Challenges of Asian American Teens | Asian American Poll

CHALLENGES OF ASIAN AMERICAN TEENS
(Updated Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008, 05:07:40 PM to reflect the 100 most recent valid responses.)

What is the biggest problem faced by Asian American teens?
Pressure from parents to excel academically | 79%
Identity conflicts related to growing up a minority | 19%
Problems related to dating & sex | 2%
Gang influence, pressure & violence | 0%

What of these is the most common mistake made by Asian parents?
Not spending enough time with their kids | 18%
Pushing kids too hard for good grades | 34%
Being too strict in controlling kids' behavior | 45%
Neglecting the kids' social or cultural development | 3%

What factor contributes most to helping Asian teens grow up to be productive, well-adjusted adults?
Stable home environment | 93%
Cultural bias favoring academic success | 3%
Advantages provided by above-average affluence | 4%

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xrossed id in NYC,

Not trying to incriminate any future leaders. But when I was in college, kids experimented with pot, did not have "the will, the ambition, the attitude" sucked out of them. I'll remember to convey that Pres. Clinton the next time I see him. He could have been the emperor of the world instead of a lowly Pres.

Those that were lacking in those area were that way prior to trying pot.

Those that did have will, ambition, and a healthy attitude. Also retained those attribute after trying pot.

There are incidents where pot is a turning point in someone's life. But those are rare. They are as frequent as alcohol being a turning point in someones life.
AC Dropout Tuesday, May 21, 2002 at 13:27:12 (PDT)

AC,

"pot" will reduce one's desire to achieve success”
From my personal observations, regular use of even “enlightening” drugs leads to a huge reduction in the ABILITY to succeed…it saps the will, the ambition, the attitude.

Some people have no choice in their profession and are limited by education, attitude or by circumstnaces and I agree with your point. Hard work in itself is limiting without education.

What I really want to say is that a REAL education must include the work ethic because just being smart without the desire to achieve to the level commensurate with one’s smartness, leads one to be…a dropout? ;-)

xrossed id in NYC Monday, May 20, 2002 at 15:35:13 (PDT)

xrossed id in NYC,

"3) Let's not confuse smarts with education. Being smart is not educated. The live in maid is not working, only living."

Education in the USA does not mean recieving moral work ethics is what your are trying to say. No where in my acedemic career did someone say the active ingediant in the laymen narcartic "pot" will reduce one's desire to achieve success.

As for you attitude towards domestic help, I would advise you to change them if you wish to keep loyal and helpful people around you in the future. I'm forever in dept to people who help keep my household running smoothly. You might consider the task menial and look down upon for making it their profession. But people like me are fovever indepted to their service and loyalty.
AC Dropout Saturday, May 18, 2002 at 13:09:56 (PDT)

AC Dropout

1) I wont debate your good taste with mine - it's the only time these teenagers will wear something other than the baggy-ankle pants.

3) Let's not confuse smarts with education. Being smart is not educated. The live in maid is not working, only living.

xrossed id in NYC Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at 08:24:42 (PDT)

y'know sometimes I jus feel like packin everythin in and become an artist to spite my mum....hehe why does that jus sounds soo cool?..anyway, so apparently i'm gonna be a doctor and I'm gonna jus sooo f*** up ppl's insides. i can tell. (YaY =p)

ps. how weird is it that my parents know no family whose children isn't in the science profession? thus because their little girl [me] has to be ExActly like their friend's children, i am going to be a daMN doctor. It sounded really cool at first until one of my asswipe friends told me that it is nothing like watchin ER and the doctors are no where near as fit. hmpH. plus, im the most laziest ass i knw and i'm scared of ghosts...think of all the dead ppl u probably killed..(!) the blk bags and grey skin are no bonus either.
shrubz Saturday, May 11, 2002 at 13:31:50 (PDT)

xrossed id in NYC,

1) There was a tall dorky adult asian Eagle scout trying to keep all the minor scouts to intimidate all the shoppers into donating food. I'm sorry there is no way to look fashionable in a boy scout uniform.

3) Education can also lead to a lack of work ethics. Education and work ethics are independent factors.

Examples: The PHD in English that keeps putting off the next great American novel, to smoke pot. The grade school drop out who is a live in maid 6 days a week.
AC Dropout Friday, May 10, 2002 at 14:59:14 (PDT)

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