Why do Asians really get straight A's? - Project Gutenberg Consortia ...
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my eyes. “ All these yuppies are looking for a piece of the action. I swear, it's like they've all<br />
jumped on the con<strong>do</strong> bandwagon.”<br />
We finally make it to Golfland, a family fun center with miniature golf, but more<br />
importantly, an arcade showcasing the best Street Fighter players in the world, most from the<br />
city of Sunnyvale, which is about half an hour from Auntie's house— not too close and just far<br />
enough away. Gabriel heads <strong>straight</strong> for the change machine while I venture to the gaming<br />
area to scout out the competition. Much to my dismay, no one is there; I guess all the <strong>Asians</strong><br />
are out racing. Gabriel sees the bleak emptiness of the arcade room and frowns with lament,<br />
as if his childhood pet recently past away. Notwithstanding the absence of the best Street<br />
Fighter players in the world, we both play each other, with much fun and excitement. It's good<br />
to relax, unwind and for<strong>get</strong> about things, even for just a few hours. I then realize that we have<br />
to <strong>get</strong> going or else we'd miss dinner, and Auntie would love nothing more than to scold me to<br />
no end—and then telling my parents of course. I haul @ss out of the arcade, as I grab Gabriel<br />
by the arm.<br />
“ I was whooping you long time, ” Gabriel jokes, strutting and prancing. “ Fo' shizzo! ”<br />
“ Fo' shizzo? ” I remark with astonishment. “ Since when did you turn black? ”<br />
“ Oh, calm <strong>do</strong>wn, fool, ” Gabriel coolly replies. “ Don't be a sore loser. ”<br />
“ I'd rather be a sore loser than be a fake Blackanese like you. ” I <strong>really</strong> <strong>do</strong>n't have a<br />
problem with Ebonics, the idiomatic African American slang of our generation. I just wish that<br />
words such as fat and scared wouldn't be turned into phat and scurred. It's astounding to me<br />
that monosyllabic words can actually be made more complicated, with the needless change in<br />
spelling. And if that's not bad enough, there's a rapper that goes by the moniker, 50 cent—<br />
they can't even spell their own name right! Many people are avidly concerned about the<br />
increase in violence, drug use, and sexual paraphernalia in our generation; I'm more<br />
concerned with the horrific spelling and grammar! Phat and scurred account for the reasons<br />
why most young Americans can't even locate the United States of America on a map. That's<br />
why I'm almost livid with Gabriel speaking Ebonics.<br />
“ Alright, alright. Let's just drop it, Johnson, ” Gabriel peacefully amends. “ No reason to<br />
<strong>get</strong> your panties in a bunch. ” I decide to let that remark slide since I <strong>really</strong> am sore that<br />
Gabriel beat me so many times in Street Fighter. Of course, my pride won't allow me to admit<br />
this, sure enough, or even accept this. Besides, I have to put on my game face when I see<br />
Auntie, and I can't look all whiny and grumpy.