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Does your parents ever look down on you b/c of your educational background?
Well, my mom does and it sorta bothers me just b/c she is my mom. My bro and sister goes to UBC. My brother is currently in the faculty of science and he may be heading to med school (and that's a big maybe) while my sister is working on her degree in Commerce. Since I graduated from SFU my mom tells her friends and relatives I'm the dumber child since I didn't graduate from UBC while she brags about my bro and sis cuz they go to UBC. At one point, my mom said SFU isn't even a real university whatever that means. On the other hand, I can't really tell my mom that I have more than a SFU education. I'm currently working on my Chartered Financial Analyst designation and will probably move on and complete the Chartered Accountant designation after that.
And really, I can't tell my mom how hard it is to get these designation cuz in her mind, the world revolves around UBC. She doesn't even realize that better Universities such as Ivey league schools exist.
Well this is mainly a rant. But does any of your parents feel that way about you and how do you handle it?
And really, I can't tell my mom how hard it is to get these designation cuz in her mind, the world revolves around UBC. She doesn't even realize that better Universities such as Ivey league schools exist.
Well this is mainly a rant. But does any of your parents feel that way about you and how do you handle it?
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She's be happy if I worked as an office assistant or something for the rest of my life. She only sees dollar signs and not the reasons for why I want to be a teacher.
Meh... parents.
I understand that too, because my parents want me to go UBC, but I ended up in SFU.:sad: Well, they didn't complain much since the highest degree they have are at the elementary lvl
Parents always want the best for their kids, even if it gonna defy their kids wishes
All my mom sees is dollar signs too. She likes the idea of my bro going to med school b/c that means lots and lots of money.
At least YOU know you worked hard for your degree and to get where you are now. Personal satisfaction is a hell of a lot more valuable. But I know what you mean about wanting your parents to support you.
You ppl might get send to your run when ur in trouble, while we get our ass kicked
but also during provincials, or actually my last 2 years in high school, i had so much shit going on, school was no longer a priority for me. i upset them during that time, but i'm so happy that things are turning out well.
to noname, parents can be so stubborn. i know how you feel to a certain extent. i have two sisters, and one of them is well...a little "off"...and she only finished high school. my parents used to call her the dumb one as well, but i think those comments motivated my sister to prove to them that she is capable of doing well, and now she's all cleaned up and has a stable, comfortable job.......so i guess what i'm trying to say is, try to use their criticisms to your benefit. prove them wrong.
huh, for some reason this thread kind of opened old wounds lol.
my sis also grad from sfu as well, and they and they really did look down on either of us, not that they would had i gone somewher else anyways
my parents are pretty cool, not very atypical of what these asian parent 'stereotypes' would lead u to believe
Besides, lots of cultures use strict parenting and many of them aren't Asian.
we never got our asses kicked (maybe like threat of violence once or twice lol) but never got beat by them
maybe i am the exception to the rule huh
edit: spelling doh