Why do Asians really get straight A's? - Project Gutenberg Consortia ...
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uy all of our groceries. How about you?"<br />
"I usually stick with Korean food. My parents also shop at Asia World Market to buy all<br />
of our groceries." Asian parents <strong>really</strong> are all alike, even where they shop.<br />
"Besides Korean food, what else <strong>do</strong> you like to eat?"<br />
"Anything but Vietnamese food. It's so...ghetto. It's what peasants eat," Emilie stresses,<br />
a hint of disgust in her voice.<br />
“ I see... ” I pause, not saying a word after that. Oh, no— not Emilie! I thought that she<br />
would be different from all the other girls. I can't believe she just said that. She probably<br />
believes in the Asian Status Hierarchy, in which the Koreans are supposedly better than the<br />
Vietnamese. The thing about Korean culture is that the people are very competitive— and<br />
extremely superficial. Remember the advocation of <strong>do</strong>uble eyelid surgery for girls as well as<br />
parentally-accepted prostitution? Well, it <strong>do</strong>esn't stop there. Koreans like to in<strong>do</strong>ctrinate and<br />
control— what a surprise— their kids at a very young age, especially when they are<br />
impressionable babies. When a Korean baby is a year old, for instance, Koreans celebrate by<br />
giving gold and cash— what a surprise. Moreover, Korean parents like to lay out certain<br />
material objects on the floor to see which ones their babies will grab first, their choice<br />
determining their future field of profession: money for finance, mobile phone for technology,<br />
prescription drug container for medicine— or if they're not too careful: drug dealer. All jokes<br />
aside, it's appalling that Korean parents start their method of control even before the baby can<br />
even walk. "Start them young to <strong>get</strong> them young" should be the motto of all Korean— and<br />
Asian— parents.<br />
As if this isn't bad enough, Korean— and Asian— parents are willing to make an<br />
exception to the <strong>do</strong>ctor-or-lawyer requirement, so long as you make a lot of money to make<br />
up for your errant, aberrant behavior. Sandra Oh, a Korean actress born in Canada, is one<br />
such exception. Her parents wanted her to become a <strong>do</strong>ctor and were gravely disappointed<br />
when she aspired to become an actress. Well, guess what? Now that she's been in major<br />
motion pictures and hit television series, her parents have retracted that disappointment and<br />
are now basking in her fame and fortune, totally approving her choice of profession, as if<br />
they've always known that she would be a famous actress one day. Remember, it's always<br />
about the money so if you can't be a <strong>do</strong>ctor or lawyer then you better become Bill Gates.<br />
Last but not least, you'll find this <strong>really</strong> funny: the Koreans of Koreatown actually held a<br />
parade after Alice Kim and Nicholas Cage, a famous actor, got married in 2004. Many