Sunday, February 24, 2013

How does family roles related to me?




I live in a typical Chinese family in Asia, all members have obligations in the family. My dad and mum are both working and earning, paying my school and will pay my postsecondary education, basically, they are the bank, provide wealth and everything we need. My grandmother and grandfather prepare meals, look after me when I stay at home and wash the dishes (they just put them in the dish-washing machine, not cleaning the dishes by themselves), they are the people who enjoy everything; after defining their obligations, I need to start thinking about my obligations, I think that is studying hard, bring them and myself a good future, so I need to work hard. In Asia, the education is very strict, studying take most part of our time, the parents also care about our grades; we will have many tests and the ranking list would be posted, it’s very stressful; this topic is related with self-enhancement; When I was in middle school, I went to a very good class and competitions are everywhere. Our tests’ grades and class averages would be sent to our parents through our system, a bad mark would be considered a big deal but never a mistake from the teacher. After I came to Canada, students have more privacy and spent more times on activities, but there are still competitions, which is the difference between western culture and Asian culture.

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