Entry 35, Being Pushed

  My parents, compared to alot of parents in Taiwan, would be called crazy, to let their kid run around like how I am doing right. My parents, in Shanghai, compared to the American families in my old school, would be considered to be the strictest parents in the world, for their expectations of grades and the hope of a very successful son. In Shanghai, I was pushed alot by my parents, maybe it was because my English ability was absolutely terrible, I could barely manage myself back then. In Taiwan, as I grow older and as my parents can tell that I am getting better at managing myself, they let me be more independent and do more things on my own rather for them to be asking me twenty four seven. Honestly, these expectations was probably not there long enough to push me into thinking that I want to give up. I believed that back then, with the expectations, I worked alot harder and pushed myself into doing stuff I never thought I would be doing. I really do think that the expectations, the constant beatings and screaming will really help us realize that we need to work harder. I believe that there are alot of parents out there in Taiwan that would be doing this to their kids, I would not use this method of educating a child if I were to be a dad.