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

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