sometimes, being chinese is "different". i dont understand my peeps.

[legion]

Originally Posted by Moses

Seems all my daughters friends are Asian. She has a Chinese friend, Christie, who is a complete dynamo. High School senior. She's smart. Excellent student with a HUGE personality. She really lights up a room.

She could go to college anywhere with her 4.3 GPA but her parents insist that she go to University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA to become a pharmacist! I'm not kidding! This girls personality is poorly suited for that type of work. She's a people person. She has done extensive work at a local hospital pharmacy and HATES the work, yet she is dutiful and will honor her parents demands without complaint.

What the hell?

Christie will get scooped up by a big Pharma company and paid big bucks to sell doctors drugs. She sounds acutely suited to that kind of work.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by m21sniper

4.3 gpa? Is that like a volume knob that goes to 11?

Our Highschool had "Honors" level classes. They were more difficult, but as a bonus for taking the course, offered a grade above 'A'. A bonus of "1" was added to your Grade Points for the courses. This was to take into account that with the harder course, you would likely get a lower grade. It was to encourage people to take these courses, instead of taking all easy courses, and getting straight 'A's

Normal class

A=4
B=3
C=2
D=1
F=0

In an Honors class

A=5
B=4
C=3
D=2
F=1

I'm not sure it was even possible to fail the Honors and AP (Advance Placement). We had some pretty low scores in the first exam in AP physics. Usually people who were likely to fail, would drop or transfer to an easier class.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by HardDrive

Nuprin.

Little. Yellow. Different.

Hahahahaha

[juanbenae]

i can count to 20 if my shoes are off.... does that get me a sniff?

[Moses]

Originally Posted by legion

Christie will get scooped up by a big Pharma company and paid big bucks to sell doctors drugs. She sounds acutely suited to that kind of work.

She'd be great at that. Most drug reps have marketing degrees. Never met one that went to pharmacy school. Her parents envision her in the back room at Longs counting pills.

Vash's hot friend is just baffling. "I'm saving myself for an accountant." WTF???

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by car 311

i can count to 20 if my shoes are off.... does that get me a sniff?

Only if you steal her laundry

[Bill Douglas]

I get emails from some place that can make you an accountant for $20, well, give you an accountants degree anyway.

Or a really bad haircut + cheap black suit + bad teeth, maybe even bad breath to be extra authentic and just pretend for a couple of weeks

[lowyder993s]

Originally Posted by legion

Christie will get scooped up by a big Pharma company and paid big bucks to sell doctors drugs. She sounds acutely suited to that kind of work.

OH MY YES!!! Have you seen those chicks? Couple months ago coming out the hospital, oh mommy!!!! There are lots that are smokin' ....kinda like a stewardess in the 70's.

[futuresoptions]

Originally Posted by lowyder993s

OH MY YES!!! Have you seen those chicks? Couple months ago coming out the hospital, oh mommy!!!! There are lots that are smokin' ....kinda like a stewardess in the 70's.

Most I have seen are smokin hot... wouldn't be able to carry the conversation if they gave me a second look...

[cantdrv55]

Originally Posted by Moses

"I'm saving myself for an accountant." WTF???

lol

[cantdrv55]

Originally Posted by lowyder993s

OH MY YES!!! Have you seen those chicks? Couple months ago coming out the hospital, oh mommy!!!! There are lots that are smokin' ....kinda like a stewardess in the 70's.

I work in that industry. Yep, hot is an understatement. Making great money in their mid-twenties too!

[vash]

ok, irony alert...my friend that got married? his last GF/fiance had to dump his ahss because her parents wanted her to marry a doctor. she listened too!

bizarro world.

[cantdrv55]

How come no one ever aspires to marry a sales rep?

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by cantdrv55

How come no one ever aspires to marry a sales rep?

I don't know. because they can make some serious money. That said, I'd not marry anyone who admitted to aspiring to looking for a spouse based on their occupation. What if you want a career change someday?

[jluetjen]

My wife is "ABC" (American born Chinese) and there are a few things which really constitute the bedrock of Chinese culture. In decreasing order of priority.

1) Respect for your family's elders. It is a huge issue to go against the wishes of your elders. In the Chinese mind, you owe everything in your existence to your parents and grand-parents. To go against their wishes does two things...
a) Invalidates the significant sacrifices that they made for you.
b) Set the precedence that will end up having your children disrespect you.

2) Money is king. You can only trust money that is in your pocket. So professions that pay well draw a lot of Chinese. The better the money, the harder the competition. So the parents wish for a child to go into a certain profession is to ensure that child a secure future by being able to make a lot of money. Another aspect of this is the desire on the part of parents for their daughters to marry rich guys who can take care of the the daughter. It also has the knock on effect of insuring the parents' future after they are too old to work.

3) Education is important, primarily because it leads to money, but also because it earns respect from people. Scholars are always respected in the Chinese culture.

That's my "Lo-fan" interpretation of what was going on.

[Schumi]

An accountant? Really? That could mean a $200k/year enron employee... or a 40K/year dude who works at H&R Block.

If her parents are setting standards for those who she dates, they might as well aim for the sky... why not an astronaut or maybe a senator?

[billybek]

Originally Posted by BeyGon

I'm not an accountant but I would stay with her in a Holiday Inn. Does that count?

Fixed it for you!

[The Gaijin]

When crunch time came, I bet the doctor card would get a pass.


Now if she Indian, the whole issue of caste and religion would complicate it even more..

[vash]

john...#2 is close. the career choice is about money. but equally as important is status. nothing warms a chinese parent's heart more than being able to say, my kid is a doctor! or lawyer...or married one.

my poor mom. 1 out of 3, aint so good.

"lo fan", cantonese wife?

[jluetjen]

Originally Posted by vash

"lo fan", cantonese wife?

Kind-of. Tai-San.