Sunday, September 12, 2004
Top Ten Things for being a "Good Kid in eyes of the Asian parents" (literal translation of an internet post that my mother pointed me to)
America is the world's most powerful economy and has the world's best educational institutions. In regard to children's education, American parents cannot compare to Chinese parents, but the Chinese methodology is nowhere near as scientific. Almost every Chinese parents eager to have his kid to be successful. Unforunately, how to make their children successful, not every parent has a clear notion of. Here are the "Good Kid in the eyes of Asian parents" standard list composed by Asian children.
1.get full credit on exams
2.plays violin or piano, in fact good enough to play in concerts
3.apply to 20 schools and get into all of them
4.get into a famous university, and get enough scholarship money to pay for tuition
5.has four hobbies, the first is to study, the second is to study, the third is to study, the forth is like to play piano or violin
6.like classical music, dislike "talking incessantly over the telephone"
7.get into a doctoral program with lots of scholarship money
8.has a goal to become a neurosurgeon
9.get married with another Asian doctor, with very sucessful children
10.like to listen to parents talking about their past stories, especially their toil of walking barefoot for 10 miles to go to school
America is the world's most powerful economy and has the world's best educational institutions. In regard to children's education, American parents cannot compare to Chinese parents, but the Chinese methodology is nowhere near as scientific. Almost every Chinese parents eager to have his kid to be successful. Unforunately, how to make their children successful, not every parent has a clear notion of. Here are the "Good Kid in the eyes of Asian parents" standard list composed by Asian children.
1.get full credit on exams
2.plays violin or piano, in fact good enough to play in concerts
3.apply to 20 schools and get into all of them
4.get into a famous university, and get enough scholarship money to pay for tuition
5.has four hobbies, the first is to study, the second is to study, the third is to study, the forth is like to play piano or violin
6.like classical music, dislike "talking incessantly over the telephone"
7.get into a doctoral program with lots of scholarship money
8.has a goal to become a neurosurgeon
9.get married with another Asian doctor, with very sucessful children
10.like to listen to parents talking about their past stories, especially their toil of walking barefoot for 10 miles to go to school
Comments:
funny, i saw this list on lindy's computer last week. it was from many years ago. memes memes memes. i think i fulfill none of the conditions. unless it's a small part of #7. who's got the most? :P the people popping to mind are .... not asian.
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