Why it sucks to be 1/2 Asian

Our little school is going High Tech. They are now fully on-board with the information revolution. Yes. They have grades posted on-line. And not just final grades either. Grades for every test and everymajor project/homework assignment.

Tonight Mimi and I sat down with Boy 1 to see how he was doing.

You can just tell this isn't going to go well, can't you?

Well we start looking at grades, and immediately a number of things catch Mimi's eye.

"You got a 60 on that test? What happened that day?"

"Oh, that low score on the homework assignment was because you forgot to do it then turned it in late."

"Looks like you had a rough string of scores there, what's going on?"

In 5 minutes he had tears brimming in his eyes. Poor kid.

Here's the kicker - he has 6 classes. He is currently scoring one A+, 4As, and an A-. And he was in tears. That's tough parenting love! This is why Harvard is 50% Asian.

You slacker caucasians think you've got the stones to make you kid cry when he's bringing home a 4.0 GPA? Didn't think so.