…are so annoying. It's like they live to nag you about every 0.1% of your grade. Have you ever came home with your report card, dreading to show that damn piece of paper to your parents because you know they're never going to be happy about it? Well then, you probably have Asian parents.
EVERY year, they just stare at it and point out all the flaws.
"What?! You dropped 3 percent in Math? Only 92% now?!"
"What happened? Why only 86% in English? We need to get you a tutor!"
It's like they don't even notice that an A is supposed to be excellent; they think A is just passing, and that "you would have failed if you were in Asia right now". And the only time you do get 100%, they just go, "Meh. Good for you." If that 100% drops though, it's the end of the world.
"With your marks (low A's), you'll never get into university!" WTF. Most stupid people get in, but not me?
Tip: Never start out with a high mark, because there's only one way to fall if you're at the top: DOWN. But don't start too low either, or else the lecture you can memorize is will be said again. AND AGAIN.
/end rant
Wow, that felt better. =)
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Do you get attacked? :0
Ohey, you’re Asian too? Care to specify exactly where you/your parents are from?
And my parents used to be like that too, but with my… slight… lack of motivation, my parents said that they’ve given up on me. Result? I don’t get as many lectures and oddly, I’m a bit more self-motivated (okay, that was kind of a lie), and I still get okay grades… not stellar exactly (mostly low- to high-range As, except in English, dammit). But anyway, I think our school gives out report cards in the mail.
And that quote regarding English? My parents pretty much said that exact thing to me last year, only in Mandarin. xD
It’s the SAME thing on my side.
“Why is your Credit Earned a 0?”
“It’s a mid-term, mother.”
“Why are you dropping marks? Do you need a tutor? You have to stop playing those games! Those games are the corruption in your schoolworks!”
x..X
Same thing here.
“Why is your Credit Earned a 0?”
“It’s a mid-term, mother.”
“Why are you dropping marks? Do you need a tutor? You have to stop playing those games! Those games are the corruption in your schoolworks!”
x..X
That was my parents’ argument back in middle school when I was still playing GMS. After I quit, my grades went up (big surprise)… before dropping a bit again. xD
Ugh, and I got my schedule for school today. Four AP classes… I’m probably going to drop one. Surprisingly, instead of telling me to take as many APs as possible, my parents were actually asking me if I would be okay with taking so many along with band… o-o;; (Kinda want to take regular English as well, but I want to be in the same classes as my friends… so yeah xD;; )
@ Froggy: Well, not now, but back in June, and before that.
@ Chameleon: Chinese, specifically. I wish I could get my parents to not care, but pride prevents me from getting my grades too low. XD
@ Pirkid: “Why are you dropping marks? Do you need a tutor? You have to stop playing those games! Those games are the corruption in your schoolworks!”
That’s what my parents say too, but they say computer or anime instead, since I don’t play many games anymore.
Yay! Chinese friend! 😀
Oooooh that darn pride. It’s what motivates me as well. xD
Yay! It’s almost the Mid-Autumn Festival and I can leech money off my grandparents again! =)
Gotta ‘save face’, you know? ^^
My grandparents are in Asia. 🙁
Lol, I only have one set here. T_T
I have…old world korean mom, and old world italian dad…fuck ones an asian the others a mobster >l
“So, Leelund, got a B in European History, huh? You are part European! How could you get a B! But, it’s okay. I’ll teach you some history you won’t ever forgot. Gregorio! Take the boy to the abandoned warehouse over the hill. You and Lorenzo teach him about European warfare….”
lolololol
Hmm.
When I get bad grades, my mom blames it on my friends that don’t have all A’s.
Mom: -looks at report card- “WAAH? YOU GOT A B?!”
Me: “Don’t hurt me :<"
Mom: “AH! THIS IS ALL BECAUSE OF THAT AMERICAN FRIEND OF YOURS! STOP SPENDING TIME WITH HER! SHE LOWER YOUR GRADES! BAD INFLUENCE! BAD INFLUENCE! YOUR FRIEND, DANIEL. HE HAS GOOD GRADES! LOOK UP TO HIM!”
