand the hardships people face in their daily lives, especially when it comes to relationship issues. You might think you are able to “picture it,” but even the image you create in your head is filled with preconceived notions. So yeah. Everyone should just cut everyone else some slack.</p>