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Antiochus
Canada548 Posts
On November 17 2010 15:00 Froadac wrote: However, I"m white, male Oh wow I just assumed from the general tone of the blog that you had to be Asian with parents who are the reason the stereotype of Asian parents exists. This revelation just adds another level of ‘What?’ to the equation. | ||
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
On November 17 2010 15:09 SichuanPanda wrote: Yea my parents tried to pull a 'no internet for a week' type thing in high school, and sometimes they might follow through on it - for a few hours, but then they cool off and logic sets. I'm not going to presume to know how your parents would react though, all I know is that for mine to accept that I still wasn't 12 years old when I was actually 16-18 (the three years they pulled these kinda stunts) things had to get worse before they got better. Yeah. It certainly makes a fair bit of sense. My parents are overall just full of irony. I'm president of two 50 person clubs, and I have no responsibility, and act like I'm 5 @antiochus yeah, if I tell anyone on the interwebs about my parents, they assume I'm asian. It's fine  | ||
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RisingTide
Australia769 Posts
On November 17 2010 15:11 Antiochus wrote: Oh wow I just assumed from the general tone of the blog that you had to be Asian with parents who are the reason the stereotype of Asian parents exists. This revelation just adds another level of ‘What?’ to the equation. You may note that there were several give-aways to his Caucasian-ness hidden within the text. First, the "Berkley or Bust" stick-it. I do not know a single Asian person who uses that sort of language, they're always middle-ish class white people. Secondly, by the sound of it his mother is a bit of a bored, failed housewife. Asian mothers are more likely to have a part time job or be epically involved in house-work all the time. Lastly, his mother watches PBS. Who watches PBS who isn't white? | ||
Manifesto7
Osaka27139 Posts
edit - Oh the guy above me totally debunked it with the PBS comment. Well played sir. | ||
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
On November 17 2010 15:29 RisingTide wrote: You may note that there were several give-aways to his Caucasian-ness hidden within the text. First, the "Berkley or Bust" stick-it. I do not know a single Asian person who uses that sort of language, they're always middle-ish class white people. Secondly, by the sound of it his mother is a bit of a bored, failed housewife. Asian mothers are more likely to have a part time job or be epically involved in house-work all the time. Lastly, his mother watches PBS. Who watches PBS who isn't white? True. Berkeley or bust is quite white :D | ||
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SichuanPanda
Canada1542 Posts
Lol. All I can say is get into that school for yourself, and yourself alone, don't do it just because your parents are breathing down your neck, just keep in mind that despite all the arguements and bullshit its happening because they care what happens (evidently too much). Its not like they are trying to be malicious in your studies rather taking the incorrect approach (negative reinforcement as opposed to positive) to encourage you to do well. Hopefully when you do get into the school - because judging by your posts and your ability to make correct psychological conclusions about your parents behavior, you are clearly intelligent enough to pull it off - your parents will ease up. | ||
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
On November 17 2010 15:42 SichuanPanda wrote: Lol. All I can say is get into that school for yourself, and yourself alone, don't do it just because your parents are breathing down your neck, just keep in mind that despite all the arguements and bullshit its happening because they care what happens (evidently too much). Its not like they are trying to be malicious in your studies rather taking the incorrect approach (negative reinforcement as opposed to positive) to encourage you to do well. Hopefully when you do get into the school - because judging by your posts and your ability to make correct psychological conclusions about your parents behavior, you are clearly intelligent enough to pull it off - your parents will ease up. Yeah. Parents are weird. They are incredibly worried about "closing doors"and are certain I can't get into berkeley, but they don't really have a school they want me to get into. If I don't drag up my GPA, I won't be able to, but work work work! Thanks for the encouragement. | ||
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Entropic
Canada2837 Posts
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
On November 17 2010 15:52 Entropic wrote: Pshaw why go to Berkeley if theres Stanford right nearby? :D :D :D If only, if only, I sigh. | ||
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Saechiis
Netherlands4989 Posts
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Xenocide_Knight
Korea (South)2625 Posts
It's not always about the results, I know a lot of my friends in my high school that never got below an A- in any class and graduated top 5% of the class. All while still not really trying. But to be fair, my highschool was a joke but still. I know that with my parents, their major issue with me is that I don't do the best that I can, I just do whatever I feel like, which is usually closer to the bare minimum. Which I actually learned was a fair point Just throwing some ideas out | ||
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
On November 17 2010 16:24 Xenocide_Knight wrote: Are you actually working hard though? It's not always about the results, I know a lot of my friends in my high school that never got below an A- in any class and graduated top 5% of the class. All while still not really trying. But to be fair, my highschool was a joke but still. I know that with my parents, their major issue with me is that I don't do the best that I can, I just do whatever I feel like, which is usually closer to the bare minimum. Which I actually learned was a fair point Just throwing some ideas out Yes and no. I"ve had times (earlier this semester) when I wasn't , but at the time of the incident I"certainly was working as hard as possible. Myi highschool isn't a joke XD | ||
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Kakera
United States419 Posts
 Just Jesus dude, how close are you to graduating High School? | ||
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Romantic
United States1844 Posts
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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schaf
Germany1326 Posts
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Metalwing
Turkey1038 Posts
But, in our previous system (the one that was valid when I was preparing for university), there was 1 exam worth 300 points, high school marks are worth 80 points (similar to korean style) and points from hs marks were determined with your degree in school and school's exam degree. My high school was one of the best in my country, so despite being ~50th or so in my high school (with over 91/100 cumulative GPA), I got over 79/80 high school points. It was like 79.1 or something like that. And yes, the 300 point exam (it was only 1 exam of slightly over 3 hours). And, guess my rank after the exam! I scored 2nd in my class and was in top 10 of the school (may even be top 5). + Show Spoiler [Day9 on my teachers' opinions on…] + ![[image loading]](http://lh5.ggpht.com/__aUhF0Uk6CI/SPjG1rhW1tI/AAAAAAAAAKw/dA-RqzVg8hA/s512/SNC10167.JPG) YEAH THE VICTORY !!! I was like "WHAT!!! the fuck... BITCH???" in the every single time I went to school after that or every single time I saw one of my teachers. And guess what they said about me: "Well, we always knew what you were capable to do yada yada yada". I was like "SHUTCHA MOUTH BITCH!!!". And now everytime my family starts talking with their friends about my university exam stories like "he didn't even study 1 4th of his friends" I can proudly say "come to the conclusion part". To wrap up: DON'T give a FUCK to what your family or teachers are thinking about you. They know NOTHING. | ||
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Manifesto7
Osaka27139 Posts
YEAH THE VICTORY !!! I was like "WHAT!!! the fuck... BITCH???" in the every single time I went to school after that or every single time I saw one of my teachers. And guess what they said about me: "Well, we always knew what you were capable to do yada yada yada". I was like "SHUTCHA MOUTH BITCH!!!". And now everytime my family starts talking with their friends about my university exam stories like "he didn't even study 1 4th of his friends" I can proudly say "come to the conclusion part". To wrap up: DON'T give a FUCK to what your family or teachers are thinking about you. They know NOTHING. You sound awesome. | ||
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zzaaxxsscd
United States626 Posts
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CTStalker
Canada9720 Posts
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