A Blog About An Asian Medical Student. Yes that's redundant.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

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4 comments:

  1. As a non-white person, I can honestly say that, save for a few white sitcom-character children on television, I know of very few white people who call their parents by their first names.

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  2. I'm white. I'm female.

    I have no intention of going into Pharmacy or Dentistry so that I can "make babies." I don't call my parents by their first names. I memorized my times tables in Elementary school, despite getting 100 percent on math tests already, and having been advanced a grade.

    Your stereotypes are pissing me off. Contrary to what you seem to think, the difference between white people and asian people isn't this huge surmountable wall, and not all women are out for the easiest road so they can raise children.

    Grow up. I would never want you as my Doctor.

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  3. My life parallels with your life in that my parents were landed immigrants, and also I was faced with the societal pressures of Canadian life, along with satisfying the extremely high academic expectations of my parents. But here's where it differs...I refused to establish boundaries. My ethnicity is middle-eastern, and if you think being an Asian makes you segregated from the majority, think again. The simple fact is that the divisions you forced yourself to exaggerate in your life, have not only demoralized your life toward a never-ending path of patheticness, but you have simultaneously flaunted off your immaturity.

    Here's your D-word: Division

    What makes Canada so great is that it's a multicultural nation. You characterize life in this country as if it is near impossible for minorities, when in fact you are only persuading others to see you as different. During my younger years, none of my friends shared my color of skin, nor my academic commitment. But who said it was a crime to try to live inter-racially. Have you ever invited a white person for a korean supper with your family? Hell, they would brag about how they got to try an international dish. I'm not calling you a racist (I don't believe you are), I just think sadly you were overly sheltered during your childhood, mostly inflicted by your parents' all-Asian persuasion mentality.

    Lastly, I didn't find much difficulty in balancing IB school life and normal highschool life. Try getting the IB diploma, having a 20hr/week part-time job (no my parents were not rich nor educated), being captain of the mens basketball team, volunteering a few hours on the weekend, and friends and family for the remainder. Not to mention being valedictorian for the school. The last thing I do is whine or brag about the workload, in my "culture" (aka Canadian culture) we reminesce about the good times with friends and family.

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  4. You're not the first Asian student who have decided that their experience in life is the norm in the Asian community. The South Asian community is the same, or at least, that's what some claim. Do I believe it? Well, no, I don't. The majority of Asians that I know, East and South, do not have parents that force them to take piano lessons or to pursue medicine growing up. Everyone that I know, EVERYONE, no matter what ethnicity, calls their parents "Dad" or "Mom" - I have no idea where you got this stupid stereotype from.

    As an East Asian myself, 2nd generation, with working-class immigrant parents, your experience is so foreign to me and I can't identify with it one bit. But you're not the first to espouse this idea...overall though, you sound like an immature moron.

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