Yuqi Hu A04 week 7

In the reading of this week, the idea of care work caught my eyes when I finish reading it. In the chapter "Care work: The Invisible Labor of Asian American Women in Academia by Wei Ming Dariotis and Grace J.Yoo," care work is a thing that the Asian American women are expected to do which requires "intentional caring that allows others to feel cared for and—when emotions are concerned—may require withholding one's own emotions for the betterment of others." Since care work requires "carefully regulate and control one's own emotions, this work can lead to emotional exhaustion, sometimes culminating in physical and emotional health problems." The caregivers think others' feelings before the feeling of themselves. As we can see in the graph, the overall amount of Asian American teachers is very small compared to other ethnicities. Definitely, the amount of Asian American women teachers should be fewer. The author discovers the abnormality of the student even the student is abusing her and her class. However, the author does not abuse back; she talks to the student in order to find the reason for this diatribe. Even though she is mad about this and gives an "F", she wants to find the problem behind it and fix it, not just giving a law grade to relieve her feeling. This makes me think of my Chinese teacher in middle school. She is very caring and always notices our unusual feeling. She not only cares about our grades but also our emotions. She sometimes even visit the student's home to talk to the parents and look around the environment to try to find a reason for the student's abnormality. Admittedly, she is very responsible and undertakes a lot. She has two children to take care of, but she put more attention to her students. I have seen her crying in the office, but when she sees us, she will return to normal. I deeply respect these women as they are doing something that I am unwilling to do.

Reference:

Valverde, K.-L. C., & Dariotis, W. M. (2020). Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars' Resistance and Renewal in the Academy. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press

King, J. B., Jr. (n.d.). THE STATE OF RACIAL DIVERSITY IN THE EDUCATOR WORKFORCE (Rep.). OFFICE OF PLANNING, EVALUATION AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.