Smart vs. cool: Culture, race and ethnicity in Silicon Valley schools
If you're smart you've lost your Mexican identity? Way to celebrate stoopidness. And if you're not smart, you're no longer Asian.
I've been out of school for awhile. Is this really the atmosphere in today's schools? Pretty depressing.
Tiffany Nguyen. Another white-trash name!
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Huge Rise in Evangelical Asian Americans
Young, Asian American, and Christian
Berkeley's always been a strange place. I know many Asians either were forced to go there or avoid it like the plague. No surprise that they're still nuts.
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"Asian-American evangelical Christians have become commonplace at elite universities across the US. The trend started in the late '80s and early '90s, and increased as the presence of Asian Americans on campuses grew — specifically East Asians of Chinese and Korean descent. By the 2000s, it had become a phenomenon meriting research papers, books, and articles.
Although Asian Americans only make up about 4 percent of the US population, they constitute about 15 percent of the students at Ivy League colleges, and more than 40 percent at schools like UCLA, UC Irvine, and UC Berkeley, according to a 2007 article, "Asian Americans for Jesus: Changing the Face of Campus Evangelicalism" by Rebecca Kim, an assistant professor of sociology at Pepperdine University. And yet their numbers are disproportionately higher in campus fellowships, sometimes as much as 80 percent."
Berkeley's always been a strange place. I know many Asians either were forced to go there or avoid it like the plague. No surprise that they're still nuts.
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"Asian-American evangelical Christians have become commonplace at elite universities across the US. The trend started in the late '80s and early '90s, and increased as the presence of Asian Americans on campuses grew — specifically East Asians of Chinese and Korean descent. By the 2000s, it had become a phenomenon meriting research papers, books, and articles.
Although Asian Americans only make up about 4 percent of the US population, they constitute about 15 percent of the students at Ivy League colleges, and more than 40 percent at schools like UCLA, UC Irvine, and UC Berkeley, according to a 2007 article, "Asian Americans for Jesus: Changing the Face of Campus Evangelicalism" by Rebecca Kim, an assistant professor of sociology at Pepperdine University. And yet their numbers are disproportionately higher in campus fellowships, sometimes as much as 80 percent."
So you're a smarty-pants eh?
The question of identity
I was a victim of this being an average student. Other Asian students mocked me and even my mom was disappointed.
So a couple of tips from me to you.
If you're a parent, advise but don't push your kids and most importantly don't use your kids as a tool to brag to other parents.
If you're a smart kid it wouldn't hurt to lend a hand every now and then to your fellow Asian instead of teasing and mocking. Karma is a bitch you know.
I was a victim of this being an average student. Other Asian students mocked me and even my mom was disappointed.
So a couple of tips from me to you.
If you're a parent, advise but don't push your kids and most importantly don't use your kids as a tool to brag to other parents.
If you're a smart kid it wouldn't hurt to lend a hand every now and then to your fellow Asian instead of teasing and mocking. Karma is a bitch you know.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Sued For Loss of Virginity
And you thought Americans had weird lawsuits!
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Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysian woman has sued her husband for 3 million ringgit (882,000 dollars) for the loss of her virginity after she claimed that he failed to fulfil his promises of a good marriage, a news report said Friday. The 30-year-old teacher from the eastern state of Sarawak also sought for the court to declare her marriage null and void.
The woman claimed that her husband had persuaded her to have sex with him several months after they first met in 2006, promising to marry her, the New Straits Times daily said.
The duo were married several months later, but the woman's in-laws refused to acknowledge the union.
In the suit filed in the state High Court, the woman claimed she was duped into her first sexual experience with the promises of a happy marriage, but claimed instead that her husband and in-laws caused her "humiliation and mental torture."
The woman's suit is the first of its kind in a marriage, said her lawyer Ernest Chua.
