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Too Easy to Rebel

In my mother’s more angry and disillusioned moods, she often declares that my

sisters and I are “smarter than is good” for us, by which she means we are too

ambitious, too independent-minded, and somehow, subtly un-Chinese. At such

times, I do not argue, for I realize how difficult it must be for her and my

father—having to deal with children who reject their simple idea of life and

threaten to drag them into a future they do not understand.

For my parents, plans for our futures were very simple. We were to get good

grades, go to good colleges, and become good scientists, mathematicians, or

engineers. It had to do with being Chinese. But my sisters and I rejected that

future, and the year I came home with Honors in English, History and Debate was

a year of disillusion for my parents. It was not that they weren’t proud of my

accomplishments, but merely that they had certain ideas of what was safe and

solid, what we did in life. Physics, math, turning in homework, and crossing the

street when Hare Krishnas were on our side—those things were safe. But the

Humanities we left for Pure Americans.

Unfortunately for my parents, however, the security of that world is simply

not enough for me, and I have scared them more than once with what they call my

“wild” treks into unfamiliar areas. I spent one afternoon interviewing the Hare

Krishnas for our school newspaper—and they nearly called the police. Then, to

make things worse, I decided to enter the Crystal Springs Drama contest. For my

parents, acting was something Chinese girls did not do. It smacked of the

bohemian, and was but a short step to drugs, debauchery, and all the dark,

illicit facets of life. They never did approve of the experience—even despite my

second place at Crystal Springs and my assurances that acting was, after all, no

more than a whim.

What I was doing when was moving away from the security my parents

prescribed. I was motivated by my own desire to see more of what life had to

offer, and by ideas I’d picked up at my Curriculum Committee meetings. This

committee consisted of teachers who felt that students should learn to

understand life, not memorize formulas; that somehow our college preparatory

curriculum had to be made less rigid. There were English teachers who wanted to

integrate Math into other more “important” science courses, and Math teachers

who wanted to abolish English entirely. There were even some teachers who

suggested making Transcendental Meditation a requirement. But the common

denominator behind these slightly eccentric ideas was a feeling that the school

should produce more thoughtful individuals, for whom life meant more than good

grades and Ivy League futures. Their values were precisely the opposite of those

my parents had instilled in me.

It has been a difficult task indeed for me to reconcile these two opposing

impulses. It would be simple enough just to rebel against all my parents expect.

But I cannot afford to rebel. There is too much that is fragile—the world my

parents have worked so hard to build, the security that comes with it, and a

fading Chinese heritage. I realize it must be immensely frustrating for my

parents, with children who are persistently “too smart” for them and their

simple idea of life, living in a land they have come to consider home, and yet

can never fully understand. In a way, they have stopped trying to understand it,

content with their own little microcosms. It is my burden now to build my own,

new world without shattering theirs; to plunge into the future without

completely letting go of the past. And that is a challenge I am not at all

certain I can meet.

点评Comments:

1.This is a good strong statement about the dilemma of being a part of two

different cultures. The theme is backed by excellent examples of the conflict

and the writing is clear, clean, and crisp. The essay then concludes with a

compelling summary of the dilemma and the challenge it presents to the

student.

2.A masterful job of explaining the conflict of being a child of two

cultures. The writer feels strongly about the burden of being a first generation

American, but struggles to understand her parents’ perspective. Ultimately she

confesses implicitly that she cannot understand them and faces her own future.

The language is particularly impressive:“It smacked of the bohemian,” “subtly

unChinese,” and “a fading Chinese heritage.” That she is not kinder to her

parents does not make her unkind, just determined.