High Expectations From Their Family Members And Parents

They grow up with high expectations from their family members and parents. In school, they are expected to be at the top, the number one in their class. Anything below a ninety is failure. â€Å"Education is the key to success† is all they hear, and that becomes a part of them. The pressure many Asian students receive from home and society is back-breaking. It is physically and mentally demanding. There are intimidating voices whispering through our ears, pressuring us to do the best, be the best and remain the best. HVCC is out of the question. We are expected to get into the best schools in the country. What if I don’t want to go to college? Ha! That’s a good one. Even with the high expectations from home, colleges and universities have them too. Especially from students of Asian descent. They expect the hundreds and the nearly perfect SAT scores. Anything less? You will be rejected. It’s wrong. Repulsively wrong. 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