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Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysian woman has sued her husband for 3 million ringgit (882,000 dollars) for the loss of her virginity after she claimed that he failed to fulfil his promises of a good marriage, a news report said Friday. The 30-year-old teacher from the eastern state of Sarawak also sought for the court to declare her marriage null and void.
The woman claimed that her husband had persuaded her to have sex with him several months after they first met in 2006, promising to marry her, the New Straits Times daily said.
The duo were married several months later, but the woman's in-laws refused to acknowledge the union.
In the suit filed in the state High Court, the woman claimed she was duped into her first sexual experience with the promises of a happy marriage, but claimed instead that her husband and in-laws caused her "humiliation and mental torture."
The woman's suit is the first of its kind in a marriage, said her lawyer Ernest Chua.
Spelling Girls
THE BUZZ IS GIRLS CAN SPELL
With the final four all Asian American girls, spelling looks to be the next big field for Asian American students to strive in, much like classical music and golf have been in the past.
Golf? Really?
I'm not sure if having this many good spellers is a good thing or a bad thing in the overall scheme of things.
All I know is I can't fuking spell.
With the final four all Asian American girls, spelling looks to be the next big field for Asian American students to strive in, much like classical music and golf have been in the past.
Golf? Really?
I'm not sure if having this many good spellers is a good thing or a bad thing in the overall scheme of things.
All I know is I can't fuking spell.
Racism? Still?
Resentment towards Vancouver's visible majority
If there's racism in Vancouver there must be in the rest of Canada right?
But here in Calgary I've never felt much racism. Growing up I wasn't a victim of any slurs. I was quite comfortable and enjoyed my high-school years. I work with people from many-races now and there's no problem. And socially I've been been to pretty much every club and bar in Calgary and I've never felt unwanted.
Maybe I'm just lucky.
Please answer the poll question. Feel free to elaborate in the comments section.
If there's racism in Vancouver there must be in the rest of Canada right?
But here in Calgary I've never felt much racism. Growing up I wasn't a victim of any slurs. I was quite comfortable and enjoyed my high-school years. I work with people from many-races now and there's no problem. And socially I've been been to pretty much every club and bar in Calgary and I've never felt unwanted.
Maybe I'm just lucky.
Please answer the poll question. Feel free to elaborate in the comments section.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Rocket Ronnie
Ah I love Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Mostly because of this:
He's so exciting and flamboyant.
And also for things like this
Raunchy Ronnie in trouble over lewd comments in Beijing
The comments were ignored, though, by Chinese media.
"At the post game press conference, O'Sullivan kept his gentlemanly manners," said a report in the Today Morning Express, while the Beijing News reported he had shown no signs of disappointment and was "smiling and looking around."
Ah Chinese media not reporting something bad.. surprise surprise. Apparently there is no such thing as bad news in China.
That is not my concern though. My concern is.. why is the Snooker Association fucking apologizing? The Chinese didn't mind it and have swept it under the rug. The don't feel insulted. Why is there an apology issued?
I would pissed if I was Ronnie too. Those were the longest-assed questions I've ever heard. The guy just lost, make it quick. And the translator? who was that? She could barely translate properly. You'd think they could find an better english-speaking person.
Mostly because of this:
He's so exciting and flamboyant.
And also for things like this
Raunchy Ronnie in trouble over lewd comments in Beijing
The comments were ignored, though, by Chinese media.
"At the post game press conference, O'Sullivan kept his gentlemanly manners," said a report in the Today Morning Express, while the Beijing News reported he had shown no signs of disappointment and was "smiling and looking around."
Ah Chinese media not reporting something bad.. surprise surprise. Apparently there is no such thing as bad news in China.
That is not my concern though. My concern is.. why is the Snooker Association fucking apologizing? The Chinese didn't mind it and have swept it under the rug. The don't feel insulted. Why is there an apology issued?
I would pissed if I was Ronnie too. Those were the longest-assed questions I've ever heard. The guy just lost, make it quick. And the translator? who was that? She could barely translate properly. You'd think they could find an better english-speaking person.
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