Me: “B-but…I’m the 2nd smartest out of everyone. Daniel is top.”
Mom: “I DON’T CARE IF YOU’RE SMARTER THAN ANYONE. ONLY COUNTS IF THEY SMARTER THAN YOU!”
I don’t know why my mom attempts to speak english to lecture me. It just makes me confused D:
lolololol
…wait how’d you get my full name?
fuck doesn’t matter and basically that…or HE takes me to the warehouse over the hill himself D:
Er…
To be honest, I think I’ve heard Asian parents over nine thousand times. Literally…
I understand it sucks, but the talk about asian parents gets redundant after a while. @_@
… Although its amusing. 😀
But yar. Those asian parens are strict, to the point that one of my asian friend (who really isn’t a friend but whatever)’s Dad uses me as an example for him to get better. The kid has gotten crazy because of his Dad. Its like he rules his life…
“With your marks (low A’s), you’ll never get into university!” WTF. Most stupid people get in, but not me?
That’s actually true though, most of the best colleges are extremely picky.
Good thing my report card never showed percentages. My parents surprisingly never really attacked me that often about grades, mostly because I always had everything in order and taken care of myself. My mom does have a tendency to expect straight A+s though.
“With your marks (low A’s), you’ll never get into university!” WTF. Most stupid people get in, but not me?
That’s actually true though, most of the best colleges are extremely picky.
Not really; most universities look at overall GPA rather than individual grades. Much faster. A- vs. A+ doesn’t really matter that much.
Augh. I’ve gotten conflicting messages from my teachers, too. Like, the counselor said that honors classes are better than regular, but my English teacher said that honors classes don’t matter at all. So I’m trying to decide whether or not to drop Honors English this year. :/
Honors/AP classes matter. Decent grades on a rigorous schedule looks better than straight As on a easy schedule.
‘kay thanks. :B
Same thing happens with me. Though i hide my report card so my parents don’t see it. They usually don’t remember. 🙂
Ever heard of the IB program?
Oh! I have! A school in my district has it.
… Actually, it’s about 25 minutes’ walk from my house. But it’s new, so I’m not going there this year .__.
My response regarding anything “I got better than Chris” (my older brother)
Never fails.
lolwtf
They’re enforced a new GPA system this year. I think a full score is 6.5, or was it 6?
Anyway, now it DOES matter if it’s an A- or an A+
:/
Oh, and my last report card was never sent to me 😀 I think it’s better off that way because I know I had a B in science. And my History was probably A- or B+
😀 Post office screw-ups have saved the day!
@ Chameleon: Well, it doesn’t matter (apparently) where I live.
@ Pirkid: OMG, IB. I had a friend graduate from it, and boy, was she ever happy.
Ever heard of the IB program?
Yup, but not very familiar with it. I’ve heard it’s writing-heavy though.
My mom’s like that, and she’s American. I never had to deal with it, because my grades are always good, but you should see the hell my little brother gets. Granted, he deserves it (he had all C’s and D’s at one point in the year), but it would suck to be him.
Now I’m in college and she can’t see my grades no matter what she does, so it doesn’t matter. 🙂
C’s and D’s? I would have killed myself before my mom got around to yelling at me. XD
Same here. xD
I think I’ve only gotten a C once EVER, and that was on a math test back in middle school. Luckily, my overall grade was pretty solid… .__.;;
The only time I got something lower than a B was in P.E. (C+ T_T)
XDDDD
PE is mostly participation, right? So I just try, y’know? Of course, no matter how little I move, it’s still tons more than what the prissy white girls do (AKA standing around in a such a light drizzle that’s BARELY EVEN THERE and complaining about frizz). >______>;;
Bahahahahahaha! Asians and PE. -sigh-
I was always good at it. :/
@ Chameleon: I got a C+ for P.E. last term because my teacher thought I was being lazy and not going on my shift for the game. Never mind the fact that I had just played two shifts in a row. >>”
Awwh. That’s mean. *hugs*
:3
PE was so easy for me freshman year. All I had to do was get dressed. We had some of the laziest PE teachers in freshman year ever.
