What Chinese American Parents do to help their kids
Chinese Parents's Influence on Academic Performance - From a Journal on Bilingual Education. Summary - Chinese Parents have a great influence on their kids Academic Performance.
From personal experience, Chinese parents in the Rowland Height area here is a list of what I have seen.
Please add to it as needed.
From personal experience, Chinese parents in the Rowland Height area here is a list of what I have seen.
Please add to it as needed.
- Huge expectations for the kids academically.
- Massive guilt trips if their kids don't do well. Do you know how much I sacrificed, or when I was your age I was #1 in my class, or ...
- They have a pass/fail expectation. A is pass, everything else is Fail.
- Will have their kids go to after school tutoring for Math and English.
- Will have their kids attend SAT prep. schools that are not cheap.
- Usually less emphasis on sports, cheer, and sports related areas. Tennis and Badminton are exceptions.
- Will move to a better school district for their kids.
- Will go into debt so their kids can go to a great school.
- Will pay advisors to help their kid get into a great school.
- Will go on trips to visit top schools on the East Coast.
- Target is often Ivy League.
- Will push their kids with a specific career goal. Hmm, your sister will be a Dr., you will be an Engineer.
- Will often go out to Starbucks if their child is studying late.
- Will always go to back to school and such.
- Will push their kids to join Orchestra and will then get top talent to tutor them with after school lessons (as long as the main grades don't go down).
- Will have their kids Learn Piano. In the local Piano Association, 90% of the students are either Chinese or Korean.
- Will tutor their kids in Math through Geometry, often higher.
- Give gifts to teachers at Christmas (even if their child dislikes the Teacher).
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