People form East Asian immigrate to the Unite States, which is an ethnic cultural crucible, that only is a small ethnic group. However, they have been considered to be different from other minority ethnic groups because of their high school achievement. According to Huang, Asians get higher score than whites get at schools, especially in mathematics, science and other technical areas(cited from Pang, Han,& Pang,2011; Peng& Wright,1994). As immigrants, Asian American are not only adjusting themselves to acculturation, but also bringing and keeping their own culture, habits, behaviors, and belief system. The questions are: Are there any relations between culture and achievement in Asian American family education? How does their culture influence …show more content…
Even though Confucianism was developed and influenced in China, but it also has affected a lot of Asian descendants in other countries, such as Korea and Japan, and shaped the ethnic,social, political areas of Asian cultures(Huang & Gove, 2012, P. 392). Confucius also bought up some philosophical beliefs about family education, and made up the influence of the value of education. Under the influence of Confucianism, Mao, the founding father of China, made a catchword about that education is important for human being. Every families in China paid more attention in family education and school education in order to achieved a better world of China. Based on Confucianism, Asian society and families believe that success is attributed to education achievement. Most Asian descendants regret that educational achievement leads to a better life and higher social status,such as getting a good job, or a better marriage and relationships(cited form Cheon, 2006). In other words, confucianism is the cultural belief system which leads to education become central part to most Asian families’s daily lives. Therefore, Confucianism is the root of cultural factor why Asian American have higher achievement on education. It is because Asian culture makes the families think highly of …show more content…
Therefore, knowing what to do to help children gain highly achievement and designing what kind of family activities to build a better child development is the main research purpose of this paper. As a consequence, under the cultural influence, the relationship of family members is noticeable. The cultural value affects on parenting practices, family education, and interaction of family members. People should pay more attention to children’s education, and spend more time with them in order to create better parent-child integration.(Ignat, 2015,
“In one study of 50 Western American mothers and 48 Chinese immigrant mothers, almost 70% of the Western mothers said either that ‘stressing academic success is not good for children’ or that ‘parents need to foster the idea that learning is fun.’ By contrast, roughly 0% of the Chinese mothers felt the same way. Instead, the vast majority of the Chinese mothers said that they believe their children can be ‘the best’ students, that ‘academic achievement reflects successful parenting,’ and that if children did not excel at school then there was ‘a problem’ and parents ‘were not doing their job.’ … Chinese parents spend approximately ten times as long every day drilling academic activities with their children. By contrast, Western kids are more likely to participate in sports teams” (Chua 5). Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua is an engulfing novel which clearly distinguishes the difference between Western style of parenting and the Chinese style of parenting. The quote stated above shows some of the statistics that we completed to write this book. The story is a breathless and emotional memoir of Amy Chua, consisting mostly her two daughters and husband. While the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother appears to be about the battle between a parent and a child and the relationship they share, the author, Amy Chua, has actually implied that it is important for the children to start developing skills early on to benefit in the future as well as be successful in their lives.
In this paper I will be sharing information I had gathered involving two students that were interviewed regarding education and their racial status of being an Asian-American. I will examine these subjects’ experiences as an Asian-American through the education they had experienced throughout their entire lives. I will also be relating and analyzing their experiences through the various concepts we had learned and discussed in class so far. Both of these individuals have experiences regarding their education that have similarities and differences.
Amy Chua (2011) names off three reasons that support her argument in why Chinese children are more successful. First, she mentions that Westerners worry too much on how their child will accept failure, whereas Chinese parents assume only strength in their child and nothing less. For example, if a Western child comes home with a B on a test, some parents will praise the child on their success and some may be upset, while a Chinese parent would convince their child they are “worthless” and “a disgrace.” The Western parents hope to spare their children’s feelings and to be careful not to make their child feel insecure or inadequate, while Chinese parents demand perfect grades because they believe their children can get them (Chua, 2011). Secondly, Chinese parents believe their chil...
However, Asians are rapidly becoming a greater force in American culture as the proportion of educated Asian-Americans rises. Despite small numbers, they begin to have more and more influence in the business and professional worlds as well as academics. They are an interesting group, however, caught between two extremely different cultures as they seek to strike a balance between the ideals of their parents and the world they live in.
are taught by their parents that determination and persistency are the keys to academic achievements. In addition, many Asian parents are extremely involved and invested in their children’s education. For many first-generation immigrant and refugee parents, they believe the way to realize the American dream is through higher education and professional status. They encourage t...
The Asian American community in the contemporary period face a lot of race relation issues which all interconnect within each other. Asian Americans face the basis of “Model Minority” that purportedly whitens Asians leading to the belief that there are no issues such as racism and poverty within the Asian American community. With that, they face the issue that there is no racial discrimination against Asian Americans due to the racial barrier being contextualized within a “black or white” framework. Another problem they face is mainstream America’s lack of awareness to the diversity of the Asian population, which causes a lot of misperceptions and misdirected racial hatred towards certain ethnicities within the Asian race. This causes the Pan-Asian community to not be supportive, unwilling to support each other, in order to avoid racism by avoiding being associated with that ethnicity just because they look alike. This causes the Asian American community and the ethnic groups within to be invisible to the American community as they lack organization and unification to have their voices heard.
