Chinese American Students Experience High Parental Pressure
According to the data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Chinese Americans are the largest ethnic group of Asian demographic in the United States. Their population has been increasing tremendously by 37.9% in this decade (Hoeffel 15). Being one of the largest ethnic group in the United States, their presence has significant impacts on various aspects that relate to the overall development of the country, these include but are not limited to political, social, and economic factors. Therefore, the topics or issues regarding Chinese Americans should be taken into active discussions as to raise awareness in the society.
Parental pressure is one of the issues that bring the attention to most …show more content…
in Holt and Camilla 57). For example, a student is most likely to be punished and criticized if he or she could not meet parents’ expectations. In some cases, Chinese parents will never satisfy with their children’ result and even urge their children to achieve beyond their unrealistic expectations. To further investigate the problem, the first section is to discuss the causes of parental pressure. This phenomenon exists for a number of reasons. It is mainly caused by the factors of culture and family obligations, parents’ definition of success, model minority expectation, and parents’ …show more content…
Due to the Cultural Revolution, many Chinese American parents did not have a chance to pursue higher education or attend to Ivy League schools. In the video “Strict Asian Parents & Stressed, Pressured Youth,” Sophie’s father states that one of his regrets is that he did not attend to one of the elite schools. Thus, he hopes that his children could do better than he did. He will even try his best to send his children to either Harvard, Yale, or Stanford. Although the tuition fee for these schools are expensive and seem unaffordable to lower class families, Chinese American parents will nevertheless sacrifice for their children’s educational success. They believe that their children should be able to get all the opportunities that they did not have before. Many Chinese American students, hence carry their parents’ unrealized dreams of attaining a higher education to strive for success and a better
According to the data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Chinese Americans are the largest ethnic group of Asian demographic in the United States. Their population has been increasing tremendously by 37.9% in this decade (Hoeffel 15). Being one of the largest ethnic group in the United States, their presence has significant impacts on various aspects that relate to the overall development of the country, these include but are not limited to political, social, and economic factors. Therefore, the topics or issues regarding Chinese Americans should be taken into active discussions as to raise awareness in the society.
Parental pressure is one of the issues that bring the attention to most …show more content…
in Holt and Camilla 57). For example, a student is most likely to be punished and criticized if he or she could not meet parents’ expectations. In some cases, Chinese parents will never satisfy with their children’ result and even urge their children to achieve beyond their unrealistic expectations. To further investigate the problem, the first section is to discuss the causes of parental pressure. This phenomenon exists for a number of reasons. It is mainly caused by the factors of culture and family obligations, parents’ definition of success, model minority expectation, and parents’ …show more content…
Due to the Cultural Revolution, many Chinese American parents did not have a chance to pursue higher education or attend to Ivy League schools. In the video “Strict Asian Parents & Stressed, Pressured Youth,” Sophie’s father states that one of his regrets is that he did not attend to one of the elite schools. Thus, he hopes that his children could do better than he did. He will even try his best to send his children to either Harvard, Yale, or Stanford. Although the tuition fee for these schools are expensive and seem unaffordable to lower class families, Chinese American parents will nevertheless sacrifice for their children’s educational success. They believe that their children should be able to get all the opportunities that they did not have before. Many Chinese American students, hence carry their parents’ unrealized dreams of attaining a higher education to strive for success and a better