Week 2- Kevin Tien Nguyen A02
Kevin Tien Nguyen
Section A02
Week 3
In
the article Beyond Tiger Mom Anxiety: Ethnic,
Gender and Generational Differences in Asian American Access and Choices, Oiyan Poon and Ajani Byrd conduct research on the
influential factors on graduating high school seniors and their decisions on
college. The research starts with a number of different Asian and Asian
American students and their family background. Each student having a slightly
different background. The research leading to a result that one’s parents
and/or their college guidance counselor had the most influential factors
depending on the student and their parents.
Being a second generation son
and first generation college student, I can say that the findings of this
research agree with what I have encountered in my own life. My parents, having
no formal education past high school, weren’t able to help me navigate what is
the path to higher education. Although they stressed that idea that higher
education is a potential path to stability, they didn’t know how to navigate
themselves. I did not go through this path alone, fortunately for myself I have
an older sibling who went through this process and who was willing to help me.
Part of the reason why much of
the public believe Asian Americans are “high achieving and successful” is this notion
that “all Asians are the same.” Much of the data regarding Asian Americans are
lumped into one category “Asian.” This creates a problematic notion that all
Asians are the same and thus ignoring the many struggles that each ethnicity
has encountered through their history.
Losing her stripes? (2012, September 22). Retrieved from http://www.economist.com/node/21563354
Poon, O and A Byrd. "Beyond Tiger Mom Anxiety: Ethnic, Gender and Generational Differences in Asian American College Access and Choices." Journal of College Admission, 2013
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