Snow Day Fun Day! Right?...

Sigh, everyone loves snow days right? Kids get to play in the snow, and teens get another day off from school. Parents sometimes even get to miss work because they can't get to work! So everyone wins! Or so we think everyone wins, oh no, not everyone gets to enjoy the luxuries of an "unofficial day off." Its boring when you are cut off from the outside world, besides Facebook and this blog, I really have no other way to indirectly contact with other people. Can't text, don't got Live, no Skype, and calling has now become something of a taboo among American teenagers (or "Americanized Asians" such as myself). But no, Asian parents don't care. They don't care if you become the most boring, uninteresting, unsocial person in the world, but: "As long as you graduate college with at least 3 PHds, thats all that matters. Make lots of money to support your family, bring honor to your family, sports doesn't matter because it doesn't make you smarter, master the violin and the piano,and become the best of the best so that you can show those Americans who's boss!" Thats pretty much the motto to every Asian parent in America, if not the world. Theres only one problem with this, well, its more like 10. Allow me to present to you the "10 Deadly Sins of a typical Asian Parent":

1. No matter how smart you are, you'll never find a GF if your unsocial, so therefore besides your parents, theres no one to use your money on to "support your family"

2. Despite stereotypes, not every Asian is a "child prodigy" or a "musical genius" yet Asian Parents still urged their children to master both academics and music.

3. Going back to number 2, although I can understand them pushing their kids to master both, they shouldn't obsess over making them the best.

4. Asian parents DO NOT give a wooden nickel about their kid's emotions or feelings. They believe that "tough love" is the way to go, so most try to knock any signs of feeling out of their kids, because if a child does not have any emotions, then they will do better in school. Thats all bullcorn. Emotion is what makes us human, and to take that away would be a cruel thing to do.

5. Going back to number 4, Asian parents do not understand sarcasm or any other form of joking. Eventually this will lead to their kids also not having a strong sense of humor.

6. They don't care about how athletic you are. "China needs more doctors and scientists, not athletes." So says many Asian parents.

7. They don't even remotely approve of dating... nuff said.

8. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, Asian parents also do not condone the dating of any other race. Which means that because I am Asian, I am only allowed to date other Asians. No Whites, no Blacks, and no Latinos.

9. Asian Parents are never content with what their children have achieved. If you get a letter from the state governor telling you what a good job you've been doing in school, they want a letter from the president. You master all of Mozart's songs on piano, now they want you to master all of Bach's. You get a Master's from MIT, now they want a PhD from Yale. You just bought the entire United States? Now they want you to buy Canada.

10. Now here comes the one thing I hate most, the unforgivable sin. Asian parents always LOVE comparing you to other Asian kids. Heres an example: pretend my name is Kevin, and I just got an A- on my science final, and my friend Vince (who is also Asian) got an A+. Here's an example of what an Asian parent might say (complete with the bad English! yay!) "Kevin!!! Why you no get A+ on your final science?! You no study harder enough!!! Look at Vince, he get A+ on his test. Why you not as smarter as Vince??!! You bring shame to your family!!! You go study harder so you smart like Vince and make gooder grades like Vince!!!

Yeah, annoying ain't it? So imagine your parents comparing you to every single Asian kid you knew.... every single day...

So yeah, just remember that when your out having fun with your friends on a snow day. Think about those poor Asian teenagers being forced to study for things they don't need to study for, and drilling for things that they won't need. Thankfully at least my parents don't make me do that, but I guarantee you that at least 98% of all Asian parents, would make their kids work on a snow day. Just thank the "10 Deadly Sins" for that...