Rofl. I never have to take PE again, thanks to band. xD
@ Chameleon: *hugs back* =)
I’m never taking P.E. again! It’s only mandatory up to Gr. 10 here.
asian parents has been a topic on vutales OVER 9000 times k
I has asian parents but I sux in school so they’re like meh ur fail
You’re so lucky your parents gave up on you. T_T
Well, it’s kind of a double-edged sword. I know a Chinese person from school with super white-washed parents who really don’t care about anything she does (or so I’ve heard) but she’s super motivated and a hard worker. Crazy. ><;
Hard working…MOTIVATED?
She sounds like the exact opposite of me.
Same here. Let’s be anti-stereotypical Chinese slackers together! : D
Disgrace! You must grow up and be a doctor.
Or an engineer!
Mom: -looks at report card- “WAAH? YOU GOT A B?!”
Me: “Don’t hurt me :<"
Mom: “AH! THIS IS ALL BECAUSE OF THAT AMERICAN FRIEND OF YOURS! STOP SPENDING TIME WITH HER! SHE LOWER YOUR GRADES! BAD INFLUENCE! BAD INFLUENCE! YOUR FRIEND, DANIEL. HE HAS GOOD GRADES! LOOK UP TO HIM!”
Me: “B-but…I’m the 2nd smartest out of everyone. Daniel is top.”
Mom: “I DON’T CARE IF YOU’RE SMARTER THAN ANYONE. ONLY COUNTS IF THEY SMARTER THAN YOU!”
I don’t know why my mom attempts to speak english to lecture me. It just makes me confused D:
YUS OMG. THAT SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE MY MOM’S REASONING.
My mom actually thinks that an A2 (70 marks) is “REALLY ABYSMALLY BAD”, and she’s considering making me drop my music classes… I MEAN COME ON WTF!!
I just bark at them, and show them that I can control my grades better than how they control me. 😀
lol my mom doesnt even ASK about my grades. She assumes (and rightly so) when i get a horrible enough grade i will be disappointed in myself and tell her; to which she’ll sigh and say “Try to do better next time okay?” and go on with what she’s doing. Other than that, no worries for me! xD
I concur with the blog.
Edit: They are the reason one of my earliest favorite words was pessimism.
D:
You’re so lucky..
I had F on one of my report cards once 😀
It was an error…boy was my mom furious when she saw it tho.
First at me…EVERYTHING GOT TAKEN and HALF MY GAME DISCS WHERE BROKEN.
Then at the teacher when he admitted to the error…hell I think I got off easy =/
I agree with Pirkid T_T.
@ DarkDragon: My mom would have slapped me; I just know it.
Then at the teacher when he admitted to the error…hell I think I got off easy =/
Omg.
That… Really sucks.
I always talk back to my mom… I can’t resist. >.> Because even if I don’t talk back, she’ll just keep barking at me. So it’ll go something like this:
Mom: WHY THE F:)CK IS YOUR MATH SO BAD?!
Me: One. You know damn right I suck so hard at Math. Two. I passed for the paper, it’s just that I forgot to f:)cking pass up a few other stupid homeworks. And three, yelling about it don’t do nothin’.
Mom: WELL WHAT IT DOES DO IS BEAT THE FACT THAT YOU NEED TO WORK HARDER INTO YOUR HEAD!
Me: I already know I need to work harder, but yelling about it don’t do nothin’.
And then she’ll get so angry she’ll slam some random stuff on the table. @.@ I mean sometimes I get slapped. But I shrug it off and pretend it never even happened.
Now that I think about it, I’m a prettuh naughty kid. @.@
@ Reve: That sounds like something my mom would say…it sounds so similiar….*shivering in fear already*
It reminds me of Gr. 9, when I got 86% for math…..