Week 2_Yuxi Jiang_A01

The article "Beyond Tiger Mom Anxiety, Ethnic, Gender, and Generational Differences in Asian American College Access and Choices" discusses varies factors of how Asian Americans choose colleges to apply to and which one to go to at last.  It brings up an interesting point that parents' opinions play an important rule on our college decisions. This is not surprising. Typical Asian parents strongly care about the future of their kids. Attending a good college is a solid step toward a bright future. Since my childhood,  my mother always talked about how intelligent and hard working my cousin is and encouraged me to view her as a role model.  She went to UCLA, so I was forced by my mother to apply to it as well.  Every time when someone asks me why UCLA is my dream school, I  can't even give a reason. I'm just supposed to be as good as my cousin. However, when I got rejected,  it became a shock to me that I cried on that day.

After choosing UC Davis, I'm more certain that this is a right decision. I may not be an ideal candidate for UCLA, nor is it necessarily the best fit for me. At least, going to UC Davis is my own decision, and UC Davis is nothing less than UCLA.  I agree with the author that "first-generation college students could not depend on their parents to guide them on their college pathways".  It's time to be responsible for our own future and life as a young adult.  At the end of the day, our tiger parents won't stay with us forever. 

Amy Chua's two daughters, in fact, appreciate her mother to be strict to them. My question is that, are tiger mothers necessarily wrong? Can they leave a positive influence on kids in some ways?

Reference: OiYan Poon, Ajani Byd(2013),

"Beyond Tiger Mom Anxiety: Ethnic, Gender and Generational Differences in Asian American College Access and Choices"
https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/bob-mankoff/tiger-mothers-and-the-cartoon-arms-race