Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Part of the reason why Asian kids (like myself) do so well in school is because their parents still have that old school mentality where you need to work your azz off and get A's in everything or else. When you become more lenient, the kids don't care as much either.

Originally Posted by XwChriswX

This is how it should still be.

My parent's didn't push me to get straight A's, they just said if you want to go far in life, that's what you should aspire to. And if you don't, life is going to suck later on.

I should have listened better.