You Know Your Asian Videos

You Know Your Asian Videos
By Luoluo


For the last couple of days, I watched some videos on Youtube about Asian people. The videos talk about how an Asian acts or how their parents respond to their kids. Most of these videos are meant to be funny and unrealistic, but I find some of them are kind of true (in my opinion).
Some videos I watched are called “You know your Asian when…” They talk about some of the characteristics of an Asian. For example, one of the lines in the videos are “You know your Asian when the waiter asks you ‘What would you like to drink today, sir?’ You answer ‘Water (Because it’s free).” Another example is “You know you Asian when you’re majoring in Law…because your parents told you to.” These statements make Asians so different from other people. Asians like to save money. Asians like to be smarter than other people. It’s just a “thing” Asians grows up with. Why? The answer to that leads into my next discussion.
While watching these videos, I saw some other videos that are called “Strict Asian Parents” (or something like that). These videos talk about how strict some Asian parents can be. In the videos, it says Asian parents will make their children do SAT’s at age 12, play piano or any string instruments (mostly violin), and force the child to study 24/7! Then, I saw videos called “Asian Parents With A B+.” The videos show us how crazy some Asian parents can be when their children get a B+ on their report card. A B+!! Some parents are so proud of their children when they get B+’s, but it’s a different situation with Asian parents. When an Asian children gets a B+, their mom and dad beat them. Pretty cruel, right? Okay, now let’s look at grades from an American and an Asian parent’s point of view.
In the American world, A’s mean “Great! Excellent work!” B’s mean Better Than Average “This is good!” C’s mean “Okay, but you should so better next time.” D’s mean you need help. “You’re not doing so well.” F’s mean “You are grounded and getting a tutor.”
All these grades are a different meaning to an Asian parent. In the Asian world, A’s stand for Average. It’s acceptable. B’s mean Bad. It’s not good. You need to do better next time. C’s mean Crap. This is no way close to “Average.” When you get D’s, it means Death. When your parents see your report card, they will beat you to death. F’s mean worse then death. It’s so bad that I can’t even explain it…
Now you see sometimes how hard it is to be an Asian? Yes, we might be smart and talented but that’s only because our parents will beat the crap out of us if we don’t. Some Asian parents will assign homework to their child over spring, winter, and summer break so they will get “Smarter.” I think Asian parents expect way too much in their children, they need to relax a little. So, the next time you see an Asian kid give them a pat on the back.





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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juepQsF8dlM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIysyXdWhD8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1OUAPNyx08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMogFSjtxhE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKnloiM-0Ns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZPKB9qlnqg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCbfrSfsU-w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th-OqmJxSWA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwGdzqDdZwA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbIOynqAYD8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKnloiM-0Ns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqw8pCrS3uc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjRYZwaG3eI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HxUstINQgw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk9MOPL-C24