Are migrant parents pushing their kids too hard at school?

[Hutchoo]

I was fighting about this with my cousin.. She says Europe/Middle East.. I say Eurasia .. .. but geography states its in Asia.

What the fawk am I?

I'm European
I'm Middle Eastern.
I'm Asian

WHICH ONE?!@#

[TrueLight]

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/faq/geography.html

the way i learnt it there's 7 continents the way it is in that link  
but apparently they teach it different in other places, so i guess its just the way you look at it. but according to me your asian. but not the kinda "stereotypical" asian. more the western asian and not the eastern asian... lol ah ok whatever

in the end your whatever you want to be... the end...

[Hutchoo]

Western Asian.. Eastern Asian... FML, this is so confusing.
If I ever said "Hey, I'm from Western Asia" etc .. Everyone would LOL (even me) because it sounds so LOL + I don't look Asian at all.
Thanks for your help.

[TrueLight]

well western asia is not a continent but its the location within the continent... like you can say western europe or eastern europe... or north of australia and south of australia... its not that confusing...or you can just say im from armenia

[Hutchoo]

Ha, I know its not a continent I was trying to be stupid.. I think I passed (I always pass in being stupid).

Eh, I'm from Armenia.

I don't get pushed to study.. but I'm expected to study 

[TrueLight]

haha i couldn't tell

yeah i don't really get pushed... well my mum would always nag me but i just ignore... and then when i freak out because i have an exam the next day shes like see i told you you should have studied...lol

[QuantumJG]

Regarding this topic, I don't think migrant parents are pushing their children too hard but a lot of parents are being too soft. I liked the part where they talked about sports coaching compared to tutoring. The thing is that in Australia academia isn't emphasized as much as what you see in other countries.

By the way my grandfather was Hungarian and mum said that he was very strict and actually grounded her for the last 6 months of school. But she said it definitely worked since her results improved exceptionally.

[HERculina]

WHAT IS THIS!
i wuv my asian pushy wushy parents 

[pi]

WHAT IS THIS!
i wuv my asian pushy wushy parents 

Asian includes Indian, so in response I don't mind as they get me through my studies whenever I lose motivation.

Mine aren't too bad though, they let me go to the city and stuff with mates on weekends, etc. I know of one particular set of Asian (Japanese -I think) parents who have a bell attached to their daughter's door, so that whenever she goes out of her room, they know about it (she is 17 btw). That is going way, way WAY over the top!

[MBBS]

European parents are strict. The reasons you don't see European parents who are strict as often, is because you don't actually see European parents. Europeans emigrated to Australia in masses way way way before the Asians emigrated. So in effect, you are seeing people born and raised in Australia and calling them European parents. Trust me, if you see recent immigrants from Europe, they'll be just as strict as your Asian parents. Like my parents who emigrated when they were 32. Mine aren't so strict post year-7 ish for personal reasons which I won't disclose. However, I can tell you over in Europe, 5-6 hours of homework a night from about 5th grade is completely normal. The reason parents push is because they come from backgrounds where being top notch at school is the only ticket out of poverty. Of course, what compliments this, is the extremely harsh conditions the poor experience in some countries. But yeh, if you want to call European parents soft, judge  EUROPEAN parents, not someone who was born and brought up in Australia.

[Hutchoo]

European parents are strict. The reasons you don't see European parents who are strict as often, is because you don't actually see European parents. Europeans emigrated to Australia in masses way way way before the Asians emigrated. So in effect, you are seeing people born and raised in Australia and calling them European parents. Trust me, if you see recent immigrants from Europe, they'll be just as strict as your Asian parents. Like my parents who emigrated when they were 32. Mine aren't so strict post year-7 ish for personal reasons which I won't disclose. However, I can tell you over in Europe, 5-6 hours of homework a night from about 5th grade is completely normal. The reason parents push is because they come from backgrounds where being top notch at school is the only ticket out of poverty. Of course, what compliments this, is the extremely harsh conditions the poor experience in some countries. But yeh, if you want to call European parents soft, judge  EUROPEAN parents, not someone who was born and brought up in Australia.

Haha, thank you!
Exactly my thoughts
My grandparents are definitely the most scary/strict.

[funkyducky]

Only in Australia are high academic standards a bad thing.

Only in Australia is it easy for high school-dropout tradies to earn more than professionals with post-grad qualifications. System needs fixin' and that's what the migrants are doing, incl. my parents I suppose, but they don't really push me to study, they just stand back a bit and expect me to ace everything, and if I don't, they think something's really wrong and I get a concerned, disappointed and slightly angry talking to.

[ninwa]

Only in Australia are high academic standards a bad thing.

Only in Australia is it easy for high school-dropout tradies to earn more than professionals with post-grad qualifications. System needs fixin'

So true.

[stonecold]

Only in Australia are high academic standards a bad thing.

Only in Australia is it easy for high school-dropout tradies to earn more than professionals with post-grad qualifications. System needs fixin' and that's what the migrants are doing, incl. my parents I suppose, but they don't really push me to study, they just stand back a bit and expect me to ace everything, and if I don't, they think something's really wrong and I get a concerned, disappointed and slightly angry talking to.

Can blame the government for that.  All they do is push apprenticeships because they are shit jobs which no one really wants to do, so they offer several benefits for people to take them up.

And then there is no major incentive for people to work harder and earn more, because then you just get raped on tax.

To an extent, I like the 'Asian' mentality on work ethic.  Obviously the locking of children in their room and forcing them to study is over the top, but the hard working attitude is impressive, and many people would benefit if others adopted a similar approach to their own studies or workplace habits.

I saw some thing on the TV the other day about how 'smokos' and 'coffee runs' are so frequent in the workplace that they are costing our economy big money.

Smoking particularly pisses me off.  What makes people think that just because they have a tobacco addiction gives them the right to take breaks on their companies and fellow colleagues time to fuel these urges angers me greatly.

The sooner smoking is banned in public the better.  I heard one council in Brisbane is doing it.  The day it becomes national law will be something we hopefully live to see.

[Gloamglozer]

The sooner smoking is banned in public the better.  I heard one council in Brisbane is doing it.  The day it becomes national law will be something we hopefully live to see.

From a non-smoker's point of view that's great but I think the government may be a little hesitant from going too far with anti-smoking laws.  After all, the taxes from cigarettes are rolling the money in for them.