Why do Asians really get straight A's? - Project Gutenberg Consortia ...

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As I pull into the garage, Jordan hastily reaches into the backseat for her mountain of
books. It's obvious that she plans to walk into the house to present herself as a studious,
diligent daughter, while I walk in empty-handed like a forlorn beggar on a rainy day. We get
inside, and I immediately notice a myriad of new MCAT preparation books on the living room
table, obviously driving the point home even further that my future career is completely
controlled by my despotic parents and not by me— thanks, Mommy and Daddy!
“ Johnson. Why you have no books? ” Mommy inquires, with a dour and inquisitive
look. “ You no study? ”
“ Jordan studied hard for the both of us. I'll just live with her when she becomes a rich,
successful doctor.”
“ Don't make jokes. I want you study hard. You need make us proud, ” Mommy scolds
with affirmation.
“ Yes, Mommy...I'll study hard so I can be a good doctor, ” I reply apathetically.
I quickly scurry to my room, before she fires a fusillade of other potshots. I can sum up
why Mommy and Daddy are the way that they are with one, single word: culture. Mommy and
Daddy are from the old country; and their parents grew up in the old country; and their parents
grew up in the same, old country. All of them pretty much grew up with the same antiquated
ideology of culture, a culture based on austerity. Therefore, my parents are very stern and
stubborn in their ways, more so than normal parents, if there is such a thing as normal
parents.
Mommy and Daddy both grew up in a destitute village and had to work very hard to
come to America, or so they would say. Mommy and Daddy always lectures me on how
they've sacrificed so much to come here to America, for opportunity and success. I wonder if
they've ever considered coming to America for freedom, since it's the land of the free and the
home of the brave. Then again, with all the dumbing down these days, America's become the
land of the sheep and the home of the slaves. But I just find it rather interesting that they