오늘 korean american community 의 email news letter 에 있는 어떡하면 perfect 한 부모가 되느냐에 나오는 애긴데, 6 항을 보시죠.

과학전공을  안하는 아이에게는 "니 인생이 도대체 어떻게 될지 모르겠다."라고 한답니다.

이공계 여러분 빨리 미국적인 사회로 사회를 바꾸세요, 아들 딸이 부모님을 자랑스럽게 생각할 겁니다. ^^


HOW TO BE A PERFECT KOREAN PARENT (from the second generation perspective)

1 - Be a little more lenient on the 7pm curfew.
2 - Don't ask where the other point went when your child comes home with a 99 course grade on his/her report card.
3 - Don't "ay-yoo" loudly at your kid's dress habits.
4 - Don't blatantly hint about the merits of "Hah-bah-duh" (Harvard), "Ya-luh" (Yale) or "Stan-po-duh" (Stanford).
5 - Don't reveal all the intimate details of your kid's life to the entire Korean community.
6 - Don't ask your child, "What are you going to do with your life" if he/she majors in a non-science field.
7 - Don't give your son a bowl haircut or your daughter two acres of bangs.
8 - Don't try to set your kid up on a date in anticipation of their poor taste or inept social skills.
9 - Incorporate other phrases beside "Did you study yet?" into your daily conversations with your children.
10 - Don't ask all your kid's friends over the age of 21 if they have a boy/girlfriend yet.

HOW TO BE A PERFECT KOREAN KID (from the 1st generation perspective)

1 - Score 1600 on the SAT
2 - Play the violin or piano on the level of a concert performer.
3 - Apply to and be accepted by 27 colleges.
4 - Have three hobbies: studying, studying, and studying.
5 - Go to a prestigious Ivy League university and win enough scholarships to pay for it.
6 - Love classical music and detest talking on the telephone.
7 - Become a Westinghouse, Presidential, and eventually a Rhodes Scholar.
8 - Aspire to be a brain surgeon.
9 - Marry a Korean-American doctor and have perfect, successful children (grandkids!).
10 - Love to hear stories about your parents' childhood...especially the one about walking 7 miles to school without shoes.