Chinese Parents: Strict To Children's Education

Chinese parents are known for strict to children’s education. Amy Chua is the well-known Chinese mother just like the mothers in Joy Luck Club, she has strict rules for her daughters on education ("What is Tiger Mother Really About”). Traditional Chinese parents were strict to their children’s education because there are family pressures, environment compete and the importance of education in their culture.
Chinese family is known as collectivism which means an individual family member could influence the entire family. They care about the reputation of a whole family and would not allow one single member to destroy the whole family’s name (Lombardo). Also in Chinese culture there is a thing called “Mian-zi”, which means face in English.

This is something that Chinese people always care a lot (Upton-McLaughlin). For example, in the book “Joy Luck Club” there is a chapter when the mother said her dishes is not good but she was trying to be humble. However, her daughters boyfriend which is an American try to add soy sauce and said something not nice about the dishes. This makes the mother feels like she has lost all her face. Chinese parents push their children so hard on schoolwork so when they have good grades they could feel they have “Mian-zi” and also they would feel the whole family is honorable.
China is known as the huge population. The population of China today is about 1.4 billion. People who want to have a better life needs to beat over these huge amounts of people. They have a test called the National College Entrance Examination to get into the top universities. In 2008, it was the peak of the National College Entrance Examination, about 10.5 million of students apply for the test. The competitiveness was unimaginable, you need to compete with millions of people in order to get into the top universities("Chinese universities increasingly forced to compete for students - ICEF Monitor - Market intelligence for international student recruitment"). A test for millions of people a little mess up or mistake could make your life totally difference. China also has a big gap between rich and poor. There are not enough food or sources in China to give everyone a good life so parents wishes their children could have a good grade in order to change their lives.
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