<p>My mom would rather I play video games than learn (read) on the computer, because then I would be "moving my fingers". LOL.</p>
<p>Of course if I were playing video games she would say the opposite. She would say I should be reading because then I would be using my brain.</p>
<p>My mom would rather I be a doctor than “Waste my time” chasing my dream.</p>
<p>^ Follow your dream :)</p>
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<p>Thanks, Yeah I talked to her the other day. She made a compromise but deep down she still wants me to be a doctor</p>
<p>I honestly don’t get the doctor obsession with asian parents (maybe because I’m not asian?)… Like being a doctor isn’t exactly the most financially rewarding career, nor is it particularly “fun.”</p>
<p>do many parents raise kids for mostly selfish reasons? So they can say my kid is x, or so they can just have kids in the first place. So they can be respected by society and thought of as doing an admirable things and being responsible?</p>
<p>Most kids don’t end up blaming there parents for doing such things (they don’t care). But some do.</p>
<p>I also don’t get the whole Ivy league thing with parents.</p>
<p>Yes they should want the best education for their child, but many have to realize that even if your child is valedictorian with a 2400 sat and over 2,000 volunteer hours, he or she might get rejected because he or she doesn’t fit the mold.</p>
<p>I honestly think my mom nags me just for the sake of doing it. Yelling at me over my HAIR and saying I need to cut it? I politely told her to F off eventually.</p>
<p>Same thing with me, madogmgd. Except a radiologist moreso than a doctor. Which is ridiculous for me, because I have a deep irrational fear for medical professionals, no matter what their area of work is. There’s also that saying “actors act because they have to, not because they want to” which definitely rings true for me. I’m not saying I’m going to end up on Broadway, Mom, but I’m confident that there are jobs for me out there.</p>
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<p>I think it’s that Asian parents consider becoming a doctor to be a safe (lots of job security) and respectable job (you are, after all, helping other people).</p>
<p>I want to be in a Visual Kei in Japan, but that idea probably won’t sit well with my mom xD</p>