For example as stated in the article, “The Confucian Ethic and Economic Growth” by Herman Khan “…Confucian societies uniformly promote in the individual and the family sobriety, a high value on education… A properly trained member of a Confucian culture will be hardworking, responsible, skillful… and creative in helping the group… There is much less emphasis on advancing individual (selfish interests)” (Kahn 78-79). This line reveals that having Confucianism values in traditional Japan reveals how individuals feel about morals, and hierarchical order in society that would prevent development since most Japanese focused more on their government and society. This once again explains that for individuals in traditional society life was all about being with your family in the social class that you belong without any rebellious attitude. As a result, there was less emphasis on becoming successful in one’s own life since the real central idea concerned around society. As a result, of Confucianism caused individuals in Japan to work collectively, for the benefit of the higher authority or people in command such as the samurai’s. As a result, individuals didn’t break away from their class and ahead their way upwards from the traditional system towards freedom and more advancement through the use of technology instead of work being performed by farmers or
We’ve all heard it said that Asian Americans are good at math; anything involving science, technology, and medicine. They study all the time, work really hard, and live a version of the American dream many of us never thought to dream of. And of course, we know these stereotypes are dangerous and often untrue, but perhaps we still find ourselves buying into them. Ronald Takaki”, the ethnic studies expert, writes about the idea that Asian Americans are more successful than any other American minority group in his article “The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority. Takaki refutes this idea by strategically, and somewhat effectively, using reason, statistics, and word choice to show that Asian Americans still face some of the same hardships and barriers
Confucianism is a moral and religious system of China. Its origins go back to the Analects, the sayings attributed to Confucius, and to ancient writings, including that of Mencius. Confucius was born a mandarin under the name Kongzi. It was developed around 550 B.C. In its earliest form Confucianism was primarily a system of ethical concepts for the control of society. It saw man as a social creature that is bound to his fellow men by jen, or “humanity.” Jen is expressed through the five relationships—sovereign and subject, parent and child, elder and younger brother, husband and wife, and friend and friend. Of these, the filial relation is most important.
The Asian American religious site I visited was the Nichiren Buddhish Church of America, located three blocks from Japantown at 2016 Pine Street San Francisco, CA 94115. I attended their Asian American religious event of Japanese tea Ceremony which are held on Fridays and Saturdays. From the outside, the church blended in with the other residential houses. Upon entering, I was shocked at how different the interior design was compared to its outer appearance. The interior architecture resembles a traditional Japanese home with shoji (sliding panel door), tatami floors (mats), tokonoma (vertical scroll of calligraphy/art), ikebana (traditional flowers) and many other aspects that contributed to the vibe. Although the ceremony didn’t require quests to don on a certain attire, all the hosts/hostesses wore beautiful traditional kimono, which made their every movement give off a sense of graceful and elegant etiquette. They then gave a brief lessons of the meaning of Japanese tea ceremony, also known as Chanoyu, Sado or simply Ocha in Japanese.
Confucian culture, also known as Confucianism, was founded by Confucius during the Spring and Autumn Period, which was developed gradually after the Han Dynasty with benevolence as the core. Since the Han Dynasty, Confucianism was the official ideology and the basis of mainstream ideology in the vast majority of historical periods of China, and it also influenced many southeast Asian countries in history. After a variety of shocks, Confucianism was still the core values of China's social public, and represented the Chinese culture and national tradition in the world (Littlejohn, 2010). In the contemporary society, the Confucian culture in China increasingly spread, at the same time, its modern value is excavated by many countries in the world, and its international influence is also growing with the rise of China.
Confucianism is considered a part of Chinese culture. Many countries such as Japan, Korea, China, and Vietnam are tremendously influenced by Confucius’ ideas, and philosophy. Confucius’s influence is demonstrated with a man who was to marry had to bow down to his fiancé’s parents, although it was against his Jewish principles of not ever bowing down to anyone. He did this because it was extremely important to her, “The reason this was so important to her is that filial piety, respect for your parents, is one of the most basic Confucian virtues”, ... “It shows the continuing power of Confucian ideas. That’s why it’s so important for us to know about Confucius. He still has a dramatic effect on the lives of nearly a quarter of humanity” (Simon Worrall). This quote substantiates Confucius’ impact on millions of people, Chinese values, and culture, due to many people today who still practice Confucianism. By having a massive influence on almost “a quarter of humanity”, he is significantly important in world history because of the millions of lives he still has an effect on. Therefore proving that Confucius was extremely influential in world history, and changed what many value as their principles today, the world would have different ideas if it wasn't for
For my experiment, I decied to interview and observe how Asain people reacts to certain question or incidient.
Though both Asian parents and Asian children deal with extreme pressure, for the child’s academic success, the pressure is different for the child. For example, Amy Chua in “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” states, “…if children do not excel at school then there was “a problem” and parents “were not doing their job” (411). The parent has extreme
Confucianism was incredibly useful to East Asian rulers, as it provided an ideology that in many ways worked in their favor. Not only did it provide social stability, but it also created loyalty through education. The prevalence of these notions can be most clearly seen in China, Korea, and Japan. In China, a meritocracy was created, forever changing social restrictions and slowly dissolving the aristocracy. In Korea, although the aristocracy was still kept intact, a meritocracy within the upper, yangban¸class was formed. In Japan, although a meritocracy didn’t develop like that of China, the education system cemented loyalty among the upper classes. Confucian ideology became extremely popular throughout all three cultures and dominated the way all tiers of society functioned, beginning with the rulers at the top with concepts of educated officials and legitimacy of rule through the Mandate of Heaven.